Asrock Z390 Taichi

Performance Results


Gaming 94% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 87% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (31st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 69 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 93.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	97.8% 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	217% 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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z390 Taichi (all builds)
Memory	28.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191126
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 05 '20 at 18:06
Run Duration	354 Seconds
Run User	HRV-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8700K-$186 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	93.9% Outstanding	Memory 89.3 1-Core 137 2-Core 262 90% 163 Pts	4-Core 529 8-Core 851 85% 690 Pts	64-Core 1,070 66% 1,070 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 93.9% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5600-XT-$300 112,731 User benchmarks, average bench 83% MSI(1462 C810) ≥ 4GB Ram: 6GB, Driver: 20.9.2 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	97.8% Outstanding	Lighting 121 Reflection 99.1 Parallax 193 98% 138 fps	MRender 97 Gravity 110 Splatting 138 97% 115 fps
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 97.8% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SA2000M81000G 1TB 77,062 User benchmarks, average bench 234% 827GB free Firmware: S5Z42105 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1261 1295 1230 1234 1251 1266 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	244% Outstanding	Read 1512 Write 1,421 Mixed 1,223 SusWrite 1,256 304% 1,353 MB/s	4K Read 49.7 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 48 202% 73.8 MB/s	DQ Read 1,058 DQ Write 1,019 DQ Mixed 433 491% 837 MB/s
Poor: 140% ↑ This bench: 244% Great: 311%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 354GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 906 654 651 654 653 653 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	217% Outstanding	Read 1850 Write 1,595 Mixed 1,221 SusWrite 695 299% 1,340 MB/s	4K Read 39.4 4K Write 64.4 4K Mixed 48.8 156% 50.9 MB/s	DQ Read 1,302 DQ Write 1,030 DQ Mixed 1,192 885% 1,175 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 217% Great: 340%
Seagate ST4000LM024-2AN17V 4TB 7,786 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 603GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 76 76 77 78 79 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	36.4% Below average	Read 48.8 Write 77.4 Mixed 57.1 SusWrite 77 48% 65.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 3.9 4K Mixed 0.5 153% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 36.4% Great: 63%
WD Gold 8TB (256MB Cache 2017)-$189 695 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 248GB free Firmware: 01.01H02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 101 117 118 115 106 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	64% Good	Read 110 Write 116 Mixed 75.3 SusWrite 111 76% 103 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 5.6 4K Mixed 1.4 301% 2.67 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 64% Great: 124%
WD Purple 4TB (2014)-$73 8,426 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 390GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 82 80 79 83 83 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	52% Above average	Read 101 Write 90.5 Mixed 32.3 SusWrite 80.4 55% 76.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.4 79% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 52% Great: 100%
Seagate IronWolf 3TB (2016)-$114 4,022 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 334GB free Firmware: SC60 SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 102 100 103 105 105 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	59.2% Above average	Read 104 Write 102 Mixed 25.2 SusWrite 102 60% 83.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.5 90% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 59.2% Great: 104%
Seagate ST2000LM 007-1R8174 2TB 725 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 230GB free Firmware: SBK2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 66 76 72 67 63 67 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	30.5% Below average	Read 36.5 Write 83.1 Mixed 55.9 SusWrite 68.5 45% 61 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 4.4 4K Mixed 0.4 163% 1.9 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 30.5% Great: 70%
Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 2TB-$79 71,106 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 179GB free Firmware: SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 59 64 63 63 61 64 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	25.6% Poor	Read 26.1 Write 47.5 Mixed 46.7 SusWrite 62.3 34% 45.7 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.4 126% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 25.6% Great: 68%
Seagate Backup+ Hub BK 8TB 16,705 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 5.5TB free Firmware: D781 SusWrite @10s intervals: 167 173 171 173 173 175 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 13% Great: 92%
Toshiba External USB 3.0 2TB 1,922 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 26GB free, PID d010 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 67 68 68 72 68 68 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	27.2% Poor	Read 72.8 Write 71.9 Mixed 20.7 SusWrite 68.5 77% 58.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.3 29% 0.47 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 27.2% Great: 58%
Toshiba External USB 3.0 2TB 1,922 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 26GB free, PID d010 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 75 73 74 75 74 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	32.7% Below average	Read 77.5 Write 73.2 Mixed 19.3 SusWrite 74 80% 61 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.6 80% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 32.7% Great: 58%
SanDisk Extreme Go USB 3.1 128GB-$36 967 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 115GB free, PID 558b Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 5.8 0.2 6.1 0.2 0.2 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	19% Very poor	Read 108 Write 25.4 Mixed 2.5 SusWrite 2.1 30% 34.5 MB/s	4K Read 4.7 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 1 72% 2.1 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 19% Great: 66%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CL16-18-18 D4-3200 4x8GB 1,554 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (18^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	74% Very good	MC Read 26.2 MC Write 28.4 MC Mixed 22.9 74% 25.8 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 30.9 SC Mixed 23.2 68% 23.9 GB/s	Latency 68.1 59% 68.1 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 74% Great: 116%

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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 $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	78x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $110Bench 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 $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 $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