Asrock Z370 Taichi

Performance Results


Gaming 142% UFO	Desktop 104% UFO	Workstation 133% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 104%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	139% 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	253% 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asrock Z370 Taichi (all builds)
Memory	10.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171026
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 14 '17 at 02:18
Run Duration	239 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8700K-$186 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Memory 92.6 1-Core 153 2-Core 306 100% 184 Pts	4-Core 615 8-Core 992 98% 804 Pts	64-Core 1,259 78% 1,259 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6796) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2050 MHz, MLim: 2902 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 388.0 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	139% Outstanding	Lighting 199 Reflection 209 Parallax 204 162% 204 fps	MRender 134 Gravity 192 Splatting 132 124% 153 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 139% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 186GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	253% Outstanding	Read 2,252 Write 1,201 Mixed 1,185 340% 1,546 MB/s	4K Read 58.3 4K Write 135 4K Mixed 52.4 227% 81.9 MB/s	DQ Read 566 DQ Write 405 DQ Mixed 202 228% 391 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 253% Great: 236%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 89GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 12108 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 801 (B1) Unknown 96 96 77 (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 58 47 42 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 51 (F1) Unknown 99 99 31000589614	120% Outstanding	Read 516 Write 411 Mixed 422 100% 450 MB/s	4K Read 48 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 51.2 194% 68.2 MB/s	DQ Read 367 DQ Write 275 DQ Mixed 110 139% 251 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 124%
OCZ VERTEX3 60GB 3,574 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 7GB free Firmware: 2.25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 3711817 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 115405771248418 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 982 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 129 (B1) Unknown 0 0 3 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 3711817 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 3711817 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 3711817 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 4842 (EA) Unknown 0 0 3560 (F1) Unknown 0 0 3560 (F2) Unknown 0 0 4812	58.7% Above average	Read 449 Write 78.5 Mixed 123 47% 217 MB/s	4K Read 33.8 4K Write 74.8 4K Mixed 15.8 111% 41.5 MB/s	DQ Read 99.4 DQ Write 78.5 DQ Mixed 29.3 38% 69.1 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 58.7% Great: 70%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 106686384 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 150 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 461338 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 530 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 102 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 61 572522530 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 12 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 840 (C2) HDA temperature 34 40 90194313250 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 77373835837931 (F1) Unknown 100 253 936483888 (F2) Unknown 100 253 4625657208	111% Outstanding	Read 213 Write 174 Mixed 159 136% 182 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.21 76% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 315GB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 172635640 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3421 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 77 60 4347832785 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 15615 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1438 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 64 57 606208036 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 106 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 59 59 82872 (C2) HDA temperature 36 43 77309411364 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 72112500906707 (F1) Unknown 100 253 24682357685 (F2) Unknown 100 253 40899232193	76.6% Very good	Read 151 Write 117 Mixed 126 99% 131 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 0.98 4K Mixed 0.23 64% 0.56 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 76.6% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 308GB free Firmware: CC4D Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 71093744 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 4022 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 68 60 34418132039 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 18117 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1933 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 59 572456994 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 125 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 58 58 85065 (C2) HDA temperature 34 41 73014444066 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 5871220301565 (F1) Unknown 100 253 119802400581598 (F2) Unknown 100 253 136610102881957	78.9% Very good	Read 143 Write 132 Mixed 121 99% 132 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 1.44 4K Mixed 0.31 89% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 78.9% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$43 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (13^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	64.4% Good	MC Read 25.3 MC Write 22.9 MC Mixed 18.3 63% 22.2 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 24 SC Mixed 21.1 58% 20.4 GB/s	Latency 62.9 64% 62.9 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 64.4% Great: 104%

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Gaming 111%

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Desktop 96%

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Workstation 102%

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Motherboard: Asrock Z370 Taichi - $330

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	617x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	90x
Core i7-8086KIntel $399Bench 91%, 38,086 samples	79x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	145x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	81x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	79x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	65x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	45x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 213%, 165,668 samples	44x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	38x
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL $113Bench 91%, 87,239 samples	31x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	28x

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Value: 81% - Excellent

Total price: $1,139

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