Asrock Z97M OC Formula

Performance Results


Gaming 34% Sail boat	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 28% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	31% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	159% 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	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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97M OC Formula (all builds)
Memory	6.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151013
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 20 '16 at 12:04
Run Duration	108 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4690K-$50 229,359 User benchmarks, average bench 70% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	88.7% Excellent	Memory 97.5 1-Core 116 2-Core 230 85% 148 Pts	4-Core 462 8-Core 464 62% 463 Pts	64-Core 467 29% 467 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 88.7% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 285-$189 6,276 User benchmarks, average bench 32% PowerColor(148C 2349) Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 21.19.134.1 Performing below potential (37^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	31% Below average	Lighting 36.5 Reflection 41 Parallax 34.9 30% 37.5 fps	MRender 48.9 Gravity 38.2 Splatting 37.5 34% 41.5 fps
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 31% Great: 34%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 128GB-$60 1,772 User benchmarks, average bench 171% 88GB free (System drive) Firmware: 300Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	159% Outstanding	Read 1,386 Write 586 Mixed 812 204% 928 MB/s	4K Read 48.4 4K Write 127 4K Mixed 28.8 177% 68 MB/s	DQ Read 458 DQ Write 252 DQ Mixed 30.1 109% 246 MB/s
Poor: 113% ↑ This bench: 159% Great: 213%
WD My Passport 0810 1TB 5,284 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 675GB free, PID 0810 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	42.4% Average	Read 102 Write 95.9 Mixed 86.6 120% 94.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 2.15 4K Mixed 0.22 82% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 42.4% Great: 45%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1866 C8 2x4GB 1,215 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	73.6% Very good	MC Read 25.9 MC Write 26.9 MC Mixed 23.3 72% 25.4 GB/s	SC Read 19.6 SC Write 21.9 SC Mixed 22.8 61% 21.4 GB/s	Latency 48.4 83% 48.4 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 73.6% Great: 74%

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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 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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Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $775

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16