Asrock Z370 Taichi

Performance Results


Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 19% Surfboard


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 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 99.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	7.96% 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	282% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Asrock Z370 Taichi (all builds)
Memory	5.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 3.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180111
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 14 '18 at 13:06
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	2%

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 i7-8700K-$186 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	99.7% Outstanding	Memory 97.8 1-Core 145 2-Core 284 98% 176 Pts	4-Core 546 8-Core 929 90% 737 Pts	64-Core 1,150 71% 1,150 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 99.7% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 630 (Desktop Coffee Lake i5 i7) 147,588 User benchmarks, average bench 5% ASRock(1849 3E92) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64 Ver. 22.20.16.4785 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.96% Terrible	Lighting 8.37 Reflection 11.8 Parallax 8.59 7% 9.6 fps	MRender 12.2 Gravity 7.3 Splatting 16.3 10% 11.9 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.96% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM951 AHCI PCIe M.2 128GB-$110 2,093 User benchmarks, average bench 165% 295GB free Firmware: BXW2500Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 6282 (0C) Power cycle count 89 89 10108 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 89 89 339 (AE) Unknown 99 99 1584 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 404 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 63 33 37 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 99 99 43488 (F1) Unknown 99 99 22062 (F2) Unknown 99 99 28507	153% Outstanding	Read 969 Write 981 Mixed 953 216% 968 MB/s	4K Read 34.9 4K Write 99.2 4K Mixed 45.7 164% 59.9 MB/s	DQ Read 45.1 DQ Write 106 DQ Mixed 160 98% 103 MB/s
Poor: 116% ↑ This bench: 153% Great: 188%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 240GB 13,500 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 295GB free Firmware: 1.0. Max speed: Unknown Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	149% Outstanding	Read 946 Write 981 Mixed 959 215% 962 MB/s	4K Read 32.5 4K Write 96.4 4K Mixed 28.7 137% 52.5 MB/s	DQ Read 44.9 DQ Write 418 DQ Mixed 165 147% 209 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 149% Great: 133%
Samsung SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 21,747 User benchmarks, average bench 219% 201GB free (System drive) Firmware: 500Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	282% Outstanding	Read 2,966 Write 1,469 Mixed 1,685 449% 2,040 MB/s	4K Read 50.9 4K Write 148 4K Mixed 37 203% 78.5 MB/s	DQ Read 55.9 DQ Write 579 DQ Mixed 37.5 112% 224 MB/s
Poor: 134% ↑ This bench: 282% Great: 292%
Toshiba DT01ABA200 2TB 2,995 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 1.5TB free Firmware: MZ4OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 144 144 80 (03) Spinup time 131 131 21492334859 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 12411 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 136 136 34 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6169 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 8910 (C0) Power-off retract count 89 89 13457 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 89 89 13457 (C2) HDA temperature 200 200 197569478686 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 308	72.2% Very good	Read 116 Write 136 Mixed 133 97% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 1.68 4K Mixed 0.16 78% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 72.2% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3866 C18 2x4GB 54 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3867 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	MC Read 42.5 MC Write 46.3 MC Mixed 28.9 112% 39.2 GB/s	SC Read 18.7 SC Write 50.8 SC Mixed 34.2 99% 34.6 GB/s	Latency 47.1 85% 47.1 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 114%

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Desktop 96%

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Workstation 102%

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Motherboard: Asrock Z370 Taichi - $330

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	617x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	90x
Core i7-8086KIntel $399Bench 91%, 38,086 samples	79x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	145x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	81x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	79x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	65x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	45x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 213%, 165,668 samples	44x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	38x
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL $113Bench 91%, 87,239 samples	31x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	28x

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Value: 81% - Excellent

Total price: $1,139

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