Asrock Z270 Taichi

Performance Results


Gaming 103% UFO	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 85% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 86.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	120% 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	317% 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.

High background CPU (23%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z270 Taichi (all builds)
Memory	9.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180117
Uptime	8.8 Days
Run Date	Oct 19 '19 at 02:21
Run Duration	241 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	23%

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PC Performing as expected (45^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700-$167 256,717 User benchmarks, average bench 76% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	86.1% Excellent	Memory 95 1-Core 112 2-Core 235 84% 147 Pts	4-Core 417 8-Core 598 64% 508 Pts	64-Core 625 39% 625 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 86.1% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-$407 316,424 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 37A7) CLim: 2175 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 436.30 Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	120% Outstanding	Lighting 160 Reflection 161 Parallax 161 130% 160 fps	MRender 181 Gravity 146 Splatting 111 116% 146 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 134%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$320 38,669 User benchmarks, average bench 327% 274GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1466 1771 1736 1629 1452 1298 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	317% Outstanding	Read 2,328 Write 1,903 Mixed 1205 SusWrite 1,559 391% 1,748 MB/s	4K Read 51.1 4K Write 150 4K Mixed 71.5 248% 90.9 MB/s	DQ Read 1,220 DQ Write 1,095 DQ Mixed 1,180 879% 1,165 MB/s
Poor: 215% ↑ This bench: 317% Great: 425%
Corsair Neutron GTX 240GB-$503 3,421 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 223GB free Firmware: M311 SusWrite @10s intervals: 221 222 223 234 231 233 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	68.5% Good	Read 312 Write 346 Mixed 261 SusWrite 227 65% 287 MB/s	4K Read 22.2 4K Write 74.8 4K Mixed 28 109% 41.7 MB/s	DQ Read 208 DQ Write 186 DQ Mixed 200 149% 198 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 68.5% Great: 100%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 2TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 147 163 168 168 167 168 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	70.1% Very good	Read 79.8 Write 135 Mixed 56.2 SusWrite 163 79% 109 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 4.9 4K Mixed 0.6 207% 2.23 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 70.1% Great: 90%
Hitachi HDS721010CLA630 1TB 13,178 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 931GB free Firmware: JP4OA41B SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 136 137 136 136 136 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	76.6% Very good	Read 132 Write 132 Mixed 64.2 SusWrite 136 85% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.9 155% 1 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 76.6% Great: 76%
Lexar microSD RDR 32GB 509 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 30GB free, PID b051 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 14 16 16 15 16 16 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	6.59% Terrible	Read 16.3 Write 9.2 Mixed 9.2 SusWrite 15.6 16% 12.6 MB/s	4K Read 3.5 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 13% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 6.59% Great: 38%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$45 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	51.4% Above average	MC Read 18.2 MC Write 18.1 MC Mixed 14.5 48% 16.9 GB/s	SC Read 15.4 SC Write 18.3 SC Mixed 16.5 48% 16.7 GB/s	Latency 57.1 70% 57.1 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 51.4% Great: 110%

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Gaming 71%

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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 61%

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Motherboard: Asrock Z270 Taichi

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 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 $90Bench 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: 98% - Outstanding

Total price: $495

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $178	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