Asrock Z370 Taichi

Performance Results


Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 94.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	8.28% 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	258% 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

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Motherboard	Asrock Z370 Taichi (all builds)
Memory	14.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180222
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 03 '18 at 17:15
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd 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-$175 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	94.7% Outstanding	Memory 91.7 1-Core 145 2-Core 290 96% 176 Pts	4-Core 526 8-Core 825 83% 675 Pts	64-Core 1,144 71% 1,144 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 94.7% 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. 23.20.16.4944 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	8.28% Terrible	Lighting 8.67 Reflection 12.7 Parallax 8.78 7% 10 fps	MRender 12 Gravity 7.83 Splatting 17.4 11% 12.4 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 8.28% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 21,747 User benchmarks, average bench 219% 152GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXZ7500Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	258% Outstanding	Read 2,528 Write 1,267 Mixed 1,653 400% 1,816 MB/s	4K Read 42.9 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 63.5 210% 75.6 MB/s	DQ Read 340 DQ Write 278 DQ Mixed 159 160% 259 MB/s
Poor: 134% ↑ This bench: 258% Great: 292%
Samsung SM951 AHCI PCIe M.2 128GB-$110 2,093 User benchmarks, average bench 165% 54GB free Firmware: BXW2500Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 6680 (0C) Power cycle count 89 89 10905 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 89 89 348 (AE) Unknown 99 99 1685 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 404 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 68 33 32 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 99 99 44664 (F1) Unknown 99 99 23047 (F2) Unknown 99 99 29279	173% Outstanding	Read 1,736 Write 644 Mixed 927 241% 1,102 MB/s	4K Read 32.7 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 43.5 167% 64.1 MB/s	DQ Read 350 DQ Write 256 DQ Mixed 169 163% 258 MB/s
Poor: 116% ↑ This bench: 173% Great: 188%
Samsung SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 21,747 User benchmarks, average bench 219% 42GB free Firmware: CXZ7500Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	266% Outstanding	Read 2,415 Write 1,434 Mixed 1,788 416% 1,879 MB/s	4K Read 40.8 4K Write 128 4K Mixed 64.4 212% 77.6 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 328 DQ Mixed 185 185% 297 MB/s
Poor: 134% ↑ This bench: 266% Great: 292%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3866 C18 4x4GB 41 User benchmarks, average bench 108% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	73% Very good	MC Read 25.9 MC Write 27.4 MC Mixed 22.3 72% 25.2 GB/s	SC Read 19.3 SC Write 30.9 SC Mixed 22.4 69% 24.2 GB/s	Latency 64.7 62% 64.7 ns
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 73% Great: 130%

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Typical Z370 Taichi Builds (Compare 981 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 111%

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Desktop 96%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 102%

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Motherboard: Asrock Z370 Taichi - $330

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $175Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	623x
Core i5-8600KIntel $125Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	90x
Core i7-8086KIntel $443Bench 91%, 38,086 samples	80x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	145x
RTX 3080Nvidia $435Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	81x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	81x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $93Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	65x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $84Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	45x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $140Bench 213%, 165,668 samples	44x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	40x
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: $1,131

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $159	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16