Asrock Z97M OC Formula

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 55% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 79.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	82.5% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	92.1% 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	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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97M OC Formula (all builds)
Memory	10.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140527
Uptime	4.9 Days
Run Date	May 21 '20 at 21:09
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing as expected (50^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	79.1% Very good	Memory 87.8 1-Core 118 2-Core 225 82% 144 Pts	4-Core 396 8-Core 468 56% 432 Pts	64-Core 644 40% 644 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 79.1% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega-56-$170 92,053 User benchmarks, average bench 78% Sapphire(1DA2 E376) CLim: 1590 MHz, MLim: 800 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.4.1 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	82.5% Excellent	Lighting 97.8 Reflection 86.4 Parallax 153 80% 112 fps	MRender 86.6 Gravity 103 Splatting 124 88% 105 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 85%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 127GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 322 180 191 192 192 193 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	92.1% Outstanding	Read 483 Write 454 Mixed 375 SusWrite 212 85% 381 MB/s	4K Read 40.2 4K Write 91 4K Mixed 54 178% 61.7 MB/s	DQ Read 45.7 DQ Write 134 DQ Mixed 63.1 56% 81.1 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 92.1% Great: 124%
WL500GSA1672 500GB 121 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 184GB free Firmware: 10.03A.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 119 121 122 121 121 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	64.4% Good	Read 104 Write 105 Mixed 56.8 SusWrite 120 71% 96.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 187% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 64.4% Great: 73%
Hitachi HUA723020ALA641 2TB-$78 30,011 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 1TB free Firmware: MK7OA840 SusWrite @10s intervals: 72 124 121 124 124 125 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	37.2% Below average	Read 15 Write 26.7 Mixed 18.3 SusWrite 115 32% 43.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 0.2 4K Mixed 0.1 19% 0.13 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 37.2% Great: 82%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Sniper DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 2,474 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	50.2% Above average	MC Read 17.6 MC Write 18.2 MC Mixed 15.5 49% 17.1 GB/s	SC Read 13.1 SC Write 17.6 SC Mixed 15.4 44% 15.4 GB/s	Latency 69.7 57% 69.7 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 50.2% Great: 62%

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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 $53Bench 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 i5-13600K $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