Asrock Z97 OC Formula

Performance Results


Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 84.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	76.6% 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	92.9% 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

22 months ago, 22 months ago, 22 months ago, 20 months ago, 19 months ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97 OC Formula (all builds)
Memory	10.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141217
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 30 '22 at 03:55
Run Duration	285 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (59^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 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	84.9% Excellent	Memory 95.9 1-Core 125 2-Core 220 85% 147 Pts	4-Core 399 8-Core 645 64% 522 Pts	64-Core 586 36% 586 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 84.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3050-$230 43,922 User benchmarks, average bench 75% Gigabyte(1458 40AA) CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 512.96 Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	76.6% Very good	Lighting 104 Reflection 86.9 Parallax 92.5 85% 94.4 fps	MRender 84.6 Gravity 75 Splatting 67.3 61% 75.6 fps
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 76.6% Great: 79%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 74GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 211 238 217 221 223 222 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	92.9% Outstanding	Read 497 Write 284 Mixed 261 SusWrite 222 70% 316 MB/s	4K Read 25.4 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 41.3 145% 56.2 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 267 DQ Mixed 237 200% 295 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 92.9% Great: 128%
Samsung 840 Pro 128GB-$150 34,842 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 30GB free Firmware: DXM06B0Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 7,389 Write 5,875 Mixed 6164 1,441% 6,476 MB/s	4K Read 579 4K Write 223 4K Mixed 289 1,366% 364 MB/s	DQ Read 1,279 DQ Write 609 DQ Mixed 770 618% 886 MB/s
Poor: 62% Great: 110%
WD WD5000AACS-00ZUB0 500GB 19,716 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 249GB free Firmware: 01.01B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 54 64 64 63 63 62 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	34.1% Below average	Read 56.5 Write 61.2 Mixed 46.5 SusWrite 61.8 42% 56.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.8 160% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 34.1% Great: 49%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$50 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 435GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 140 141 138 135 136 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	70.9% Very good	Read 108 Write 137 Mixed 59.9 SusWrite 137 81% 111 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 4.9 4K Mixed 2.6 438% 2.97 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 70.9% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance Pro DDR3 2400 C11 2x8GB 40,596 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	77.6% Very good	MC Read 31.8 MC Write 29.2 MC Mixed 21.1 78% 27.4 GB/s	SC Read 21.5 SC Write 21.1 SC Mixed 22.7 62% 21.8 GB/s	Latency 54.1 74% 54.1 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 77.6% Great: 85%

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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%

Jet ski

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 $127Bench 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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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