Asrock X99 Taichi

Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 96.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	65.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	275% 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 X99 Taichi (all builds)
Memory	27.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160810
Uptime	3.6 Days
Run Date	Nov 19 '17 at 16:30
Run Duration	280 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing as expected (49^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6850K-$115 29,279 User benchmarks, average bench 84% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	96.4% Outstanding	Memory 94.6 1-Core 131 2-Core 264 91% 163 Pts	4-Core 528 8-Core 875 86% 702 Pts	64-Core 1,039 64% 1,039 Pts
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 96.4% Great: 93%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 Fury-X-$781 8,241 User benchmarks, average bench 59% AMD(1002 0B36) CLim: 1050 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.7 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	65.6% Good	Lighting 83 Reflection 58 Parallax 114 68% 85.1 fps	MRender 58.9 Gravity 90.4 Splatting 75.3 62% 74.9 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 65.6% Great: 65%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 21,747 User benchmarks, average bench 219% 142GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXZ7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	275% Outstanding	Read 2,598 Write 1,338 Mixed 1,627 409% 1,854 MB/s	4K Read 36.7 4K Write 167 4K Mixed 58.5 219% 87.3 MB/s	DQ Read 556 DQ Write 449 DQ Mixed 238 250% 414 MB/s
Poor: 134% ↑ This bench: 275% Great: 292%
Hitachi HDN726050AL 5TB 29 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 3TB free Firmware: T517 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 136 136 108 (03) Spinup time 144 144 38684524999 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 457 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 128 128 18 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1712 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 418 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 526 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 526 (C2) HDA temperature 127 127 236224577583 (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	95.8% Outstanding	Read 177 Write 158 Mixed 145 120% 160 MB/s	4K Read 0.98 4K Write 1.32 4K Mixed 0.75 148% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 95.8% Great: 99%
Hitachi HDS5C4040ALE630 4TB 1,274 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 2TB free Firmware: MPAOA250 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 98 98 4 (02) Throughput performance 135 135 98 (03) Spinup time 122 122 47282258490 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 3012 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 57 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 111 111 43 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 14594 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2913 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 3463 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 3463 (C2) HDA temperature 166 166 201864708132 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 65 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 2	59.1% Above average	Read 108 Write 97.7 Mixed 100 77% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.67 4K Mixed 0.17 68% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 59.1% Great: 73%
Hitachi HDS5C4040ALE630 4TB 1,274 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 563GB free Firmware: MPAOA3B0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 135 135 99 (03) Spinup time 122 122 47282192957 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2144 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 111 111 43 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 10067 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2102 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 2578 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 2578 (C2) HDA temperature 176 176 176094838818 (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	44.8% Average	Read 71.9 Write 84.1 Mixed 80.6 60% 78.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 1.56 4K Mixed 0.16 72% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 44.8% Great: 73%
Hitachi HDS722020ALA330 2TB-$71 17,356 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 126GB free Firmware: JKAOA20N Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 10 (02) Throughput performance 132 132 106 (03) Spinup time 114 114 51581026933 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 4316 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 112 112 39 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 20544 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 4036 (C0) Power-off retract count 96 96 4878 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 4878 (C2) HDA temperature 150 150 223339544616 (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 7	40.6% Average	Read 63.2 Write 78.4 Mixed 67.1 52% 69.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 0.93 4K Mixed 0.35 82% 0.64 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 40.6% Great: 69%
Hitachi HDS5C404 4TB 28 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 85GB free Firmware: A3B0 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 (02) Throughput performance 134 134 101 (03) Spinup time 121 121 47282324031 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2166 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 111 111 43 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 10095 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2101 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 2327 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2327 (C2) HDA temperature 162 162 188979806245 (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	34.3% Below average	Read 58.1 Write 61.1 Mixed 59.7 45% 59.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.54 4K Mixed 0.17 70% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 34.3% Great: 71%
Hitachi HDS722020ALA330 2TB-$71 17,356 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 81GB free Firmware: JKAOA3EA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 133 133 100 (03) Spinup time 113 113 55876846200 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 3914 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 99 99 65536 (08) Seek timer performance 121 121 35 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 19007 (0A) Spinup retry count 95 95 1 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3758 (C0) Power-off retract count 97 97 4212 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 4212 (C2) HDA temperature 150 150 214749610024 (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	43.9% Average	Read 72.4 Write 80.5 Mixed 75.7 57% 76.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.09 4K Mixed 0.32 78% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 43.9% Great: 69%
WD WD10EACS-00ZJB0 1TB 28,352 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 14GB free Firmware: 01.01B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 173 8350 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1695 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5729 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1492 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 465 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 183 183 53366 (C2) HDA temperature 115 99 37 (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	30.9% Below average	Read 55.4 Write 52 Mixed 49.7 39% 52.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.75 4K Mixed 0.23 78% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 30.9% Great: 51%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GB-$103 110,884 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	80.2% Excellent	MC Read 29.1 MC Write 32.9 MC Mixed 25.1 83% 29 GB/s	SC Read 15.9 SC Write 22.1 SC Mixed 23 58% 20.3 GB/s	Latency 58.3 69% 58.3 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 80.2% Great: 114%

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Gaming 68%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 61%

Destroyer

Motherboard: Asrock X99 Taichi

CPU
Core i7-6800KIntel $103Bench 81%, 50,196 samples	154x
Core i7-6850KIntel $115Bench 84%, 29,279 samples	101x
Core i7-5820KIntel $130Bench 77%, 101,694 samples	55x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	52x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	51x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	41x

SSD
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 213%, 165,668 samples	19x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	17x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	17x

RAM
CL15-15-15 D4-2133 2x8GBUnknownBench 68%, 1,169 samples	12x
M378A1G43EB1-CPB 4x8GBSamsungBench 78%, 415 samples	8x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GBCorsairBench 87%, 76,101 samples	8x

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Value: 121% - Outstanding

Total price: $279

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	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 $39	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) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16