Asrock Z97M OC Formula

Performance Results


Gaming 90% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 76% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 98.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	87.8% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	42% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

CPU throttled at 99% by Windows. Ensure maximum processor state is set to 100% via Settings > System > Power & sleep > Additional power settings > Change plan settings > Change advanced power settings > Processor power management > Maximum processor state.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97M OC Formula (all builds)
Memory	14.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151013
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 22 '17 at 02:21
Run Duration	114 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	1%
CPU Throttled	99%

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PC Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5775C-$183 2,527 User benchmarks, average bench 85% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	98.7% Outstanding	Memory 97.9 1-Core 137 2-Core 273 95% 169 Pts	4-Core 544 8-Core 727 81% 636 Pts	64-Core 730 45% 730 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 98.7% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6573) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	87.8% Excellent	Lighting 110 Reflection 120 Parallax 101 90% 110 fps	MRender 99.7 Gravity 101 Splatting 106 84% 102 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87.8% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Trion 100 240GB-$95 9,561 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 196GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM11.1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3976 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1407 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 199 199 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 621 (C2) HDA temperature 62 42 249108955174	42% Average	Read 489 Write 57.9 Mixed 183 52% 243 MB/s	4K Read 18.1 4K Write 32.8 4K Mixed 5.29 52% 18.7 MB/s	DQ Read 170 DQ Write 27.1 DQ Mixed 3.87 27% 67.1 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 42% Great: 83%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 121GB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 204352480 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2894 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 4314438779 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4794 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1679 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 97 103082623044 (BD) vendor-specific 93 93 7 (BE) vendor-specific 67 41 674932785185 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1070 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 93 93 14323 (C2) HDA temperature 33 59 51539607585 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 84280143251756 (F1) Unknown 100 253 7954639902 (F2) Unknown 100 253 12248576688	47.2% Average	Read 72.3 Write 89.9 Mixed 79 60% 80.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 7.99 4K Mixed 0.47 227% 3.03 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 47.2% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL TridentX DDR3 2400 C10 2x8GB 24,592 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	98.9% Outstanding	MC Read 45.4 MC Write 30.9 MC Mixed 32.8 104% 36.4 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 23.2 SC Mixed 25.3 63% 22.1 GB/s	Latency 46.5 86% 46.5 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 98.9% Great: 88%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 39%

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Desktop 84%

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Workstation 33%

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Motherboard: Asrock Z97M OC Formula - $252

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	42x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	12x
Core i7-4770KIntel $120Bench 74%, 172,887 samples	9x

GPU
RX 480AMD $75Bench 46%, 261,163 samples	13x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	8x
HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)Intel $15Bench 3%, 230,189 samples	6x

SSD
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	5x
Force MP500 NVMe PCIe M.2 480GBCorsair $194Bench 158%, 3,881 samples	4x
M8Pe NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBPlextor $110Bench 180%, 2,806 samples	4x

RAM
BLT8G3D1608DT1TX0. 2x8GBCrucialBench 53%, 7,008 samples	9x
HyperX DDR3 2666 C11 4x4GBKingstonBench 75%, 178 samples	5x
DDR3 2400 2OZ 2x8GBUnknownBench 65%, 712 samples	4x

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Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $775

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16