Asrock Z97M OC Formula

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 76.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	14.9% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Memory	4GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and although it's sufficient for most games, some will benefit from up to 8GB of RAM. 4GB is also enough for modest file and system caches which allow for a 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.

Very high background CPU (33%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asrock Z97M OC Formula (all builds)
Memory	1.4 GB free of 4 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140714
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 07 '17 at 12:28
Run Duration	213 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	33%

PC Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4460-$194 245,403 User benchmarks, average bench 62% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	76.4% Very good	Memory 90.5 1-Core 100 2-Core 196 75% 129 Pts	4-Core 360 8-Core 369 48% 364 Pts	64-Core 371 23% 371 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 76.4% Great: 72%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 650-Ti-$152 36,698 User benchmarks, average bench 14% Zotac(19DA 2294) 1GB CLim: 928 MHz, MLim: 1350 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 378.49 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	14.9% Very poor	Lighting 17.7 Reflection 16.2 Parallax 21.3 14% 18.4 fps	MRender 22.4 Gravity 21.1 Splatting 15.4 16% 19.6 fps
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 14.9% Great: 15%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$90 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 426GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 452 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 271 (B1) Unknown 99 99 1 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 66 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 11 (F1) Unknown 99 99 2915269222
Poor: 80% Great: 134%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 931GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 167 2308 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 925 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2739 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 876 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 53 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 871 (C2) HDA temperature 120 106 23 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	109% Outstanding	Read 196 Write 185 Mixed 149 132% 177 MB/s	4K Read 1.21 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.2 112% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 108%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 930GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 167 2291 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3462 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 8669 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3109 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 61 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3406 (C2) HDA temperature 120 104 23 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 16 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	108% Outstanding	Read 206 Write 169 Mixed 123 124% 166 MB/s	4K Read 1.24 4K Write 2.62 4K Mixed 0.36 140% 1.41 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 108%
WD WD10EURX 1TB-$25 53,598 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 873GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 140 132 3983 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 183 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 327 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 132 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 100 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 83 (C2) HDA temperature 116 107 27 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 3 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	64.6% Good	Read 111 Write 114 Mixed 91.7 79% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.29 94% 1 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 64.6% Great: 87%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 563GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 172 2241 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 974 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2828 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 924 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 536 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 437 (C2) HDA temperature 116 107 27 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	77.1% Very good	Read 111 Write 158 Mixed 84.7 88% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.12 4K Write 1.05 4K Mixed 0.37 65% 0.51 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 77.1% Great: 108%
WD My Book 1140 1TB 1,745 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 559GB free, PID 1140 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	37.5% Below average	Read 97 Write 88.2 Mixed 90.2 117% 91.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 1.34 4K Mixed 0.26 57% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 37.5% Great: 48%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905402-413.A00LF 2x2GB 202 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 2 of 4 slots used 4GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	52.4% Above average	MC Read 18.7 MC Write 18.5 MC Mixed 16.2 51% 17.8 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 18.8 SC Mixed 15.5 47% 16.4 GB/s	Latency 66.6 60% 66.6 ns
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 52.4% Great: 52%

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Gaming 39%

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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 $269	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