Asrock X299 Taichi XE

Performance Results


Gaming 137% UFO	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 177% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 intensive workstation, and even full-fledged server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 101%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	139% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	154% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asrock X299 Taichi XE (all builds)
Memory	28.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180226
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 29 '18 at 21:07
Run Duration	438 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-7960X-$347 2,322 User benchmarks, average bench 83% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 16 cores, 32 threads Base clock 2.7 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Memory 89.5 1-Core 150 2-Core 302 98% 181 Pts	4-Core 603 8-Core 1,199 106% 901 Pts	64-Core 3,277 203% 3,277 Pts
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 99%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% PNY(196E 1211) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2075 MHz, MLim: 3252 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 397.64 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	139% Outstanding	Lighting 196 Reflection 208 Parallax 199 160% 201 fps	MRender 141 Gravity 194 Splatting 138 128% 158 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 139% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 435GB free Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	284% Outstanding	Read 2,517 Write 2,030 Mixed 2,280 507% 2,276 MB/s	4K Read 22.5 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 40.2 148% 60.4 MB/s	DQ Read 387 DQ Write 247 DQ Mixed 135 150% 256 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 284% Great: 254%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 435GB free Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	288% Outstanding	Read 2,457 Write 2,070 Mixed 2,299 508% 2,275 MB/s	4K Read 21.8 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 47.7 158% 63.1 MB/s	DQ Read 392 DQ Write 250 DQ Mixed 138 152% 260 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 288% Great: 254%
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$119 20,782 User benchmarks, average bench 128% 336GB free (System drive) Firmware: PSF121C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	154% Outstanding	Read 1,570 Write 549 Mixed 783 211% 967 MB/s	4K Read 17 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 42.9 141% 57.8 MB/s	DQ Read 370 DQ Write 255 DQ Mixed 152 157% 259 MB/s
Poor: 95% ↑ This bench: 154% Great: 144%
OCZ INTREPID 3700 240GB 129 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 179GB free Firmware: 1.5.0.7 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 22 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 13385 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 7300 (64) Unknown 100 100 4448320 (AB) Unknown 82 0 2801 (AE) Unknown 34 100 2544 (B8) Unknown 16 100 569 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 11 (BE) vendor-specific 51 62 4069683 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 0 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 0 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 0 100 22 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 4377 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 5411 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 2020035446 (CD) Thermal asperity rate(TAR) 100 100 10000 (CE) Flying height 0 100 0 (CF) Spin high current 116 100 3507 (D0) Spin buzz 2 100 65 (D2) Unknown 100 100 21618 (D3) Unknown 100 100 0 (D4) Unknown 100 100 653 (D5) Unknown 100 100 123 (D6) Unknown 100 100 530 (DD) G-sense error rate 100 100 36376 (DE) Loaded hours 100 100 11 (E6) GMR head amplitude 1 100 1 (E9) Unknown 100 0 100 (F9) Unknown 100 100 10518 (FB) Unknown 100 100 18605	69.3% Good	Read 345 Write 209 Mixed 264 60% 273 MB/s	4K Read 20.3 4K Write 90.9 4K Mixed 23.5 109% 44.9 MB/s	DQ Read 242 DQ Write 214 DQ Mixed 85.7 103% 181 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 69.3% Great: 88%
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 145GB free Firmware: M0CR031 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6980 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 6886 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 99 99 22 (AE) Unknown 100 100 6643 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 68 55 193274511392 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 99 99 1 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 12614946372 (F7) Unknown 100 100 397996926 (F8) Unknown 100 100 148904572 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1936 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	55.5% Above average	Read 357 Write 252 Mixed 253 64% 287 MB/s	4K Read 14.1 4K Write 39.2 4K Mixed 15.4 62% 22.9 MB/s	DQ Read 216 DQ Write 96.9 DQ Mixed 48.5 65% 120 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 55.5% Great: 99%
Hitachi HUS724030ALE641 3TB 13,833 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 3TB free Firmware: MJ8OA5F0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 136 136 83 (03) Spinup time 166 166 21501706582 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 6229 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 23353 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2379 (C0) Power-off retract count 94 94 7407 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 7407 (C2) HDA temperature 171 171 214749544483 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	87.9% Excellent	Read 145 Write 161 Mixed 139 112% 148 MB/s	4K Read 0.84 4K Write 2.07 4K Mixed 0.2 96% 1.04 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 87.9% Great: 89%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$80 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 317GB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 59610552 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8541 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 67 60 5973253 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 7869 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3699 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 21475229703 (BD) vendor-specific 93 93 7 (BE) vendor-specific 67 56 572522529 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1892 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 90 90 20530 (C2) HDA temperature 33 44 42949672993 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 25026774436464 (F1) Unknown 100 253 31191216284 (F2) Unknown 100 253 40974069374	79.1% Very good	Read 156 Write 120 Mixed 118 98% 131 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.32 4K Mixed 0.15 61% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 79.1% Great: 114%
General USB Flash Disk 8GB 594 User benchmarks, average bench 4% 7GB free, PID 800b Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	3.45% Terrible	Read 12.8 Write 4.4 Mixed 5.93 8% 7.7 MB/s	4K Read 2.58 4K Write 0.009 4K Mixed 0.01 10% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 3.45% Great: 4%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x8GB 41,916 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3216 MHz Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	46.1% Average	MC Read 14.7 MC Write 18.8 MC Mixed 12.8 44% 15.4 GB/s	SC Read 11.6 SC Write 19.9 SC Mixed 12.1 42% 14.5 GB/s	Latency 67.8 59% 67.8 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 46.1% Great: 115%

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Desktop 89%

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Workstation 181%

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Motherboard: Asrock X299 Taichi XE

CPU
Core i9-7900XIntel $462Bench 82%, 19,432 samples	27x
Core i9-7980XEIntel $1,509Bench 80%, 4,653 samples	16x
Core i7-7820XIntel $375Bench 80%, 28,524 samples	14x

GPU
RTX 3090Nvidia $1,306Bench 210%, 158,856 samples	20x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	16x
RTX 2080-TiNvidia $441Bench 156%, 357,946 samples	8x

SSD
970 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $170Bench 322%, 93,447 samples	12x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	9x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $129Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	7x

RAM
4x8GBUnknownBench 70%, 41,916 samples	28x
4x16GBUnknownBench 98%, 9,153 samples	18x
8x8GBUnknownBench 94%, 4,255 samples	7x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	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