Asrock Z370 Taichi

Performance Results


Gaming 102% UFO	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 94% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 101%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	99.8% 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	243% 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.

Motherboard	Asrock Z370 Taichi (all builds)
Memory	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190327
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 11 '19 at 09:49
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (70^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 4.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Memory 95.2 1-Core 143 2-Core 285 96% 174 Pts	4-Core 570 8-Core 888 90% 729 Pts	64-Core 1,178 73% 1,178 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% MSI(1462 C300) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 436.15 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	99.8% Outstanding	Lighting 128 Reflection 143 Parallax 132 104% 134 fps	MRender 101 Gravity 124 Splatting 107 91% 111 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 99.8% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 276GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 878 644 636 617 592 577 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	243% Outstanding	Read 2,086 Write 1732 Mixed 745 SusWrite 657 290% 1,305 MB/s	4K Read 44.6 4K Write 179 4K Mixed 61.3 241% 95 MB/s	DQ Read 1,028 DQ Write 1,040 DQ Mixed 839 684% 969 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 243% Great: 254%
SSD 240GB 240GB 437 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 182GB free Firmware: Q0526A SusWrite @10s intervals: 401 320 299 300 299 299 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 460 Write 391 Mixed 361 SusWrite 320 86% 383 MB/s	4K Read 38.2 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 55.5 190% 69.3 MB/s	DQ Read 341 DQ Write 341 DQ Mixed 102 142% 261 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 113%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 369GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 156 156 157 156 157 159 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	77.2% Very good	Read 112 Write 113 Mixed 63.2 SusWrite 157 81% 111 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.2 239% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 109%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 463GB free Firmware: CC3E SusWrite @10s intervals: 71 71 73 73 73 73 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	39.8% Below average	Read 66 Write 61.2 Mixed 45.1 SusWrite 72.3 45% 61.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 39.8% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$40 98,777 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	77.2% Very good	MC Read 29.6 MC Write 28.5 MC Mixed 21.8 76% 26.6 GB/s	SC Read 18.9 SC Write 30.4 SC Mixed 25.4 71% 24.9 GB/s	Latency 56.5 71% 56.5 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 88%

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Gaming 111%

UFO

Desktop 96%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 102%

UFO

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 $179	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