Asrock Z97M OC Formula

Performance Results


Gaming 56% Gunboat	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 47% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	62.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	92% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 10 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

High background CPU (24%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asrock Z97M OC Formula (all builds)
Memory	5.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20151013
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 18 '16 at 23:51
Run Duration	390 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	24%

PC Performing above expectations (70^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 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	85.4% Excellent	Memory 91.4 1-Core 123 2-Core 246 86% 153 Pts	4-Core 428 8-Core 621 66% 525 Pts	64-Core 648 40% 648 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 85.4% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Nvidia(10DE 1116) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6519 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	62.7% Good	Lighting 79.4 Reflection 82.7 Parallax 79.6 65% 80.6 fps	MRender 79.3 Gravity 72.1 Splatting 66.4 59% 72.6 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 62.7% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX100 256GB-$116 55,768 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 59GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1184 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2536 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 98 98 81 (AE) Unknown 100 100 375 (B4) Unknown 0 0 2159 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 72 60 171798954012 (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 100 100 4 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 98 98 2 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 13666153665 (F7) Unknown 100 100 430708150 (F8) Unknown 100 100 902458892	92% Outstanding	Read 519 Write 328 Mixed 212 78% 353 MB/s	4K Read 29.4 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 30.5 137% 53.5 MB/s	DQ Read 175 DQ Write 277 DQ Mixed 46.8 86% 166 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 92% Great: 97%
Hitachi HTS545050B9A300 500GB-$68 21,137 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 486GB free Firmware: PB4OCA1G Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 86 77 100 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 142 100 90194313218 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 6447 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 3080287 (07) Seek error rate 100 99 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 64 64 16068 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 6217 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 100 -4152818166 (BC) Unknown 81 81 30065624571 (BE) vendor-specific 76 45 403832856 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 90 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 22937950 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 62 62 383508 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 47 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 6 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	39.6% Below average	Read 70.7 Write 67.2 Mixed 11.7 36% 49.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.31 4K Write 1.21 4K Mixed 0.28 66% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 39.6% Great: 45%
USB DISK Pro 8GB 13 User benchmarks, average bench 3% 7GB free, PID 3623, maxell Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	3.23% Terrible	Read 9.36 Write 3.38 Mixed 4.66 6% 5.8 MB/s	4K Read 4.64 4K Write 0.01 4K Mixed 0.008 18% 1.55 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.23% Great: 4%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsZ DDR3 2133 C9 4x2GB 135 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 4 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	57.6% Above average	MC Read 21.4 MC Write 20.9 MC Mixed 16.9 56% 19.7 GB/s	SC Read 14.7 SC Write 20.7 SC Mixed 18.4 51% 17.9 GB/s	Latency 65.1 62% 65.1 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 57.6% Great: 83%

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

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Typical Z97M OC Formula Builds (Compare 90 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 39%

Jet ski

Desktop 84%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 33%

Sail boat

Motherboard: Asrock Z97M OC Formula - $252

CPU
Core i7-4790KIntel $348Bench 79%, 455,746 samples	42x
Core i5-4690KIntel $50Bench 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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Intel Core i5-13600K $245	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $359