Asrock Z270 Taichi

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 61% Destroyer	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 51% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 99.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	63.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z270 Taichi (all builds)
Memory	8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170703
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Mar 14 '18 at 11:33
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	ZAF-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st 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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	99.9% Outstanding	Memory 94.8 1-Core 144 2-Core 288 97% 175 Pts	4-Core 568 8-Core 800 86% 684 Pts	64-Core 802 50% 802 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 99.9% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% MSI(1462 3170) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	63.5% Good	Lighting 81.2 Reflection 83.8 Parallax 73.5 66% 79.5 fps	MRender 78.3 Gravity 72.7 Splatting 65.4 58% 72.2 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 63.5% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 8GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 535 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 99 (B1) Unknown 99 99 2 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 61 45 39 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 6 (F1) Unknown 99 99 1223387594
Poor: 75% Great: 128%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$78 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 46GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 185 177 5741 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3304 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 73 73 20034 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2460 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 503 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 190 190 30846 (C2) HDA temperature 120 103 30 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	37.7% Below average	Read 66.6 Write 64.5 Mixed 72 51% 67.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 1.77 4K Mixed 0.25 93% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 37.7% Great: 88%
Samsung HD103SI 1TB-$89 48,059 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 12GB free Firmware: 1AG01118 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 99 18 650 (03) Spinup time 82 82 6320 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8021 (05) Reallocated sector count 97 97 78 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 13713 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 40188 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 92 92 7609 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 38 10 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 4880 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 78 64 370081814 (C2) HDA temperature 77 62 386859031 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 245325 (C4) Reallocation count 98 98 78 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 99 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 5 (C8) Write error rate 100 99 10 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	37% Below average	Read 58.6 Write 70.1 Mixed 78.5 52% 69.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.22 4K Mixed 0.32 80% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 37% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial UDIMM DDR4 2400 C16 1x16GB-$29 2,562 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 1 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	46.6% Average	MC Read 16.5 MC Write 15.9 MC Mixed 13.1 43% 15.2 GB/s	SC Read 13.9 SC Write 17.1 SC Mixed 14.6 43% 15.2 GB/s	Latency 57.8 69% 57.8 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 46.6% Great: 47%

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

Gaming 71%

Battleship

Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 61%

Destroyer

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 $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	34x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 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 $150Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	9x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 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: $497

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16