Asrock X99 Taichi

Performance Results


Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 20% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 95.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	11.3% 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.
Boot Drive	201% 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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asrock X99 Taichi (all builds)
Memory	13.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160804
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 26 '17 at 07:00
Run Duration	105 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing above expectations (73^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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.6% Outstanding	Memory 93.5 1-Core 132 2-Core 265 91% 164 Pts	4-Core 525 8-Core 854 84% 690 Pts	64-Core 1,051 65% 1,051 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 95.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 470-$126 94,030 User benchmarks, average bench 40% MSI(1462 3414) CLim: 1380 MHz, MLim: 1660 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 16.6 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	11.3% Very poor	Lighting 0.97 Reflection 67.9 Parallax 67.9 1% 45.6 fps	MRender 0.1 Gravity 50.2 Splatting 55.8 32% 35.4 fps
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 11.3% Great: 47%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 144GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	201% Outstanding	Read 1,983 Write 841 Mixed 1,086 286% 1,303 MB/s	4K Read 34.3 4K Write 167 4K Mixed 36.5 187% 79.1 MB/s	DQ Read 402 DQ Write 282 DQ Mixed 82.3 132% 255 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 201% Great: 243%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC27 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 90252296 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3972 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 68 54 25814153211 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 5044 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3613 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 73 58 4749656091 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1069 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 87 87 27995 (C2) HDA temperature 27 42 -140737488355301 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 101782134984827 (F1) Unknown 100 253 19594632735 (F2) Unknown 100 253 18570686521	88.7% Excellent	Read 162 Write 148 Mixed 126 109% 145 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 1.61 4K Mixed 0.23 79% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 88.7% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws 4 DDR4 2400 C15 4x4GB 2,352 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	MC Read 40.9 MC Write 47.8 MC Mixed 37.1 120% 41.9 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 22.2 SC Mixed 21 55% 19.2 GB/s	Latency 61 66% 61 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 104%

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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%

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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 $109Bench 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 $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 $179	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 $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16