Asrock X99 Taichi

Performance Results


Gaming 93% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 91% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 97.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	88.8% 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	314% 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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock X99 Taichi (all builds)
Memory	28 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20181228
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 04 '19 at 15:03
Run Duration	338 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5960X-$285 15,468 User benchmarks, average bench 80% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	97.9% Outstanding	Memory 94.8 1-Core 131 2-Core 260 91% 162 Pts	4-Core 542 8-Core 983 91% 762 Pts	64-Core 1418 88% 1418 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 97.9% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4996) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1582 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 425.31 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88.8% Excellent	Lighting 114 Reflection 122 Parallax 108 93% 115 fps	MRender 98.4 Gravity 105 Splatting 93.3 81% 99.1 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 88.8% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB 34,988 User benchmarks, average bench 239% 908GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXA7301Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2365 2095 1114 1095 1111 1112 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	314% Outstanding	Read 2,204 Write 2,263 Mixed 1,643 SusWrite 1,482 427% 1,898 MB/s	4K Read 61.5 4K Write 181 4K Mixed 81.8 294% 108 MB/s	DQ Read 1,137 DQ Write 887 DQ Mixed 1,043 772% 1,022 MB/s
Poor: 145% ↑ This bench: 314% Great: 329%
SanDisk Ultra II 960GB-$226 35,454 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 582GB free Firmware: X41320RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 354 308 303 306 304 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 499 Write 467 Mixed 348 SusWrite 312 91% 407 MB/s	4K Read 34.9 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 45.9 171% 64.2 MB/s	DQ Read 288 DQ Write 217 DQ Mixed 196 162% 234 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 107%
Crucial MX300 750GB-$160 24,471 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 615GB free Firmware: M0CR070 SusWrite @10s intervals: 409 416 361 328 329 328 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	98.2% Outstanding	Read 439 Write 470 Mixed 387 SusWrite 362 93% 414 MB/s	4K Read 25.9 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 37.5 142% 55.7 MB/s	DQ Read 353 DQ Write 317 DQ Mixed 267 219% 312 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 98.2% Great: 104%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 222GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 418 424 433 435 440 441 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	126% Outstanding	Read 499 Write 483 Mixed 392 SusWrite 432 102% 451 MB/s	4K Read 42.9 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 63.5 210% 75.3 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 258 DQ Mixed 308 233% 315 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 134%
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 186GB free Firmware: 4B6QCXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1304 1180 1136 1097 1060 1022 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	279% Outstanding	Read 2,253 Write 1,868 Mixed 935 SusWrite 1,133 345% 1,548 MB/s	4K Read 46.9 4K Write 158 4K Mixed 63.2 236% 89.3 MB/s	DQ Read 1,162 DQ Write 979 DQ Mixed 1,000 768% 1,047 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 279% Great: 353%
Seagate Enterprise Capacity 8TB 824 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 3.5TB free Firmware: SN05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 171 169 172 171 170 168 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	87.9% Excellent	Read 134 Write 148 Mixed 85.7 SusWrite 170 99% 135 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 7 4K Mixed 1 295% 3.1 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 87.9% Great: 128%
SanDisk Cruzer Force 32GB 4,096 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 25GB free, PID 557d Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 3.4 4.4 4 5.9 5.6 4.6 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	10.9% Very poor	Read 18.8 Write 7.8 Mixed 4.5 SusWrite 4.6 10% 8.92 MB/s	4K Read 4.2 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 2.7 175% 2.97 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 10.9% Great: 18%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2666 C15 4x8GB-$165 7,179 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 4 of 8 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2666 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	143% Outstanding	MC Read 61.2 MC Write 57.8 MC Mixed 49.6 161% 56.2 GB/s	SC Read 19.2 SC Write 24.7 SC Mixed 26.9 68% 23.6 GB/s	Latency 57.7 69% 57.7 ns
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 143% Great: 118%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 61%

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Motherboard: Asrock X99 Taichi

CPU
Core i7-6800KIntel $103Bench 81%, 50,196 samples	154x
Core i7-6850KIntel $115Bench 84%, 29,279 samples	100x
Core i7-5820KIntel $130Bench 77%, 101,694 samples	55x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	52x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 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 $273	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 $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