Asrock Z390 Taichi

Performance Results


Gaming 123% UFO	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 126% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (26th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 74 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 a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 84.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	145% 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	304% 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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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.

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Motherboard	Asrock Z390 Taichi (all builds)
Memory	53.3 GB free of 64 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180905
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 12 '19 at 15:22
Run Duration	296 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	26%

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PC Performing below expectations (26^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-$412 354,223 User benchmarks, average bench 98% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	84.8% Excellent	Memory 83.2 1-Core 135 2-Core 275 90% 164 Pts	4-Core 463 8-Core 900 81% 682 Pts	64-Core 1,387 86% 1,387 Pts
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 104%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-Ti-$441 357,946 User benchmarks, average bench 156% Asus(1043 866A) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 411.70 Performing below potential (18^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	145% Outstanding	Lighting 200 Reflection 207 Parallax 205 163% 204 fps	MRender 238 Gravity 196 Splatting 116 143% 184 fps
Poor: 128% ↑ This bench: 145% Great: 174%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$158 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 807GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1589 1376 919 1183 1165 1163 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	304% Outstanding	Read 2,446 Write 2,198 Mixed 1,613 SusWrite 1,232 419% 1,872 MB/s	4K Read 53.7 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 73.8 241% 83.2 MB/s	DQ Read 1,341 DQ Write 1,181 DQ Mixed 1,248 939% 1,256 MB/s
Poor: 214% ↑ This bench: 304% Great: 372%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$158 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 796GB free Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1992 1655 1171 1155 1166 1161 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	316% Outstanding	Read 2,370 Write 2,168 Mixed 1,643 SusWrite 1,383 424% 1,891 MB/s	4K Read 54.7 4K Write 125 4K Mixed 75.2 245% 84.9 MB/s	DQ Read 1,447 DQ Write 1,289 DQ Mixed 1,357 1,021% 1,365 MB/s
Poor: 214% ↑ This bench: 316% Great: 372%
Samsung 750 EVO 500G 500GB 706 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 188GB free Firmware: 0117 SusWrite @10s intervals: 395 248 66 60 63 66 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	52.5% Above average	Read 364 Write 385 Mixed 299 SusWrite 150 67% 300 MB/s	4K Read 21.4 4K Write 34.2 4K Mixed 25.9 84% 27.2 MB/s	DQ Read 64.2 DQ Write 51.3 DQ Mixed 59 44% 58.2 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 52.5% Great: 124%
Seagate IronWolf 6TB (2017)-$121 553 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 5.5TB free Firmware: SC60 SusWrite @10s intervals: 187 181 164 195 195 193 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 56% Great: 110%
Seagate IronWolf 6TB (2017)-$121 553 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 5.5TB free Firmware: SC60 SusWrite @10s intervals: 203 203 207 204 204 205 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 56% Great: 110%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x16GB 2,982 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	66.2% Good	MC Read 22.3 MC Write 25.8 MC Mixed 21.4 66% 23.2 GB/s	SC Read 15.6 SC Write 26.4 SC Mixed 21 60% 21 GB/s	Latency 74.8 54% 74.8 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 66.2% Great: 129%

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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 1,122 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 $412Bench 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 $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: $1,225

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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