Asrock Z370 Taichi

Performance Results


Gaming 83% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 103% UFO	Workstation 78% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 99.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	77.9% 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	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	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	9.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191031
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Sep 27 '22 at 23:50
Run Duration	228 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd 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-$193 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	99.1% Outstanding	Memory 95.4 1-Core 151 2-Core 277 97% 174 Pts	4-Core 552 8-Core 938 90% 745 Pts	64-Core 1194 74% 1194 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 99.1% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% MSI(1462 3236) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 516.94 Performing below potential (49^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	77.9% Very good	Lighting 95.9 Reflection 114 Parallax 99.5 78% 103 fps	MRender 97.6 Gravity 98.4 Splatting 89.6 77% 95.2 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 77.9% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$150 38,097 User benchmarks, average bench 241% 636GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1336 1142 1163 1173 1175 1169 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	242% Outstanding	Read 1,874 Write 1,651 Mixed 851 SusWrite 1,193 311% 1,392 MB/s	4K Read 41.6 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 57.1 191% 67.2 MB/s	DQ Read 918 DQ Write 677 DQ Mixed 792 593% 795 MB/s
Poor: 157% ↑ This bench: 242% Great: 302%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 428GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 468 464 476 483 484 484 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	122% Outstanding	Read 494 Write 464 Mixed 405 SusWrite 477 104% 460 MB/s	4K Read 42 4K Write 89.9 4K Mixed 55.4 182% 62.4 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 361 271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 134%
WDC WD30EZRZ-00WN9B0 120GB 108GB free Firmware: R211 SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 123 121 122 118 122 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples		Read 421 Write 135 Mixed 187 SusWrite 122 48% 216 MB/s	4K Read 32.7 4K Write 84.3 4K Mixed 37.3 142% 51.4 MB/s	DQ Read 149 DQ Write 140 DQ Mixed 106 90% 132 MB/s

Sandisk Ultra 3D NVMe 1TB 13,576 User benchmarks, average bench 232% 828GB free Firmware: 211210WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1574 850 848 847 849 849 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	222% Outstanding	Read 1,581 Write 1,838 Mixed 1,472 SusWrite 969 330% 1,465 MB/s	4K Read 45.5 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 64.9 213% 74.9 MB/s	DQ Read 932 DQ Write 563 DQ Mixed 821 592% 772 MB/s
Poor: 161% ↑ This bench: 222% Great: 280%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$65 6,723 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	97.5% Outstanding	MC Read 37.5 MC Write 36.8 MC Mixed 28.9 98% 34.4 GB/s	SC Read 22 SC Write 39.6 SC Mixed 30.2 87% 30.6 GB/s	Latency 55.9 72% 55.9 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 97.5% Great: 105%

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Typical Z370 Taichi Builds (Compare 979 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 111%

UFO

Desktop 96%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 102%

UFO

Motherboard: Asrock Z370 Taichi - $330

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $193Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	622x
Core i5-8600KIntel $139Bench 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 $909Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	81x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 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 $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	39x
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	29x

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Value: 81% - Excellent

Total price: $1,148

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