Asrock Z370 Taichi

Performance Results


Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 68% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 91.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	88.6% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	112% 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	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 (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asrock Z370 Taichi (all builds)
Memory	7.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170908
Uptime	1.5 Days
Run Date	May 19 '18 at 06:43
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing as expected (49^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-8350K-$139 23,493 User benchmarks, average bench 82% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	91.6% Outstanding	Memory 96 1-Core 130 2-Core 264 91% 163 Pts	4-Core 502 8-Core 514 68% 508 Pts	64-Core 527 33% 527 Pts
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 91.6% Great: 93%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85EA) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 391.35 Relative performance (0^th percentile)	88.6% Excellent	Lighting 165 Reflection 187 Parallax 170 134% 174 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 88.6% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 3D SATA M.2 500GB-$113 27,087 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 241GB free Firmware: X61130WD Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1589 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 122 (A5) Unknown 100 100 4194347 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 34 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1 (A9) Unknown 100 100 330 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 58 49 210454642730 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 34359738376 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 399 (EA) Unknown 100 100 533 (F1) Unknown 253 253 509 (F2) Unknown 253 253 548 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	85.3% Excellent	Read 507 Write 278 Mixed 310 80% 365 MB/s	4K Read 34.7 4K Write 74.9 4K Mixed 21.8 120% 43.8 MB/s	DQ Read 350 DQ Write 222 DQ Mixed 13.2 83% 195 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 85.3% Great: 116%
WD Black NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB (2017)-$154 14,088 User benchmarks, average bench 131% 28GB free (System drive) Firmware: B35500WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 1,547 Write 222 Mixed 145 135% 638 MB/s	4K Read 34 4K Write 70 4K Mixed 7.01 98% 37 MB/s	DQ Read 185 DQ Write 247 DQ Mixed 11.6 66% 148 MB/s
Poor: 84% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 155%
WD My Passport 259F 2TB 3,542 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 2TB free, PID 259f Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	20.7% Poor	Read 40.5 Write 40.6 Mixed 35.3 50% 38.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.91 4K Mixed 0.22 74% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 20.7% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$36 287,720 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	93.9% Outstanding	MC Read 35.1 MC Write 36.9 MC Mixed 28.9 96% 33.6 GB/s	SC Read 20.2 SC Write 30.6 SC Mixed 28.1 75% 26.3 GB/s	Latency 53.9 74% 53.9 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 93.9% Great: 109%

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Gaming 111%

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Desktop 96%

Nuclear submarine

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	80x

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 $92Bench 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: $1,136

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 $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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