Asrock Z97 OC Formula

Performance Results


Gaming 94% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 79% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 86.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	107% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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	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.

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Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97 OC Formula (all builds)
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180307
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 13 '22 at 12:24
Run Duration	182 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	21%

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PC Performing as expected (58^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 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	86.2% Excellent	Memory 95.8 1-Core 128 2-Core 249 89% 157 Pts	4-Core 413 8-Core 635 65% 524 Pts	64-Core 660 41% 660 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 86.2% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% EVGA(3842 2173) CLim: 2190 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 511.65 Performing below potential (75^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	107% Outstanding	Lighting 133 Reflection 117 Parallax 133 108% 127 fps	MRender 177 Gravity 131 Splatting 108 110% 139 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme WDBRPG5000ANC-WR 500GB 568 User benchmarks, average bench 229% 414GB free (System drive) Firmware: 111110WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 444 587 643 641 661 665 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	159% Outstanding	Read 692 Write 680 Mixed 655 SusWrite 607 148% 658 MB/s	4K Read 42.8 4K Write 92.8 4K Mixed 62.4 194% 66 MB/s	DQ Read 776 DQ Write 736 DQ Mixed 829 602% 780 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 159% Great: 277%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$51 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 138 139 145 146 146 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	82.9% Excellent	Read 148 Write 158 Mixed 99.3 SusWrite 140 101% 137 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 1 204% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 112%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 3.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 144 144 146 146 146 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	82.6% Excellent	Read 146 Write 85.9 Mixed 90.5 SusWrite 142 86% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 193% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 82.6% Great: 101%
WD easystore 264D 12TB 733 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 7.5TB free, PID 264d Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 170 169 174 176 164 163 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	80.8% Excellent	Read 172 Write 184 Mixed 116 SusWrite 169 217% 160 MB/s	4K Read 2.2 4K Write 6 4K Mixed 1.5 263% 3.23 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 103%
WDC WD10 EADS-00L5B1 1TB 20 User benchmarks, average bench 19% 824GB free, PID 2329 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 35 42 42 42 42 42 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	22.2% Poor	Read 37.8 Write 39.7 Mixed 33.5 SusWrite 40.9 52% 38 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.7 111% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 22.2% Great: 23%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsZ DDR3 2133 C9 4x4GB 3,160 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	72.8% Very good	MC Read 25.6 MC Write 27.8 MC Mixed 22.7 72% 25.4 GB/s	SC Read 19 SC Write 21.4 SC Mixed 23.7 61% 21.4 GB/s	Latency 54.5 73% 54.5 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 72.8% Great: 121%

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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 $195Bench 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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Total price: $618

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16