Asrock Z97 OC Formula

Performance Results


Gaming 50% Yacht	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 42% Speed boat


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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	56.5% 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)
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 (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97 OC Formula (all builds)
Memory	25.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150513
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Nov 17 '18 at 19:33
Run Duration	171 Seconds
Run User	ZAF-User
Background CPU	20%

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 i7-4790-$135 255,027 User benchmarks, average bench 71% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	78.5% Very good	Memory 96.8 1-Core 102 2-Core 192 77% 130 Pts	4-Core 326 8-Core 482 50% 404 Pts	64-Core 569 35% 569 Pts
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 78.5% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290X-$549 37,353 User benchmarks, average bench 51% Sapphire(174B E282) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1030 MHz, MLim: 1375 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 17.12 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	56.5% Above average	Lighting 70.1 Reflection 60.6 Parallax 82.2 57% 71 fps	MRender 61 Gravity 59.3 Splatting 77.7 55% 66 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 56.5% Great: 55%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 47GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,862 Write 1,422 Mixed 579 283% 1,288 MB/s	4K Read 41.9 4K Write 131 4K Mixed 48.5 195% 73.8 MB/s	DQ Read 857 DQ Write 642 DQ Mixed 589 484% 696 MB/s
Poor: 142% Great: 236%
Crucial BX200 240GB-$36 36,559 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 153GB free Firmware: MU02.6 SusWrite @10s intervals: 274 55 55 56 55 54 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	86.2% Excellent	Read 490 Write 422 Mixed 288 SusWrite 91.6 72% 323 MB/s	4K Read 30.2 4K Write 89.9 4K Mixed 45.2 151% 55.1 MB/s	DQ Read 300 DQ Write 318 DQ Mixed 241 200% 286 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 91%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 12GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 195 191 199 189 196 195 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	98.6% Outstanding	Read 150 Write 116 Mixed 78.2 SusWrite 194 98% 134 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 138% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 98.6% Great: 114%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 90 91 92 92 92 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	63.1% Good	Read 129 Write 97.5 Mixed 78.5 SusWrite 90.4 73% 98.8 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1 195% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 63.1% Great: 84%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$30 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 439GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 140 147 149 149 147 147 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	79.8% Very good	Read 132 Write 134 Mixed 30 SusWrite 146 80% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.6 133% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 79.8% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 4x8GB 2,608 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	79.2% Very good	MC Read 29.1 MC Write 30.7 MC Mixed 25.1 81% 28.3 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 20.5 SC Mixed 22.3 58% 20.2 GB/s	Latency 51.1 78% 51.1 ns
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 79.2% Great: 88%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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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%

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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 $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 $46

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