Asrock Z270 Taichi

Performance Results


Gaming 93% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 81% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 93.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	95.4% 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	52.8% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z270 Taichi (all builds)
Memory	13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161228
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 01 '17 at 04:35
Run Duration	309 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$241 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	93.4% Outstanding	Memory 97 1-Core 151 2-Core 306 101% 185 Pts	4-Core 484 8-Core 740 76% 612 Pts	64-Core 852 53% 852 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 93.4% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Asus(1043 8599) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2019 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 385.41 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.4% Outstanding	Lighting 122 Reflection 127 Parallax 106 100% 119 fps	MRender 99.9 Gravity 110 Splatting 107 87% 106 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 95.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 750 EVO 120GB-$35 20,420 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 67GB free (System drive) Firmware: MAT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2668 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 406 (B1) Unknown 72 72 138 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 62 47 38 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 64 (F1) Unknown 99 99 40723344313	52.8% Above average	Read 351 Write 191 Mixed 199 54% 247 MB/s	4K Read 31.8 4K Write 49.7 4K Mixed 11.4 89% 30.9 MB/s	DQ Read 30.5 DQ Write 44.8 DQ Mixed 12.8 17% 29.3 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 52.8% Great: 110%
WD Green 2TB (2009)-$113 12,948 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 821GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 2 (03) Spinup time 143 142 9841 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1778 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 34 34 48383 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 573 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 103 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 180 180 62786 (C2) HDA temperature 119 92 33 (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	49.7% Average	Read 90.5 Write 82.3 Mixed 75.7 62% 82.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 2.47 4K Mixed 0.34 110% 1.15 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 49.7% Great: 60%
Seagate Momentus XT 7200 RPM 2.5" 750GB-$55 8,365 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 677GB free Firmware: SM12 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 115572032 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3633 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 85 60 386199854 (09) Power-on hours count 71 71 25659 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2553 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 253 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 35 -59574919299040 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 304 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 18 18 165873 (C2) HDA temperature 32 65 64424509472 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 38 23 115572032 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	64.3% Good	Read 110 Write 114 Mixed 119 86% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.78 4K Write 1.34 4K Mixed 0.2 80% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 64.3% Great: 63%
WD Passport X 107D 2TB 602 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 2TB free, PID 107d Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	45.3% Average	Read 108 Write 107 Mixed 73.7 121% 96.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.99 4K Mixed 0.23 78% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 45.3% Great: 45%
TOSHIBA MK3259GSX 320GB 18 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 9GB free, PID 0579 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 12% Great: 21%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$192 40,358 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	MC Read 38.8 MC Write 39.8 MC Mixed 30.2 104% 36.3 GB/s	SC Read 22.3 SC Write 44.2 SC Mixed 32 94% 32.8 GB/s	Latency 50.5 79% 50.5 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 105%

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Typical Z270 Taichi Builds (Compare 316 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 71%

Battleship

Desktop 90%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 61%

Destroyer

Motherboard: Asrock Z270 Taichi

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 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 $45Bench 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: $525

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $179	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