Asrock Z370 Taichi

Performance Results


Gaming 93% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 87% Aircraft carrier


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 90.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	98.8% 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	207% 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	9.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180322
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Jan 24 '21 at 08:38
Run Duration	225 Seconds
Run User	ZAF-User
Background CPU	6%

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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-$198 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	90.7% Outstanding	Memory 96.8 1-Core 134 2-Core 238 90% 156 Pts	4-Core 455 8-Core 812 76% 634 Pts	64-Core 1,082 67% 1,082 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 90.7% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6583) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 461.09 Performing below potential (26^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	98.8% Outstanding	Lighting 123 Reflection 136 Parallax 135 100% 131 fps	MRender 110 Gravity 128 Splatting 115 96% 118 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 98.8% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung MZALQ512HALU-000L1 512GB 2,744 User benchmarks, average bench 140% 151GB free (System drive) Firmware: 9L1QFXV7 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1273 898 311 305 288 180 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	207% Outstanding	Read 1,319 Write 1,271 Mixed 1,178 SusWrite 543 242% 1,078 MB/s	4K Read 53.3 4K Write 157 4K Mixed 75.6 261% 95.3 MB/s	DQ Read 823 DQ Write 1,005 DQ Mixed 879 673% 903 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 207% Great: 203%
Toshiba THNSN5512GPUK NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB 19,561 User benchmarks, average bench 122% 477GB free Firmware: 5KHA4102 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 517 241 149 198 156 122 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	165% Outstanding	Read 1,089 Write 983 Mixed 946 SusWrite 231 182% 812 MB/s	4K Read 43.9 4K Write 145 4K Mixed 65.9 228% 85 MB/s	DQ Read 933 DQ Write 724 DQ Mixed 828 619% 828 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 165% Great: 170%
Adata SU800NS38 256GB 10,211 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 238GB free Firmware: Q0922FS SusWrite @10s intervals: 476 474 473 476 471 474 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 513 Write 468 Mixed 424 SusWrite 474 106% 470 MB/s	4K Read 31.8 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 48.5 173% 66.3 MB/s	DQ Read 198 DQ Write 341 DQ Mixed 239 190% 259 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 110%
Seagate Expansion Desk 2TB 7,241 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 474GB free, PID 3312 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 96 98 99 100 98 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	50.5% Above average	Read 142 Write 141 Mixed 82.3 SusWrite 98.3 153% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 0.8 122% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 50.5% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$56 215,644 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	88.5% Excellent	MC Read 35.4 MC Write 32.4 MC Mixed 25.6 89% 31.1 GB/s	SC Read 20.7 SC Write 30.8 SC Mixed 27.4 75% 26.3 GB/s	Latency 51.1 78% 51.1 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 88.5% Great: 107%

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Typical Z370 Taichi Builds (Compare 971 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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 $198Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	617x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	90x
Core i7-8086KIntel $399Bench 91%, 38,086 samples	79x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $499Bench 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 $76Bench 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 $56Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	28x

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Value: 81% - Excellent

Total price: $1,146

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) $32	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