Asrock Z97M OC Formula

Performance Results


Gaming 54% Yacht	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 42% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	63.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	92.5% 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	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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asrock Z97M OC Formula (all builds)
Memory	5.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs, 1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20151013
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 23 '16 at 15:28
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (68^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, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 4 GHz Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	75.9% Very good	Memory 98.2 1-Core 116 2-Core 222 84% 145 Pts	4-Core 312 8-Core 314 42% 313 Pts	64-Core 314 19% 314 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 75.9% Great: 87%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Nvidia(10DE 1116) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 21.21.13.7557 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	63.8% Good	Lighting 81.1 Reflection 83.6 Parallax 75.3 66% 80 fps	MRender 79.9 Gravity 73.6 Splatting 66.4 59% 73.3 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 63.8% Great: 66%
Intel HD 4600 (Desktop 1.25 GHz)-$15 230,189 User benchmarks, average bench 3% ASRock(1849 0412) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.14.4280 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX100 256GB-$116 55,768 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 139GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2998 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3069 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 97 97 103 (AE) Unknown 100 100 469 (B4) Unknown 0 0 2159 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 72 58 180388888604 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 4 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 97 97 3 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 19167769993 (F7) Unknown 100 100 603897759 (F8) Unknown 100 100 1091559257	92.5% Outstanding	Read 518 Write 327 Mixed 168 74% 338 MB/s	4K Read 31 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 30.5 143% 56.1 MB/s	DQ Read 127 DQ Write 279 DQ Mixed 47.3 80% 151 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 92.5% Great: 97%
Seagate ST9250311CS 250GB 976 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 16GB free Firmware: SC16 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 100 59798007 (03) Spinup time 99 99 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 680 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 522025 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 4136 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 534 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 77 55 387121175 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 37 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 3257 (C2) HDA temperature 23 45 55834574871 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 55 46 59798007 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	27.3% Poor	Read 47.4 Write 47.7 Mixed 35.1 32% 43.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 0.94 4K Mixed 0.36 76% 0.58 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 27.3% Great: 39%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsZ DDR3 2133 C9 4x2GB 135 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 4 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 2200 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	83.4% Excellent	MC Read 28.5 MC Write 31.3 MC Mixed 27.1 83% 29 GB/s	SC Read 21.7 SC Write 22.2 SC Mixed 28.3 69% 24.1 GB/s	Latency 45 89% 45 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 83.4% Great: 83%

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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 $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 $254	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 $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16