Asrock Z390 Taichi

Performance Results


Gaming 120% UFO	Desktop 103% UFO	Workstation 121% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 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 107%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	112% 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	72.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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 (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z390 Taichi (all builds)
Memory	6.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190723
Uptime	4.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 06 '20 at 23:06
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	14%

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PC Performing as expected (44^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-$405 354,223 User benchmarks, average bench 98% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 5.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Memory 96.9 1-Core 159 2-Core 316 104% 191 Pts	4-Core 622 8-Core 1,101 104% 862 Pts	64-Core 1,692 105% 1,692 Pts
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 104%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super)-$210 663,603 User benchmarks, average bench 115% EVGA(3842 3173) CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.87 Performing below potential (28^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	112% Outstanding	Lighting 146 Reflection 141 Parallax 143 119% 143 fps	MRender 179 Gravity 130 Splatting 104 109% 138 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 123%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Micron_5200_MTFDDAK960TDC 960GB 67 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 148GB free (System drive) Firmware: D1MU004 SusWrite @10s intervals: 182 236 250 253 254 259 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	72.1% Very good	Read 332 Write 338 Mixed 275 SusWrite 239 67% 296 MB/s	4K Read 22.5 4K Write 77 4K Mixed 32.3 116% 43.9 MB/s	DQ Read 185 DQ Write 189 DQ Mixed 191 142% 188 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 72.1% Great: 106%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 400GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 96 97 97 97 95 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	48.7% Average	Read 72.5 Write 98.3 Mixed 60.5 SusWrite 95.8 60% 81.8 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 4.8 4K Mixed 0.4 196% 2.23 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 48.7% Great: 90%
Kingston DataTraveler 100 G3 USB 3.0 16GB-$7 60,636 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 10GB free, PID 1666 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 7.7 7.2 6 6 5.8 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	13.5% Very poor	Read 70.5 Write 6.8 Mixed 10.5 SusWrite 6.6 21% 23.6 MB/s	4K Read 7.6 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 28% 2.53 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 13.5% Great: 23%
WD My Passport 1TB 12,840 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 478GB free, PID 0748 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 72 71 71 71 72 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	28.8% Poor	Read 65.3 Write 62.5 Mixed 44.8 SusWrite 71 82% 60.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.7 66% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 28.8% Great: 45%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z RGB DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GB-$56 84,291 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	84.1% Excellent	MC Read 33.6 MC Write 29.9 MC Mixed 24.1 83% 29.2 GB/s	SC Read 20.5 SC Write 31.6 SC Mixed 26 74% 26 GB/s	Latency 50.5 79% 50.5 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 84.1% Great: 101%

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Typical Z390 Taichi Builds (Compare 1,124 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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 $405Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	492x
Core i7-9700KIntel $275Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	238x
Core i7-8700KIntel $208Bench 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 $910Bench 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: $1,218

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