Asrock Z270 Taichi

Performance Results


Gaming 105% UFO	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 92% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 96.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	107% 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	58.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asrock Z270 Taichi (all builds)
Memory	14.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170509
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 22 '18 at 03:50
Run Duration	108 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	96.8% Outstanding	Memory 94.8 1-Core 147 2-Core 296 98% 179 Pts	4-Core 532 8-Core 842 84% 687 Pts	64-Core 850 53% 850 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 96.8% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6183) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Lighting 140 Reflection 153 Parallax 129 114% 141 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 135 Splatting 113 99% 121 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS1311 120GB-$63 12,393 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 63GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS131122 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 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3329 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 845 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 72 (AD) Unknown 100 100 2687044 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 171 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 96 (F1) Unknown 100 100 6941	58.6% Above average	Read 371 Write 243 Mixed 256 64% 290 MB/s	4K Read 29.8 4K Write 58 4K Mixed 10 89% 32.6 MB/s	DQ Read 30.8 DQ Write 143 DQ Mixed 31 40% 68.1 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 58.6% Great: 91%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 548GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 180 167 4000 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4480 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 10709 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2828 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 439 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4040 (C2) HDA temperature 114 96 33 (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 3	78.1% Very good	Read 148 Write 124 Mixed 119 98% 130 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.13 4K Mixed 0.39 116% 1.11 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLS4G4D240FSB.8FBD2 859B BLS4G4D240FSE.8FAR 859B BLS4G4D240FSE.8FBD 859B BLS4G4D240FSE.8FAR 16GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2600, 2600, 2600, 2600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	87.7% Excellent	MC Read 32.4 MC Write 33.3 MC Mixed 26.1 87% 30.6 GB/s	SC Read 20.4 SC Write 35.3 SC Mixed 29.8 81% 28.5 GB/s	Latency 57.5 70% 57.5 ns
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 87.7% Great: 91%

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Typical Z270 Taichi Builds (Compare 316 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 71%

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Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 61%

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Motherboard: Asrock Z270 Taichi

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 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 $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	13x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	11x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $110Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	9x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	16x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	13x
Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $192Bench 83%, 40,358 samples	8x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $500

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 $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