Asrock Z370 Taichi

Performance Results


Gaming 83% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 77% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 101%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	79.5% 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	221% 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.

Motherboard	Asrock Z370 Taichi (all builds)
Memory	28.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170908
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 04 '17 at 18:35
Run Duration	254 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing as expected (51^st 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-$186 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Memory 92.4 1-Core 150 2-Core 298 99% 180 Pts	4-Core 587 8-Core 928 93% 757 Pts	64-Core 1,150 71% 1,150 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 859D) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (58^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	79.5% Very good	Lighting 97.3 Reflection 101 Parallax 74.9 79% 91 fps	MRender 97.4 Gravity 97.4 Splatting 98.3 80% 97.7 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 79.5% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung NVMe MZVPV256HDGL-00000 256GB 5,877 User benchmarks, average bench 201% 207GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXW7300Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	221% Outstanding	Read 2,007 Write 1,252 Mixed 1,456 348% 1,572 MB/s	4K Read 46.7 4K Write 139 4K Mixed 33.5 187% 73 MB/s	DQ Read 48.7 DQ Write 375 DQ Mixed 238 176% 221 MB/s
Poor: 133% ↑ This bench: 221% Great: 247%
Kingston SSDNow UV400 240GB-$89 105,079 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 146GB free Firmware: 0C3J96R9 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^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 4141 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 546 (64) Unknown 100 100 9734080 (65) Unknown 100 100 2503168 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 147 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 93 93 2869 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1337 (B7) Unknown 88 88 58 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 27 100 171799609371 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 88 88 12 (E9) Unknown 100 100 17982 (EA) Unknown 100 100 14244 (F1) Unknown 100 100 16016 (F2) Unknown 100 100 12345 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 0	65.6% Good	Read 486 Write 250 Mixed 262 73% 333 MB/s	4K Read 22.6 4K Write 51.1 4K Mixed 9.61 74% 27.8 MB/s	DQ Read 293 DQ Write 156 DQ Mixed 9.13 64% 153 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 65.6% Great: 88%
Corsair Force LS 60GB-$57 3,190 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 56GB free Firmware: S8FM05.8 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th 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 16953 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3513 (AA) Unknown 100 100 57 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 12058810 (AE) Unknown 100 100 563 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 563 (DA) Unknown 100 100 208 (E7) Temperature 100 100 93 (F1) Unknown 100 100 11021 (F2) Unknown 100 100 920	55.5% Above average	Read 520 Write 99.3 Mixed 165 56% 261 MB/s	4K Read 17.9 4K Write 82.3 4K Mixed 9.17 82% 36.5 MB/s	DQ Read 143 DQ Write 92.9 DQ Mixed 8.03 36% 81.2 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 55.5% Great: 89%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 2.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 244 234 9758 (04) Start/Stop count 89 89 11445 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 71 71 21790 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4040 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1004 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 41 41 478348 (C2) HDA temperature 121 105 31 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 2 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 2 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 2	56.4% Above average	Read 98.8 Write 97.7 Mixed 95.6 73% 97.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 1.45 4K Mixed 0.13 73% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 56.4% Great: 83%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 1TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 222 173 5875 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3664 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 12273 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2367 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1284 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 146 146 162124 (C2) HDA temperature 122 109 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	59.5% Above average	Read 109 Write 97.9 Mixed 93.7 75% 100 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 2.07 4K Mixed 0.25 96% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 59.5% Great: 83%
WD Green 1.5TB (2010)-$176 41,439 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 1TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 149 143 9541 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8069 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 43 43 42106 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5254 (C0) Power-off retract count 198 198 1905 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 632652 (C2) HDA temperature 121 101 31 (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	51.8% Above average	Read 94 Write 86.1 Mixed 80.2 65% 86.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.13 79% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 51.8% Great: 63%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 356GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 193 (03) Spinup time 166 161 6691 (04) Start/Stop count 42 42 58546 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 47 47 39004 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4894 (C0) Power-off retract count 198 198 1699 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 102 102 295909 (C2) HDA temperature 120 105 30 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	39.5% Below average	Read 72.7 Write 64.9 Mixed 79.7 55% 72.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.37 4K Mixed 0.11 57% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 39.5% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905625-029.A00G 9905598-009.A00G 9905625-029.A00G 9905598-009.A00G 32GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2133, 2133, 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192, 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (30^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	74.7% Very good	MC Read 27 MC Write 27.7 MC Mixed 22.6 74% 25.8 GB/s	SC Read 18.3 SC Write 30.6 SC Mixed 26 71% 25 GB/s	Latency 63.4 63% 63.4 ns
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 74.7% Great: 78%

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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 $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	619x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 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 $625Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	81x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 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 $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 $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	28x

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Value: 81% - Excellent

Total price: $1,139

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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