Asrock X99 Taichi

Performance Results


Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 70% Battle cruiser	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (30th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 70 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 81.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	1.07% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	82.6% 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	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	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160804
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 23 '17 at 19:22
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6800K-$103 50,196 User benchmarks, average bench 81% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.15 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	81.3% Excellent	Memory 81.4 1-Core 112 2-Core 221 78% 138 Pts	4-Core 437 8-Core 732 71% 584 Pts	64-Core 891 55% 891 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 81.3% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce 210 98,254 User benchmarks, average bench 1% EVGA(3842 1313) 1GB Ram: 1GB, Driver: 342.1 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	1.07% Terrible	Lighting 1.13 Reflection 2.19 Parallax 0.44 1% 1.25 fps	MRender 2.38 Gravity 1.07 Splatting 1.57 1% 1.67 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1.07% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Extreme II 480GB-$192 1,439 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 409GB free (System drive) Firmware: R1311 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 5 100 5 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 28 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 54 (A8) Unknown 100 100 4 (A9) Unknown 100 100 579 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 19 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 78 31 133145165846 (D4) Unknown 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 95 (F1) Unknown 253 253 50 (F2) Unknown 253 253 28 (F3) Unknown 100 100 0	82.6% Excellent	Read 458 Write 435 Mixed 430 98% 441 MB/s	4K Read 24.1 4K Write 66.3 4K Mixed 24.2 103% 38.2 MB/s	DQ Read 75.6 DQ Write 225 DQ Mixed 59.1 71% 120 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 82.6% Great: 110%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$50 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 3TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 2 (03) Spinup time 182 164 5866 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 298 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5341 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 142 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 55 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 241 (C2) HDA temperature 126 107 24 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	49.6% Average	Read 132 Write 40.9 Mixed 62.3 58% 78.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 0.31 4K Mixed 0.07 45% 0.38 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 49.6% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 3,287 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	60.2% Good	MC Read 26.2 MC Write 20.4 MC Mixed 18.5 62% 21.7 GB/s	SC Read 12.2 SC Write 18.6 SC Mixed 16.4 45% 15.7 GB/s	Latency 78.1 51% 78.1 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 60.2% Great: 110%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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 $94Bench 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 $300	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