Asrock Z97 OC Formula

Performance Results


Gaming 75% Battleship	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 65% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	84.3% 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	234% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asrock Z97 OC Formula (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150513
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 02 '16 at 02:01
Run Duration	346 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	20%

PC Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4790K-$348 455,746 User benchmarks, average bench 79% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	86.8% Excellent	Memory 94 1-Core 135 2-Core 248 90% 159 Pts	4-Core 429 8-Core 703 69% 566 Pts	64-Core 707 44% 707 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 86.8% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3232) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6472 Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	84.3% Excellent	Lighting 110 Reflection 114 Parallax 111 90% 112 fps	MRender 94.4 Gravity 98.7 Splatting 81.7 74% 91.6 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 84.3% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 750 Series NVMe PCIe 400GB-$550 8,641 User benchmarks, average bench 186% 308GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0135 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	234% Outstanding	Read 1,972 Write 984 Mixed 1,303 313% 1,419 MB/s	4K Read 42 4K Write 220 4K Mixed 44.4 237% 102 MB/s	DQ Read 631 DQ Write 495 DQ Mixed 239 267% 455 MB/s
Poor: 123% ↑ This bench: 234% Great: 230%
Samsung XP941 PCIe M.2 256GB 1,434 User benchmarks, average bench 133% 139GB free Firmware: UXM6501Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 6856 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2351 (B1) Unknown 93 93 249 (B2) Unknown 92 92 198 (B3) Unknown 92 92 386 (B4) Unknown 92 92 4862 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0	127% Outstanding	Read 750 Write 624 Mixed 695 154% 690 MB/s	4K Read 33.1 4K Write 90.2 4K Mixed 41.1 151% 54.8 MB/s	DQ Read 345 DQ Write 222 DQ Mixed 86.4 118% 218 MB/s
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 160%
Seagate Archive HDD 8TB (2015)-$130 2,225 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 5TB free Firmware: AR13 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 166914408 (03) Spinup time 93 90 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 733 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 67 60 34409157854 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3751 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 495 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 81 1103823438081 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 52 471334940 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 292 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 3675 (C2) HDA temperature 28 48 64424509468 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 117 99 166914408 (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 -16982300686121 (F1) Unknown 100 253 41968609980 (F2) Unknown 100 253 21219184531
Poor: 21% Great: 87%
Seagate Archive HDD 8TB (2015)-$130 2,225 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 5TB free Firmware: AR13 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 99 32939064 (03) Spinup time 93 90 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 740 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 8635768996 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3700 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 493 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 79 1060873109751 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 58 504954906 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 371 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 3517 (C2) HDA temperature 26 42 68719476762 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 111 99 32939064 (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 -56869661963918 (F1) Unknown 100 253 37594979358 (F2) Unknown 100 253 25666203817
Poor: 21% Great: 87%
Seagate Archive HDD 8TB (2015)-$130 2,225 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 5TB free Firmware: AR13 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 100 179008288 (03) Spinup time 93 89 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 453 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 16718166 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2539 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 455 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 53 606011425 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 99 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2714 (C2) HDA temperature 33 47 77309411361 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 118 100 179008288 (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 -100184407144246 (F1) Unknown 100 253 18471099340 (F2) Unknown 100 253 5170116074
Poor: 21% Great: 87%
WD Red 6TB (2014)-$129 11,340 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 251 191 6450 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 542 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 3666 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 514 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 44 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3355 (C2) HDA temperature 113 107 39 (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	71.3% Very good	Read 122 Write 126 Mixed 114 91% 121 MB/s	4K Read 0.78 4K Write 2.77 4K Mixed 0.29 116% 1.28 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 71.3% Great: 99%
Generic External 256GB 16 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 99GB free, PID 1840 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	76.8% Very good	Read 42.2 Write 42.9 Mixed 39.5 54% 41.5 MB/s	4K Read 7.89 4K Write 19.4 4K Mixed 6.36 904% 11.2 MB/s	DQ Read 7.65 DQ Write 20.3 DQ Mixed 6.76 947% 11.6 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 76.8% Great: 78%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Sniper DDR3 2133 C9 4x4GB 825 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	57.7% Above average	MC Read 21 MC Write 20.6 MC Mixed 16.3 55% 19.3 GB/s	SC Read 16.3 SC Write 22.7 SC Mixed 19.2 56% 19.4 GB/s	Latency 59.9 67% 59.9 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 57.7% Great: 83%

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Gaming 42%

Speed boat

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 36%

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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 $127Bench 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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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