Asrock Z370 Taichi

Performance Results


Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 15% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 93.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	8.23% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	242% 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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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.

Motherboard	Asrock Z370 Taichi (all builds)
Memory	55.5 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20181019
Uptime	13.9 Days
Run Date	Jan 29 '20 at 02:28
Run Duration	258 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8700K-$186 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	93.9% Outstanding	Memory 85.2 1-Core 133 2-Core 278 90% 165 Pts	4-Core 550 8-Core 870 87% 710 Pts	64-Core 1,140 70% 1,140 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 93.9% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 630 (Desktop Coffee Lake i5 i7) 147,588 User benchmarks, average bench 5% ASRock(1849 3E92) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 26.20.100.7584 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	8.23% Terrible	Lighting 8.4 Reflection 12.3 Parallax 9.12 7% 9.96 fps	MRender 13.3 Gravity 7.77 Splatting 17.3 11% 12.8 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 8.23% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 278GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 815 626 624 618 620 620 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	242% Outstanding	Read 2,037 Write 1,619 Mixed 630 SusWrite 654 274% 1,235 MB/s	4K Read 42.1 4K Write 157 4K Mixed 66.1 232% 88.4 MB/s	DQ Read 1,194 DQ Write 1,015 DQ Mixed 813 689% 1,008 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 242% Great: 254%
Kingston SSDNow V310 960GB-$310 196 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 774GB free Firmware: S8FM07.7 SusWrite @10s intervals: 471 474 477 473 475 475 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	66.2% Good	Read 496 Write 471 Mixed 243 SusWrite 474 95% 421 MB/s	4K Read 10.8 4K Write 39 4K Mixed 8.9 48% 19.6 MB/s	DQ Read 107 DQ Write 35.9 DQ Mixed 28.9 32% 57.3 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 66.2% Great: 66%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 577GB free Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 484 484 484 486 484 484 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	126% Outstanding	Read 512 Write 488 Mixed 464 SusWrite 484 110% 487 MB/s	4K Read 42.7 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 56.5 194% 68.6 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 360 271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 133%
SanDisk Ultra II 960GB-$226 35,454 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 630GB free Firmware: X35510RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 292 219 219 217 211 212 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	79.8% Very good	Read 413 Write 352 Mixed 243 SusWrite 228 69% 309 MB/s	4K Read 24.6 4K Write 86.8 4K Mixed 29 120% 46.8 MB/s	DQ Read 363 DQ Write 215 DQ Mixed 198 172% 259 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 79.8% Great: 107%
WD Blue 6TB (2015)-$215 8,416 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 4.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 145 148 148 151 149 146 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	81% Excellent	Read 134 Write 128 Mixed 101 SusWrite 148 94% 128 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1 205% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 81% Great: 97%
Seagate Barracuda 6TB (2017)-$87 14,331 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 160 173 176 182 176 175 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	77.1% Very good	Read 94 Write 130 Mixed 60.5 SusWrite 174 84% 114 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 4.9 4K Mixed 0.8 226% 2.27 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 77.1% Great: 87%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB 516 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	70.2% Very good	MC Read 25.5 MC Write 26.5 MC Mixed 21.7 70% 24.6 GB/s	SC Read 16.7 SC Write 27.7 SC Mixed 22.8 64% 22.4 GB/s	Latency 71.8 56% 71.8 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 70.2% Great: 156%

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Gaming 111%

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Desktop 96%

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Workstation 102%

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Motherboard: Asrock Z370 Taichi - $330

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	619x
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 $625Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	81x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	79x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 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: $1,139

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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