Asrock Z390 Taichi

Performance Results


Gaming 99% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 108% UFO	Workstation 95% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 intensive workstation, and even full-fledged server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 109%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	87.8% 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	242% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asrock Z390 Taichi (all builds)
Memory	26.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180822
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 02 '18 at 06:32
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	18%

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PC Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-9700K-$252 550,833 User benchmarks, average bench 97% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Memory 96.7 1-Core 161 2-Core 323 105% 194 Pts	4-Core 646 8-Core 1,205 111% 926 Pts	64-Core 1217 75% 1217 Pts
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 105%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% EVGA(3842 2172) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.1 Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	87.8% Excellent	Lighting 97.5 Reflection 105 Parallax 119 80% 107 fps	MRender 172 Gravity 125 Splatting 99.1 104% 132 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 87.8% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 343GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1534 1039 586 584 591 589 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	242% Outstanding	Read 1,888 Write 1,623 Mixed 771 SusWrite 820 284% 1,276 MB/s	4K Read 45.7 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 54.4 196% 69 MB/s	DQ Read 1,130 DQ Write 1,406 DQ Mixed 865 764% 1,134 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 242% Great: 254%
Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB-$100 46,066 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 46GB free Firmware: 506ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 114 115 123 116 114 MB/s Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	59.2% Above average	Read 186 Write 190 Mixed 206 SusWrite 119 40% 175 MB/s	4K Read 26.5 4K Write 60.7 4K Mixed 34.9 117% 40.7 MB/s	DQ Read 202 DQ Write 160 DQ Mixed 130 111% 164 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 59.2% Great: 87%
WD WD4002FFWX-68TZ4N0 4TB 829 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 3.5TB free Firmware: 83.H0A83 SusWrite @10s intervals: 202 199 200 201 199 202 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 198 Write 198 Mixed 85 SusWrite 201 124% 170 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 6.2 4K Mixed 0.7 234% 2.63 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 114%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$40 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 127GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 90 89 90 90 90 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	56.8% Above average	Read 108 Write 100 Mixed 100 SusWrite 89.7 74% 99.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.7 150% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 56.8% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2666 C15 Series 2x16GB 116 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	94.1% Outstanding	MC Read 34.1 MC Write 36.2 MC Mixed 29.4 95% 33.2 GB/s	SC Read 21.1 SC Write 36.3 SC Mixed 26.8 80% 28.1 GB/s	Latency 51.4 78% 51.4 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 94.1% Great: 95%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Typical Z390 Taichi Builds (Compare 1,123 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 153%

UFO

Desktop 103%

UFO

Workstation 152%

UFO

Motherboard: Asrock Z390 Taichi - $277

CPU
Core i9-9900KIntel $410Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	492x
Core i7-9700KIntel $252Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	238x
Core i7-8700KIntel $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	122x

GPU
RTX 2080-TiNvidia $441Bench 156%, 357,946 samples	98x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	80x
RTX 3080Nvidia $625Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	77x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	78x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	65x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	56x

RAM
HyperX DDR4 3733 C19 2x16GBKingstonBench 103%, 1,906 samples	33x
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 4x8GBG.SKILL $113Bench 91%, 87,239 samples	30x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	30x

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Value: 89% - Excellent

Total price: $1,218

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