Asrock Z390 Taichi

Performance Results


Gaming 115% UFO	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 116% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 104%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	109% 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.
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 (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asrock Z390 Taichi (all builds)
Memory	27.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180822
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 13 '19 at 05:07
Run Duration	279 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing as expected (56^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-9900K-$410 354,223 User benchmarks, average bench 98% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Memory 96.4 1-Core 98.2 2-Core 300 88% 165 Pts	4-Core 598 8-Core 1,100 102% 849 Pts	64-Core 1,614 100% 1,614 Pts
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 104%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% EVGA(3842 2173) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.35 Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Lighting 138 Reflection 131 Parallax 136 112% 135 fps	MRender 179 Gravity 128 Splatting 105 108% 137 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 93GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,493 Write 2,322 Mixed 1,392 390% 1,736 MB/s	4K Read 64.2 4K Write 159 4K Mixed 84.9 290% 103 MB/s	DQ Read 64.6 DQ Write 960 DQ Mixed 378 333% 468 MB/s
Poor: 199% Great: 340%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 931GB free Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 473 481 481 478 471 467 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 482 Mixed 441 SusWrite 475 107% 475 MB/s	4K Read 28.9 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 41.9 152% 58.1 MB/s	DQ Read 286 DQ Write 335 DQ Mixed 213 188% 278 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 133%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 716GB free Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 473 481 482 479 472 468 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	123% Outstanding	Read 510 Write 483 Mixed 463 SusWrite 476 109% 483 MB/s	4K Read 39.9 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 55.8 188% 67 MB/s	DQ Read 350 DQ Write 336 DQ Mixed 57.5 122% 248 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 133%
Samsung 850 EVO 250GB 47 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 212GB free Firmware: EXM04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 472 480 481 478 471 468 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 508 Write 482 Mixed 401 SusWrite 475 105% 467 MB/s	4K Read 35.9 4K Write 99.1 4K Mixed 48.4 169% 61.1 MB/s	DQ Read 352 DQ Write 337 DQ Mixed 38.7 113% 243 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 127%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 348GB free Firmware: 05.00K05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 56 56 56 57 57 56 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	42.6% Average	Read 91.5 Write 85.5 Mixed 57.3 SusWrite 56.3 54% 72.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 0.9 186% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 42.6% Great: 76%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 113GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 103 103 103 103 103 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	61.9% Good	Read 113 Write 112 Mixed 62.5 SusWrite 103 72% 97.5 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 206% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 61.9% Great: 108%
Toshiba X300 5TB-$125 12,743 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 3TB free Firmware: FP1R SusWrite @10s intervals: 150 148 153 150 148 154 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	62.7% Good	Read 67.5 Write 135 Mixed 53.8 SusWrite 151 74% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1 181% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 62.7% Great: 109%
WD My Book Essentials 2TB 1,714 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 634GB free, PID 1110 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 40 41 41 41 41 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	19.6% Very poor	Read 41.3 Write 38.3 Mixed 31.5 SusWrite 40.4 51% 37.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.6 74% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 19.6% Great: 22%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLE8G4D26AFEA.16FAD 4x8GB 994 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	91% Outstanding	MC Read 32.2 MC Write 35.1 MC Mixed 27.8 91% 31.7 GB/s	SC Read 20.4 SC Write 37.4 SC Mixed 29.6 83% 29.1 GB/s	Latency 52.7 76% 52.7 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 91% Great: 121%

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Gaming 153%

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Desktop 103%

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Workstation 152%

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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 $95Bench 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: $1,223

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	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