Asrock Z97 OC Formula

Performance Results


Gaming 91% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 78% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 92.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	95.5% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97 OC Formula (all builds)
Memory	28.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180307
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	May 05 '19 at 19:57
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	5%
CPU Throttled	99%

PC Performing above expectations (74^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 (92^nd percentile)	92.4% Outstanding	Memory 95.6 1-Core 138 2-Core 278 95% 170 Pts	4-Core 481 8-Core 709 74% 595 Pts	64-Core 737 46% 737 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 92.4% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega-64-$400 91,676 User benchmarks, average bench 87% AMD(1002 6B76) CLim: 1580 MHz, MLim: 1090 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.4.3 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	95.5% Outstanding	Lighting 118 Reflection 88.8 Parallax 168 96% 125 fps	MRender 87.5 Gravity 121 Splatting 127 94% 112 fps
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 95.5% Great: 94%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston RBU-SNS8100S364G2 64GB 16 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 20GB free (System drive) Firmware: S8FM06.8 SusWrite @10s intervals: 16 36 23 33 27 53 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 34% Great: 55%
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$125 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 233GB free Firmware: EXM04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 438 423 446 444 449 423 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 497 Write 471 Mixed 363 SusWrite 437 100% 442 MB/s	4K Read 35 4K Write 93.3 4K Mixed 45.7 161% 58 MB/s	DQ Read 177 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 350 241% 292 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 124%
Intel 660p NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$74 163,917 User benchmarks, average bench 191% 560GB free Firmware: 002C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 977 623 888 793 845 455 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	208% Outstanding	Read 1,358 Write 1,232 Mixed 967 SusWrite 763 242% 1,080 MB/s	4K Read 57.3 4K Write 139 4K Mixed 75.6 257% 90.7 MB/s	DQ Read 535 DQ Write 691 DQ Mixed 249 290% 492 MB/s
Poor: 127% ↑ This bench: 208% Great: 255%
Seagate Laptop SSHD 2.5" 1TB-$41 64,201 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 300GB free Firmware: FJ14 SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 94 96 96 96 95 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	41% Average	Read 45.9 Write 65 Mixed 26.4 SusWrite 95.2 42% 58.1 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 5.2 4K Mixed 1.6 320% 2.63 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 41% Great: 65%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-12800CL10-8GBXL 0420 F3-1600C9-8GSR 0420 F3-12800CL10-8GBXL 0420 F3-1600C9-8GSR 32GB 12 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 1616, 1616, 1616, 1616 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	81.5% Excellent	MC Read 42.9 MC Write 22 MC Mixed 23.5 84% 29.5 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 23.2 SC Mixed 21.3 58% 20.4 GB/s	Latency 55.4 72% 55.4 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 81.5% Great: 79%

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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 93 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 $265Bench 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 $269	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 $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