Asrock X99 Taichi

Performance Results


Gaming 106% UFO	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 95% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (29th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 71 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 83.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	125% 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	256% 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 (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asrock X99 Taichi (all builds)
Memory	27.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180406
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 23 '18 at 06:57
Run Duration	255 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6850K-$115 29,279 User benchmarks, average bench 84% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	83.8% Excellent	Memory 85.1 1-Core 120 2-Core 241 83% 149 Pts	4-Core 444 8-Core 686 70% 565 Pts	64-Core 873 54% 873 Pts
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 93%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$499 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Nvidia(10DE 120F) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing below potential (59^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	125% Outstanding	Lighting 175 Reflection 188 Parallax 187 143% 183 fps	MRender 118 Gravity 168 Splatting 119 109% 135 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 3D 2TB-$157 1,834 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 2TB free Firmware: X61130WD Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 17 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2 (A5) Unknown 100 100 65536 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 174 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 1346 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 71 30 128850788381 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 3 (F1) Unknown 253 253 3 (F2) Unknown 253 253 2 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	70.8% Very good	Read 496 Write 342 Mixed 346 88% 395 MB/s	4K Read 27.3 4K Write 32.3 4K Mixed 15.6 78% 25.1 MB/s	DQ Read 245 DQ Write 67.1 DQ Mixed 43.2 61% 119 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 70.8% Great: 118%
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 403GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 1 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 16436 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2620 (B1) Unknown 91 91 98 (B3) Unknown 100 1 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 1 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 44 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 638 (F1) Unknown 99 99 87424762742	68.9% Good	Read 498 Write 344 Mixed 355 88% 399 MB/s	4K Read 25.1 4K Write 30.9 4K Mixed 19.5 79% 25.2 MB/s	DQ Read 40.8 DQ Write 135 DQ Mixed 64.8 56% 80.3 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 68.9% Great: 126%
Samsung SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB 4,056 User benchmarks, average bench 250% 275GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXA7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	256% Outstanding	Read 2,657 Write 1,532 Mixed 1,906 449% 2,032 MB/s	4K Read 28.8 4K Write 99.2 4K Mixed 43.9 152% 57.3 MB/s	DQ Read 195 DQ Write 189 DQ Mixed 107 104% 164 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 256% Great: 331%
WD Black 4TB (2013)-$178 20,205 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2.5TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 156 144 11191 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4189 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 11311 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1770 (10) Unknown 3 197 57632963589 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 160 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4027 (C2) HDA temperature 120 96 32 (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	81% Excellent	Read 147 Write 135 Mixed 115 99% 132 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 2.89 4K Mixed 0.24 105% 1.24 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 81% Great: 98%
WD Red 3TB (2012)-$78 68,726 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 541GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 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 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 178 169 6100 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5912 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 77 77 17450 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3060 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 315 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5596 (C2) HDA temperature 121 105 29 (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	49.1% Average	Read 95.2 Write 75.8 Mixed 86.2 65% 85.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.29 4K Write 1.89 4K Mixed 0.17 66% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 49.1% Great: 88%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$63 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 320GB free Firmware: CC26 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 117 99 165871880 (03) Spinup time 94 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1209 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 60 60 1170991 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6958 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 832 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 94 536 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 49 521928734 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 38 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 6971 (C2) HDA temperature 30 51 68719476766 (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 120125940308446 (F1) Unknown 100 253 5868676978 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1627637205	66.4% Good	Read 117 Write 115 Mixed 109 86% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 1.53 4K Mixed 0.23 86% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 66.4% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$51 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 246GB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 137277424 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1215 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 61 60 1502895 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6984 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 842 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 52 572391456 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 44 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 7062 (C2) HDA temperature 32 48 64424509472 (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 82081120000506 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3676959226 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2684697256	70.3% Very good	Read 124 Write 121 Mixed 113 90% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 1.57 4K Mixed 0.17 81% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 70.3% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GB 76,101 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (15^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	69.6% Good	MC Read 28.2 MC Write 25.3 MC Mixed 22.7 73% 25.4 GB/s	SC Read 12.8 SC Write 19.9 SC Mixed 18.8 49% 17.2 GB/s	Latency 71.9 56% 71.9 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 69.6% Great: 106%

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Gaming 68%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 61%

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Motherboard: Asrock X99 Taichi

CPU
Core i7-6800KIntel $103Bench 81%, 50,196 samples	154x
Core i7-6850KIntel $115Bench 84%, 29,279 samples	100x
Core i7-5820KIntel $130Bench 77%, 101,694 samples	55x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	52x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	51x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $499Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	41x

SSD
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 213%, 165,668 samples	19x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	17x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	17x

RAM
CL15-15-15 D4-2133 2x8GBUnknownBench 68%, 1,169 samples	12x
M378A1G43EB1-CPB 4x8GBSamsungBench 78%, 415 samples	8x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples	8x

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Value: 121% - Outstanding

Total price: $279

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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