Asrock Z97 OC Formula

Performance Results


Gaming 48% Yacht	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 41% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	54.1% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	69.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97 OC Formula (all builds)
Memory	24 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141217
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Mar 22 '18 at 03:23
Run Duration	306 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	82.8% Excellent	Memory 93.4 1-Core 119 2-Core 216 83% 143 Pts	4-Core 389 8-Core 597 61% 493 Pts	64-Core 639 40% 639 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 82.8% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 2974) CLim: 1506 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	54.1% Above average	Lighting 67.3 Reflection 70.2 Parallax 62.7 55% 66.7 fps	MRender 73.5 Gravity 63 Splatting 59.2 53% 65.2 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 54.1% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 70GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 22698 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1098 (B1) Unknown 69 69 373 (B3) Unknown 100 1 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 57 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 1 (EB) Unknown 99 99 593 (F1) Unknown 99 99 70535623786	69.7% Good	Read 363 Write 240 Mixed 248 63% 283 MB/s	4K Read 36.9 4K Write 47.8 4K Mixed 22.7 110% 35.8 MB/s	DQ Read 222 DQ Write 130 DQ Mixed 23.9 59% 125 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 69.7% Great: 118%
SanDisk X400 1TB-$310 2,086 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 59GB free Firmware: X4140000 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 7574 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 395 (A5) Unknown 100 100 9371766 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 35 (A8) Unknown 100 100 7 (A9) Unknown 100 100 843 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AE) Unknown 100 100 34 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 73 62 266289152027 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 141734838305 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1951 (EA) Unknown 100 100 2299 (F1) Unknown 253 253 2123 (F2) Unknown 253 253 3526 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	73.4% Very good	Read 492 Write 191 Mixed 227 66% 304 MB/s	4K Read 31.7 4K Write 67.6 4K Mixed 19.1 108% 39.5 MB/s	DQ Read 293 DQ Write 170 DQ Mixed 38.4 80% 167 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 73.4% Great: 106%
Toshiba MD04ACA500 5TB-$154 3,810 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2TB free Firmware: FP2A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 8735 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 6560 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 57 57 17468 (0A) Spinup retry count 231 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 745 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 93 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 43 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 20697 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 184684773406 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 253 1 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 84 84 6691 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 205 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	72% Very good	Read 155 Write 95.7 Mixed 94.7 86% 115 MB/s	4K Read 1.82 4K Write 2.22 4K Mixed 0.22 141% 1.42 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 72% Great: 110%
Toshiba X300 5TB-$125 12,743 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: FP2A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 8347 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 5585 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 7611 (0A) Spinup retry count 211 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 399 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 2 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 39 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 8823 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 193274576923 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 253 0 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 91 91 3659 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 558 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	88.6% Excellent	Read 155 Write 153 Mixed 150 115% 153 MB/s	4K Read 1.52 4K Write 2.07 4K Mixed 0.27 131% 1.29 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 88.6% Great: 109%
Toshiba X300 5TB-$125 12,743 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 442GB free Firmware: FP2A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 8691 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 6574 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 66 66 13914 (0A) Spinup retry count 231 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 662 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 55 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 44 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 15680 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 219044511774 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 253 0 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 84 84 6612 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 203 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	75.6% Very good	Read 133 Write 130 Mixed 110 93% 124 MB/s	4K Read 1.16 4K Write 1.83 4K Mixed 0.32 117% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 75.6% Great: 109%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$40 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 310GB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 129 129 21494104357 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 4687 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 22790 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1084 (C0) Power-off retract count 96 96 5477 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 5477 (C2) HDA temperature 214 214 167504904220 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	69.2% Good	Read 117 Write 124 Mixed 106 87% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 1.69 4K Mixed 0.2 77% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 69.2% Great: 108%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 99GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 168 2241 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6728 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 69 69 22789 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1078 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 75 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 6656 (C2) HDA temperature 118 107 25 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	82.1% Excellent	Read 144 Write 143 Mixed 131 104% 139 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.98 4K Mixed 0.31 92% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 82.1% Great: 109%
SanDisk SDDR-113 64GB 75 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 12GB free, PID a7c1 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	13.7% Very poor	Read 19.2 Write 16.4 Mixed 18.9 23% 18.2 MB/s	4K Read 6.17 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 1.7 145% 3.26 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 13.7% Great: 19%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 4x8GB 8,984 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	58% Above average	MC Read 20.7 MC Write 21.7 MC Mixed 18.1 58% 20.2 GB/s	SC Read 12.7 SC Write 19.2 SC Mixed 16.6 46% 16.2 GB/s	Latency 61.2 65% 61.2 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 58% Great: 63%

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Typical Z97 OC Formula Builds (Compare 92 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

Jet ski

Motherboard: Asrock Z97 OC Formula

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	58x
Core i5-4690KIntel $53Bench 70%, 229,359 samples	19x
Core i5-4670KIntel $62Bench 68%, 128,482 samples	5x

GPU
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	12x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	11x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	9x

SSD
HyperX 3K 240GBKingston $70Bench 81%, 27,495 samples	8x
Micron_1100_MTFDDAV256TBN 256GBBench 72%, 50,765 samples	6x
M500 120GBCrucial $75Bench 66%, 15,430 samples	5x

RAM
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GBCorsairBench 58%, 40,596 samples	20x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x8GBKingstonBench 57%, 3,744 samples	8x
Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 4x8GBCorsairBench 63%, 2,608 samples	6x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $618

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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