Asrock Z270 Taichi

Performance Results


Gaming 32% Sail boat	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 29% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 86.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	30.4% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	142% 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 (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z270 Taichi (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180117
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 26 '20 at 14:06
Run Duration	215 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	18%

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PC Performing as expected (50^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700-$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 (99^th percentile)	86.3% Excellent	Memory 89.1 1-Core 130 2-Core 230 85% 150 Pts	4-Core 449 8-Core 694 71% 572 Pts	64-Core 704 44% 704 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 86.3% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-Ti-$59 946,701 User benchmarks, average bench 29% Asus(1043 8626) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 452.06 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	30.4% Below average	Lighting 38.1 Reflection 29.9 Parallax 36.2 31% 34.7 fps	MRender 35.9 Gravity 36.5 Splatting 34.7 29% 35.7 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 30.4% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX7000 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$155 2,976 User benchmarks, average bench 126% 310GB free (System drive) Firmware: CB1.1.1 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 831 415 517 121 209 122 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	142% Outstanding	Read 795 Write 802 Mixed 717 SusWrite 369 151% 671 MB/s	4K Read 34.2 4K Write 148 4K Mixed 54.6 200% 78.9 MB/s	DQ Read 489 DQ Write 666 DQ Mixed 517 407% 557 MB/s
Poor: 95% ↑ This bench: 142% Great: 142%
WDC WD6002FFWX-68TZ4N0 5TB 183GB free Firmware: CC46 SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 100 101 102 104 102 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples		Read 92.7 Write 91.8 Mixed 62 SusWrite 101 20% 86.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 11.3 4K Mixed 0.6 8% 4.13 MB/s	DQ Read 1.1 DQ Write 2.8 DQ Mixed 2.3 2% 2.07 MB/s

WD Gold 10TB (2016)-$210 1,110 User benchmarks, average bench 107% 100GB free Firmware: 01.01H02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 90 91 91 91 90 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	90.4% Outstanding	Read 223 Write 245 Mixed 102 SusWrite 90.9 121% 165 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 5.8 4K Mixed 1.2 295% 2.77 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 90.4% Great: 133%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$90 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 109GB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 101 98 98 97 98 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	54% Above average	Read 87.9 Write 133 Mixed 28.2 SusWrite 99 63% 86.9 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 5.1 4K Mixed 1.9 351% 2.7 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 54% Great: 108%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$60 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2TB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 98 96 97 98 99 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	60.8% Good	Read 114 Write 101 Mixed 86.6 SusWrite 97.5 74% 99.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.7 151% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 60.8% Great: 67%
WD Red Pro 6TB (2015)-$239 995 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 71GB free Firmware: 83.H0A83 SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 107 106 106 107 107 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	88.3% Excellent	Read 201 Write 206 Mixed 83.8 SusWrite 106 109% 149 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 3.9 4K Mixed 0.8 203% 1.9 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 88.3% Great: 122%
WD Red 8TB (2016)-$180 4,231 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 37GB free Firmware: 83.H0A83 SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 89 88 90 89 90 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	64.6% Good	Read 136 Write 139 Mixed 77 SusWrite 89.1 81% 110 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1.2 218% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 64.6% Great: 97%
Seagate Barracuda 8TB (2017)-$87 42,465 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 42GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 130 145 162 109 101 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	64.6% Good	Read 102 Write 122 Mixed 67.6 SusWrite 122 76% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 5 4K Mixed 0.6 197% 2.17 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 64.6% Great: 90%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$45 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	72.5% Very good	MC Read 27.8 MC Write 27.6 MC Mixed 20.5 72% 25.3 GB/s	SC Read 17.9 SC Write 29 SC Mixed 23 67% 23.3 GB/s	Latency 68.4 58% 68.4 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 72.5% Great: 104%

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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 $159Bench 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