Asrock Z97M OC Formula

Performance Results


Gaming 89% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 73% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (33rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 67 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 80.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	113% 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	74.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97M OC Formula (all builds)
Memory	18.8 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20180307
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 07 '23 at 05:53
Run Duration	212 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	19%

PC Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4770K-$120 172,887 User benchmarks, average bench 74% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	80.9% Excellent	Memory 92.2 1-Core 112 2-Core 216 80% 140 Pts	4-Core 376 8-Core 571 59% 474 Pts	64-Core 578 36% 578 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 6650-XT 4,246 User benchmarks, average bench 110% MSI(1462 5027) ≥ 4GB Ram: 8GB, Driver: 22.11.2 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Lighting 122 Reflection 141 Parallax 242 99% 168 fps	MRender 223 Gravity 126 Splatting 196 149% 182 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 116%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Ct1000mx 50 1TB 2,171 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 64GB free Firmware: M3CR SusWrite @10s intervals: 213 278 366 259 256 257 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	65% Good	Read 386 Write 385 Mixed 358 SusWrite 272 79% 350 MB/s	4K Read 20.3 4K Write 38 4K Mixed 25.7 84% 28 MB/s	DQ Read 166 DQ Write 140 DQ Mixed 147 112% 151 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 65% Great: 115%
WD Blue 3D 500GB-$81 43,442 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 84GB free Firmware: X61190WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 160 202 242 197 196 196 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	74.2% Very good	Read 322 Write 110 Mixed 355 SusWrite 199 55% 247 MB/s	4K Read 26.8 4K Write 45.6 4K Mixed 33.1 107% 35.2 MB/s	DQ Read 374 DQ Write 332 DQ Mixed 284 232% 330 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 74.2% Great: 117%
Adata XPG SX900 256GB-$164 6,726 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 95GB free Firmware: 5.2.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 154 193 193 185 187 186 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	69.6% Good	Read 370 Write 270 Mixed 274 SusWrite 183 61% 274 MB/s	4K Read 28.3 4K Write 67.8 4K Mixed 23.3 109% 39.8 MB/s	DQ Read 270 DQ Write 232 DQ Mixed 189 159% 230 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 69.6% Great: 90%
WDC WDS100T2B0A-00SM50 1TB 74,123 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 139GB free Firmware: 401000WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 159 203 243 196 195 196 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	83.1% Excellent	Read 357 Write 400 Mixed 337 SusWrite 199 73% 323 MB/s	4K Read 26.9 4K Write 69.7 4K Mixed 41.4 131% 46 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 322 DQ Mixed 243 212% 315 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 83.1% Great: 117%
WD Blue 3D SATA M.2 500GB-$100 27,087 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 154GB free (System drive) Firmware: X61190WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 158 201 239 195 195 195 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	74.5% Very good	Read 365 Write 426 Mixed 218 SusWrite 197 68% 301 MB/s	4K Read 26.6 4K Write 45 4K Mixed 31.6 105% 34.4 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 310 DQ Mixed 278 226% 322 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 74.5% Great: 116%
Sabrent SSHD 1TB 71 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 406GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 256 250 2.5 308 321 321 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	63.3% Good	Read 330 Write 266 Mixed 330 SusWrite 243 66% 292 MB/s	4K Read 22.8 4K Write 37.6 4K Mixed 27.4 90% 29.3 MB/s	DQ Read 169 DQ Write 159 DQ Mixed 99 92% 142 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 63.3% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-2133C11-8GXL 0420 F3-2133C11-8GXL 0420 F3-2133C10-4GXM 0420 F3-2133C10-4GXM 24GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	34.7% Below average	MC Read 11.7 MC Write 11.2 MC Mixed 9.4 31% 10.8 GB/s	SC Read 11.2 SC Write 12.6 SC Mixed 12 34% 11.9 GB/s	Latency 63.8 63% 63.8 ns
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 34.7% Great: 74%

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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 $164	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $149
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $89
Intel Core i5-13600K $245	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $359