Asrock X99 Taichi

Performance Results


Gaming 60% Gunboat	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 55% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	72.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	189% 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.

Very high background CPU (44%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock X99 Taichi (all builds)
Memory	9.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160804
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 20 '17 at 01:50
Run Duration	272 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	44%

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PC Performing as expected (54^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6800K-$103 50,196 User benchmarks, average bench 81% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	72.6% Very good	Memory 73.6 1-Core 116 2-Core 218 75% 136 Pts	4-Core 385 8-Core 617 62% 501 Pts	64-Core 806 50% 806 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 72.6% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Nvidia(10DE 119E) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.78 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	72.2% Very good	Lighting 80.9 Reflection 127 Parallax 122 66% 110 fps	MRender 101 Gravity 114 Splatting 96.9 84% 104 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 72.2% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 234GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	189% Outstanding	Read 1,718 Write 1,177 Mixed 1,319 312% 1,405 MB/s	4K Read 36.6 4K Write 98.3 4K Mixed 27.4 143% 54.1 MB/s	DQ Read 40.2 DQ Write 251 DQ Mixed 43.1 63% 111 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 189% Great: 283%
Asrock 3TB+ Unlocker 4TB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2.5TB free Firmware: 1.00 Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	78.8% Very good	Read 147 Write 128 Mixed 126 100% 134 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 2.34 4K Mixed 0.29 104% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 78.8% Great: 79%
WD Blue 6TB (2015)-$215 8,416 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 207 198 8625 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 303 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1702 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 283 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 132 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 194 194 20773 (C2) HDA temperature 123 114 29 (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	81.8% Excellent	Read 123 Write 161 Mixed 147 109% 144 MB/s	4K Read 0.83 4K Write 2.74 4K Mixed 0.25 113% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 81.8% Great: 97%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$24 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 325GB free Firmware: KC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 105 99 1688 (03) Spinup time 100 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 836 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 12914214654 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 3186 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 516 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 12885098512 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 51 504692766 (C2) HDA temperature 30 49 77309411358 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 21 21 1688 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -18245021071900 (F1) Unknown 100 253 656716604 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3017338189	59.6% Above average	Read 118 Write 88.6 Mixed 97.3 76% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 6.46 4K Mixed 0.81 232% 2.6 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 59.6% Great: 88%
WD Blue 250GB (2010)-$43 50,270 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 233GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 142 138 3900 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 537 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 8255 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 339 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 120 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 416 (C2) HDA temperature 113 91 30 (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 2609 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0
Poor: 21% Great: 70%
WD Blue 250GB (2007)-$20 41,230 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 233GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 197 197 59009 (03) Spinup time 140 139 3958 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 419 (05) Reallocated sector count 193 193 49 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 75 75 18838 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 416 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 67 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 351 (C2) HDA temperature 112 86 31 (C4) Reallocation count 156 156 44 (C5) Current pending sector count 197 197 132 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 199 198 41 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 141 4 11965	71.5% Very good	Read 118 Write 131 Mixed 125 94% 125 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 2.08 4K Mixed 0.48 119% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 71.5% Great: 55%
WD Blue 250GB (2008)-$80 11,055 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 233GB free Firmware: 01.03E01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 136 136 4175 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 469 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 14727 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 304 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 35 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 469 (C2) HDA temperature 112 95 31 (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
Poor: 26% Great: 61%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 3000 C15 4x4GB 2,543 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 4 of 8 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	MC Read 36.1 MC Write 50 MC Mixed 36.6 117% 40.9 GB/s	SC Read 9.8 SC Write 19.3 SC Mixed 19.1 46% 16.1 GB/s	Latency 93.4 43% 93.4 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 116%

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Typical X99 Taichi Builds (Compare 412 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 68%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 61%

Destroyer

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 $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 $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 $40	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