Asrock Z270 Taichi

Performance Results


Gaming 101% UFO	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 82% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 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 96.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	104% 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	71.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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

4 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z270 Taichi (all builds)
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180117
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 30 '19 at 23:05
Run Duration	223 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$242 712,312 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 (99^th percentile)	96.7% Outstanding	Memory 94.1 1-Core 144 2-Core 290 97% 176 Pts	4-Core 563 8-Core 624 78% 594 Pts	64-Core 673 42% 673 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 96.7% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3362) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.66 Performing below potential (71^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	104% Outstanding	Lighting 134 Reflection 144 Parallax 135 109% 138 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 134 Splatting 111 97% 120 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 246GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 103 102 103 102 103 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	71.3% Very good	Read 342 Write 332 Mixed 307 SusWrite 102 61% 271 MB/s	4K Read 33.2 4K Write 62.6 4K Mixed 43.6 139% 46.5 MB/s	DQ Read 220 DQ Write 122 DQ Mixed 200 141% 181 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 71.3% Great: 134%
SanDisk Ultra Plus 256GB-$139 17,545 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 60GB free Firmware: X211 SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 93 91 90 90 91 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	56.8% Above average	Read 343 Write 266 Mixed 132 SusWrite 91 46% 208 MB/s	4K Read 24.5 4K Write 57.4 4K Mixed 26.2 101% 36 MB/s	DQ Read 176 DQ Write 120 DQ Mixed 99.5 88% 132 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 56.8% Great: 99%
SanDisk Ultra Plus 128GB-$75 16,709 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 65GB free Firmware: X230 SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 93 101 103 103 103 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	55.1% Above average	Read 314 Write 169 Mixed 118 SusWrite 99.5 39% 175 MB/s	4K Read 25.4 4K Write 58.4 4K Mixed 22.5 98% 35.4 MB/s	DQ Read 198 DQ Write 112 DQ Mixed 81.5 80% 131 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 55.1% Great: 91%
Seagate Fast SSD 500GB 286 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 178GB free Firmware: 0002 SusWrite @10s intervals: 315 251 382 391 388 390 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	74.1% Very good	Read 386 Write 388 Mixed 323 SusWrite 353 82% 363 MB/s	4K Read 25.9 4K Write 38.9 4K Mixed 27.6 95% 30.8 MB/s	DQ Read 169 DQ Write 174 DQ Mixed 147 117% 163 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 74.1% Great: 87%
Seagate Fast SSD 500GB 286 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 31GB free Firmware: 0002 SusWrite @10s intervals: 166 194 136 196 93 48 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	67.7% Good	Read 383 Write 381 Mixed 316 SusWrite 139 68% 305 MB/s	4K Read 26.5 4K Write 56.7 4K Mixed 33.4 113% 38.9 MB/s	DQ Read 218 DQ Write 177 DQ Mixed 163 131% 186 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 67.7% Great: 87%
Seagate Fast SSD 500GB 286 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 370GB free Firmware: 0002 SusWrite @10s intervals: 175 192 188 222 301 348 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	74.3% Very good	Read 380 Write 373 Mixed 319 SusWrite 238 74% 328 MB/s	4K Read 28.3 4K Write 58.8 4K Mixed 32.5 116% 39.9 MB/s	DQ Read 219 DQ Write 180 DQ Mixed 164 132% 187 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 74.3% Great: 87%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 488GB free Firmware: CC47 SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 90 90 90 89 91 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	74.7% Very good	Read 171 Write 124 Mixed 84.3 SusWrite 89.6 86% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 159% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 74.7% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$55 215,644 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (24^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	70.2% Very good	MC Read 26.7 MC Write 26.3 MC Mixed 20.6 70% 24.5 GB/s	SC Read 18.1 SC Write 21.6 SC Mixed 22.4 59% 20.7 GB/s	Latency 59.5 67% 59.5 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 70.2% Great: 107%

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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 $242Bench 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 $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	34x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	13x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	11x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	9x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 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: 94% - Outstanding

Total price: $526

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