Asrock Z270 Taichi

Performance Results


Gaming 113% UFO	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 100% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	130% 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	186% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asrock Z270 Taichi (all builds)
Memory	21 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170509
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Nov 22 '17 at 10:55
Run Duration	203 Seconds
Run User	IRL-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$242 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	85.6% Excellent	Memory 85.8 1-Core 141 2-Core 262 90% 163 Pts	4-Core 459 8-Core 692 72% 576 Pts	64-Core 818 51% 818 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85.6% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Nvidia(10DE 120F) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	130% Outstanding	Lighting 182 Reflection 200 Parallax 194 149% 192 fps	MRender 129 Gravity 177 Splatting 127 117% 145 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 102GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	186% Outstanding	Read 1,699 Write 828 Mixed 1,154 271% 1,227 MB/s	4K Read 40.4 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 45.3 185% 70 MB/s	DQ Read 295 DQ Write 205 DQ Mixed 159 143% 220 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 186% Great: 283%
WD Green 4TB (2013)-$136 31,988 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 182 179 7883 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1442 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 67 67 24420 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1166 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 755 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 75 75 375087 (C2) HDA temperature 126 109 26 (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	71.6% Very good	Read 141 Write 108 Mixed 103 88% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 2.03 4K Mixed 0.2 86% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 71.6% Great: 87%
WD WD10EZRX-00A8LB0 4TB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 406GB free Firmware: 0001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 64 1593055 (03) Spinup time 93 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 284 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 138149115 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 103727755171039 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 150 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (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 76 60 420675608 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 37 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 59 59 83616 (C2) HDA temperature 24 40 68719476760 (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 -32865089747216 (F1) Unknown 100 253 16644680139 (F2) Unknown 100 253 25137532967	84.8% Excellent	Read 172 Write 123 Mixed 168 117% 154 MB/s	4K Read 1.23 4K Write 4.65 4K Mixed 0.19 159% 2.03 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 87%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 406GB free Firmware: 0001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 82 64 165455615 (03) Spinup time 93 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 207 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 82 60 165161876 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 -47704201751339 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 150 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (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 62 403832855 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 2 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 59 59 83264 (C2) HDA temperature 23 40 64424509463 (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 -102164387067863 (F1) Unknown 100 253 17096182312 (F2) Unknown 100 253 27421207252	78.9% Very good	Read 167 Write 108 Mixed 118 98% 131 MB/s	4K Read 1.11 4K Write 2.84 4K Mixed 0.67 173% 1.54 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 78.9% Great: 96%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 406GB free Firmware: 0001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 83 64 204392137 (03) Spinup time 93 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 211 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 117611773 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 6189047878869 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 151 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 2 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 76 60 420675608 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 5 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 60 60 81856 (C2) HDA temperature 24 40 64424509464 (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 -6137508264159 (F1) Unknown 100 253 16747982272 (F2) Unknown 100 253 13214539766	71% Very good	Read 126 Write 120 Mixed 151 101% 132 MB/s	4K Read 1.31 4K Write 4.41 4K Mixed 0.49 191% 2.07 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 71% Great: 96%
WD Se 2TB (2013)-$39 2,177 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 406GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 170 165 6475 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1485 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 66 66 24944 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1191 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 786 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 698 (C2) HDA temperature 124 96 26 (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	99.1% Outstanding	Read 181 Write 165 Mixed 120 116% 155 MB/s	4K Read 1.27 4K Write 1.76 4K Mixed 0.57 149% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 99.1% Great: 93%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2666 C15 2x16GB 771 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	86.9% Excellent	MC Read 32.7 MC Write 34 MC Mixed 28 90% 31.6 GB/s	SC Read 16.8 SC Write 31.1 SC Mixed 24.8 69% 24.2 GB/s	Latency 71.4 56% 71.4 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 86.9% Great: 96%

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Gaming 71%

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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 61%

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Motherboard: Asrock Z270 Taichi

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	188x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	41x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	24x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	38x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	35x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	34x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	13x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	11x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	9x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	16x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	13x
Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $192Bench 83%, 40,358 samples	8x

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Value: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $526

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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