Asrock Z270 Taichi

Performance Results


Gaming 116% UFO	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 97% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 92%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	126% 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	352% 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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z270 Taichi (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180117
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Sep 13 '19 at 08:46
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing as expected (51^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700-$167 256,717 User benchmarks, average bench 76% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92% Outstanding	Memory 96.2 1-Core 130 2-Core 256 90% 161 Pts	4-Core 473 8-Core 704 73% 589 Pts	64-Core 696 43% 696 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 92% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-$391 316,424 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 37A7) CLim: 2175 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 436.30 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	126% Outstanding	Lighting 171 Reflection 166 Parallax 176 140% 171 fps	MRender 188 Gravity 152 Splatting 115 120% 152 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 134%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$320 38,669 User benchmarks, average bench 327% 337GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1915 1946 1979 2106 1915 1919 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	352% Outstanding	Read 2,258 Write 1589 Mixed 1,202 SusWrite 1,963 393% 1,753 MB/s	4K Read 54.9 4K Write 175 4K Mixed 83.4 283% 104 MB/s	DQ Read 1,305 DQ Write 1,116 DQ Mixed 1,210 907% 1,210 MB/s
Poor: 215% ↑ This bench: 352% Great: 425%
Corsair Neutron GTX 240GB-$503 3,421 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 223GB free Firmware: M311 SusWrite @10s intervals: 163 172 168 172 171 170 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	68.7% Good	Read 346 Write 344 Mixed 272 SusWrite 169 64% 283 MB/s	4K Read 24 4K Write 79 4K Mixed 29.8 116% 44.3 MB/s	DQ Read 209 DQ Write 192 DQ Mixed 210 155% 204 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 68.7% Great: 100%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 108 117 119 122 124 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	50.6% Above average	Read 56.7 Write 85.5 Mixed 63.8 SusWrite 118 60% 81.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 5.3 4K Mixed 0.5 183% 2.17 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 50.6% Great: 90%
Hitachi HDS721010CLA630 1TB 13,178 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 931GB free Firmware: JP4OA41B SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 120 119 121 122 121 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	72.6% Very good	Read 133 Write 136 Mixed 62.5 SusWrite 120 83% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 72.6% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$45 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	57.4% Above average	MC Read 21.3 MC Write 20.4 MC Mixed 15.2 54% 19 GB/s	SC Read 16.4 SC Write 21.2 SC Mixed 19.4 54% 19 GB/s	Latency 53.2 75% 53.2 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 57.4% Great: 110%

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Gaming 71%

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Desktop 90%

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

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 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: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $502

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	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