Asrock Z270 Taichi

Performance Results


Gaming 117% UFO	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 97% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	137% 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	60.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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 Z270 Taichi (all builds)
Memory	29 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170509
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 08 '17 at 22:35
Run Duration	166 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (42^nd 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 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	85.7% Excellent	Memory 92.7 1-Core 135 2-Core 252 90% 160 Pts	4-Core 426 8-Core 602 65% 514 Pts	64-Core 636 39% 636 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85.7% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6393) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	137% Outstanding	Lighting 198 Reflection 205 Parallax 188 161% 197 fps	MRender 130 Gravity 175 Splatting 131 118% 145 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 137% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39 62,883 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 447GB free Firmware: X31200RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 2286 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1018 (A5) Unknown 100 100 532650787763 (A6) Unknown 100 100 2 (A7) Unknown 100 100 23 (A8) Unknown 100 100 53 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 24 (AE) Unknown 100 100 195 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 75 45 193274707993 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 4612867228752 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 11078 (EA) Unknown 100 100 19639 (F1) Unknown 253 253 11236 (F2) Unknown 253 253 12737 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	66.7% Good	Read 332 Write 246 Mixed 246 61% 275 MB/s	4K Read 31.3 4K Write 61.7 4K Mixed 17.8 103% 36.9 MB/s	DQ Read 237 DQ Write 138 DQ Mixed 45.9 72% 140 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 66.7% Great: 108%
SanDisk X400 512GB-$99 7,913 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 321GB free Firmware: X4162000 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 108 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 108 (A5) Unknown 100 100 7995477 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 39 (A8) Unknown 100 100 2 (A9) Unknown 100 100 479 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AE) Unknown 100 100 56 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 65 70 300649152547 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 103080132632 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 762 (EA) Unknown 100 100 819 (F1) Unknown 253 253 797 (F2) Unknown 253 253 378 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	69.3% Good	Read 489 Write 228 Mixed 291 74% 336 MB/s	4K Read 32.9 4K Write 78.4 4K Mixed 18.1 114% 43.1 MB/s	DQ Read 35.2 DQ Write 81.7 DQ Mixed 32.3 32% 49.8 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 69.3% Great: 104%
PNY CS1311 240GB-$78 26,547 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 223GB free Firmware: CS131122 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 230 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 217 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 253 (AD) Unknown 100 100 65550 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 109 (C2) HDA temperature 98 98 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 338	82.8% Excellent	Read 513 Write 354 Mixed 358 90% 408 MB/s	4K Read 32.7 4K Write 73.4 4K Mixed 10.2 101% 38.7 MB/s	DQ Read 313 DQ Write 236 DQ Mixed 47.1 97% 199 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 82.8% Great: 97%
PNY CS1311 240GB-$78 26,547 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 163GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS131122 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 104 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 151 (A8) Unknown 100 100 9739 (AA) Unknown 100 100 136 (AD) Unknown 100 100 196622 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 100 (C2) HDA temperature 98 98 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 9089 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 798	60.4% Good	Read 280 Write 317 Mixed 264 64% 287 MB/s	4K Read 16.8 4K Write 60.9 4K Mixed 9.16 70% 29 MB/s	DQ Read 261 DQ Write 187 DQ Mixed 45.3 82% 164 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 60.4% Great: 97%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 4x8GB-$165 6,271 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	75.3% Very good	MC Read 27.2 MC Write 28 MC Mixed 23.4 75% 26.2 GB/s	SC Read 18.6 SC Write 29.9 SC Mixed 23.6 69% 24 GB/s	Latency 62.8 64% 62.8 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 75.3% Great: 113%

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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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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