Asrock X99 Taichi

Performance Results


Gaming 90% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 82% Aircraft carrier


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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	105% 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	200% 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.

Motherboard	Asrock X99 Taichi (all builds)
Memory	8.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160804
Uptime	8.2 Days
Run Date	Jan 23 '20 at 03:37
Run Duration	195 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

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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 i7-6800K-$103 50,196 User benchmarks, average bench 81% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	81.4% Excellent	Memory 86.5 1-Core 112 2-Core 225 80% 141 Pts	4-Core 411 8-Core 681 67% 546 Pts	64-Core 871 54% 871 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 81.4% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3363) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.87 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	105% Outstanding	Lighting 137 Reflection 146 Parallax 138 112% 140 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 132 Splatting 108 96% 118 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$117 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 35GB free Firmware: EXM04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 320 323 335 332 336 331 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	90% Excellent	Read 458 Write 447 Mixed 357 SusWrite 329 89% 398 MB/s	4K Read 30.4 4K Write 84.8 4K Mixed 39.6 142% 51.6 MB/s	DQ Read 176 DQ Write 172 DQ Mixed 151 120% 166 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 90% Great: 124%
Samsung 970 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$170 93,447 User benchmarks, average bench 322% 60GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 590 508 489 481 463 429 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	200% Outstanding	Read 2,150 Write 756 Mixed 973 SusWrite 493 240% 1093 MB/s	4K Read 47.2 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 64.1 218% 77.7 MB/s	DQ Read 140 DQ Write 591 DQ Mixed 207 205% 313 MB/s
Poor: 195% ↑ This bench: 200% Great: 393%
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$117 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 29GB free Firmware: EXM04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 318 311 279 250 225 216 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	89.9% Excellent	Read 464 Write 439 Mixed 341 SusWrite 266 85% 378 MB/s	4K Read 30.9 4K Write 81.4 4K Mixed 40.1 141% 50.8 MB/s	DQ Read 258 DQ Write 249 DQ Mixed 194 162% 234 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.9% Great: 124%
Samsung 840 250GB-$251 41,998 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 152GB free Firmware: DXT0AB0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 245 243 244 244 244 244 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	68.1% Good	Read 418 Write 253 Mixed 158 SusWrite 244 60% 268 MB/s	4K Read 24 4K Write 63.3 4K Mixed 22.4 99% 36.6 MB/s	DQ Read 150 DQ Write 157 DQ Mixed 35.5 59% 114 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 68.1% Great: 85%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 768GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 128 118 125 124 126 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	75.3% Very good	Read 140 Write 87.2 Mixed 60.3 SusWrite 123 75% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.7 126% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 75.3% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 4x4GB 124 User benchmarks, average bench 118% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	96.8% Outstanding	MC Read 35.5 MC Write 43.8 MC Mixed 33.8 108% 37.7 GB/s	SC Read 12.4 SC Write 18.7 SC Mixed 17.6 46% 16.2 GB/s	Latency 70.9 56% 70.9 ns
Poor: 97% ↑ This bench: 96.8% Great: 140%

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Typical X99 Taichi Builds (Compare 411 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 68%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 61%

Destroyer

Motherboard: Asrock X99 Taichi

CPU
Core i7-6800KIntel $103Bench 81%, 50,196 samples	154x
Core i7-6850KIntel $115Bench 84%, 29,279 samples	100x
Core i7-5820KIntel $130Bench 77%, 101,694 samples	55x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	52x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	51x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	41x

SSD
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 213%, 165,668 samples	19x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	17x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	17x

RAM
CL15-15-15 D4-2133 2x8GBUnknownBench 68%, 1,169 samples	12x
M378A1G43EB1-CPB 4x8GBSamsungBench 78%, 415 samples	8x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples	8x

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Value: 121% - Outstanding

Total price: $279

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