Asrock Z270 Taichi

Performance Results


Gaming 40% Speed boat	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 36% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 91.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	37.9% 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	208% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Asrock Z270 Taichi (all builds)
Memory	5.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170509
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 25 '17 at 20:24
Run Duration	265 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	91.9% Outstanding	Memory 91.7 1-Core 145 2-Core 283 96% 173 Pts	4-Core 496 8-Core 787 79% 642 Pts	64-Core 795 49% 795 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 91.9% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% EVGA(3842 3969) CLim: 1544 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 387.92 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	37.9% Below average	Lighting 50 Reflection 47.8 Parallax 42.1 41% 46.6 fps	MRender 38.5 Gravity 42.5 Splatting 38.3 32% 39.8 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 37.9% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX100 512GB-$200 31,545 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 198GB free Firmware: MU02 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 1 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2668 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 335 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 98 98 84 (AE) Unknown 100 100 52 (B4) Unknown 0 0 4403 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 73 44 240518168603 (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 98 98 2 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 47755526714 (F7) Unknown 100 100 398359503 (F8) Unknown 100 100 441252351	106% Outstanding	Read 503 Write 481 Mixed 479 109% 488 MB/s	4K Read 30.7 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 32.3 153% 61.8 MB/s	DQ Read 126 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 47.8 90% 172 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 107%
OWC Mercury EXTREME Pro 6G SSD 480GB 197 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 86GB free Firmware: 507ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 102 102 4944368 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 28 (09) Power-on hours count 79 79 103293963487276 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1044 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 111 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 0 0 3480 (BE) vendor-specific 29 54 1009320853533 (C2) HDA temperature 29 54 1009320853533 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 4944368 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 28 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 4944368 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 4944368 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 9999 (EA) Unknown 0 0 9054 (F1) Unknown 0 0 9054 (F2) Unknown 0 0 9510	59.7% Above average	Read 490 Write 182 Mixed 253 67% 308 MB/s	4K Read 30 4K Write 17.4 4K Mixed 16.3 76% 21.3 MB/s	DQ Read 214 DQ Write 77.8 DQ Mixed 42.6 59% 112 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 59.7% Great: 99%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 18GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	208% Outstanding	Read 2,049 Write 1,112 Mixed 1,163 317% 1,441 MB/s	4K Read 55.6 4K Write 132 4K Mixed 24.7 186% 70.7 MB/s	DQ Read 57.5 DQ Write 147 DQ Mixed 26.4 42% 76.8 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 208% Great: 236%
Seagate ST500LM021-1KJ152 500GB 40,079 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 466GB free Firmware: 0002 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 100 172361576 (03) Spinup time 98 98 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 61 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 7523998 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 17179869185807 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 61 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 45 488243229 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 12 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 17 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 3565 (C2) HDA temperature 29 55 68719476765 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 46630459932929 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	79.8% Very good	Read 138 Write 140 Mixed 121 100% 133 MB/s	4K Read 0.99 4K Write 1.02 4K Mixed 0.27 90% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 79.8% Great: 77%
Seagate ST500LM021-1KJ152 500GB 40,079 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 466GB free Firmware: 0002 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 213904736 (03) Spinup time 99 98 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 213 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 77 60 13054323364 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3633542336582 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 207 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 43 95011143711 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 248 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 4 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 8579 (C2) HDA temperature 31 57 60129542175 (C4) Reallocation count 96 96 24348169605162 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	72.5% Very good	Read 129 Write 124 Mixed 111 91% 121 MB/s	4K Read 0.88 4K Write 0.92 4K Mixed 0.23 79% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 72.5% Great: 77%
Seagate ST33000651AS 3TB-$78 5,029 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 341GB free Firmware: CC44 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 88 110447340 (03) Spinup time 92 89 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 534 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 86 60 406066522 (09) Power-on hours count 64 64 32036 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 315 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 374 (BC) Unknown 100 84 330717528143 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 59 47 690356265 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 213 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 949 (C2) HDA temperature 41 53 38654705705 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 20 8 110447340 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 7 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -107618995503906 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3991195875 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2764188788	55.8% Above average	Read 102 Write 92 Mixed 108 76% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 1.68 4K Mixed 0.7 133% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 55.8% Great: 86%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 195GB free Firmware: 51.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 166 6308 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8044 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 66 66 25109 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 56 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 35 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 115 115 255330 (C2) HDA temperature 120 88 30 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	54.5% Above average	Read 101 Write 89.3 Mixed 84.1 69% 91.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.68 4K Mixed 0.2 72% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 54.5% Great: 67%
WD Purple 4TB (2014)-$73 8,426 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 190GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 209 183 6533 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 76 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 7363 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 48 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 33 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 80 (C2) HDA temperature 116 109 36 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	67.2% Good	Read 116 Write 118 Mixed 105 85% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.39 4K Write 2.08 4K Mixed 0.2 77% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 67.2% Great: 100%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3733 C17 2x4GB 81 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB 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	63.1% Good	MC Read 23.3 MC Write 23.4 MC Mixed 19.8 63% 22.2 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 20.2 SC Mixed 16.9 51% 17.9 GB/s	Latency 64.6 62% 64.6 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 63.1% Great: 120%

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Gaming 71%

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Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

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 $245Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	34x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $90Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	13x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $98Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	11x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $154Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	9x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	16x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	13x
Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $192Bench 83%, 40,358 samples	8x

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Value: 97% - Outstanding

Total price: $500

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16