Asrock Z490 Taichi

Performance Results


Gaming 127% UFO	Desktop 104% UFO	Workstation 138% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (38th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 62 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 intensive workstation, and even full-fledged server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 106%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	118% 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	118% 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.

Motherboard	Asrock Z490 Taichi (all builds)
Memory	51.3 GB free of 64 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200616
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Dec 22 '20 at 19:55
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	RUS-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-10900KF-$260 21,040 User benchmarks, average bench 99% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Memory 95.7 1-Core 159 2-Core 313 103% 189 Pts	4-Core 623 8-Core 1,198 108% 910 Pts	64-Core 2,114 131% 2,114 Pts
Poor: 88% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 106%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Nvidia(10DE 1B06) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 460.89 Performing below potential (22^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	118% Outstanding	Lighting 158 Reflection 180 Parallax 172 129% 170 fps	MRender 128 Gravity 165 Splatting 113 109% 135 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Plextor PX-1TM9PG + 1TB 25 User benchmarks, average bench 214% 26GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 13 63 73 58 83 70 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	118% Outstanding	Read 1,440 Write 55.5 Mixed 157 SusWrite 60 90% 428 MB/s	4K Read 34.6 4K Write 53.8 4K Mixed 24.1 112% 37.5 MB/s	DQ Read 965 DQ Write 71.5 DQ Mixed 70.6 164% 369 MB/s
Poor: 118% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 307%
Plextor M6S 256GB-$166 1,660 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 24GB free Firmware: 1.02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 356 355 354 353 353 353 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	83.8% Excellent	Read 360 Write 345 Mixed 265 SusWrite 354 75% 331 MB/s	4K Read 30.3 4K Write 63.5 4K Mixed 34.7 124% 42.8 MB/s	DQ Read 250 DQ Write 178 DQ Mixed 147 128% 192 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 104%
Plextor M8Pe NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$149 2,380 User benchmarks, average bench 196% 13GB free Firmware: 1.06 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,333 Write 1,398 Mixed 707 255% 1,146 MB/s	4K Read 41.9 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 56.7 193% 68.4 MB/s	DQ Read 1,044 DQ Write 843 DQ Mixed 574 530% 820 MB/s
Poor: 128% Great: 237%
WD Purple Surveillance 4TB (2017)-$73 8,846 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 136 134 137 137 139 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	81.1% Excellent	Read 146 Write 140 Mixed 70.4 SusWrite 136 90% 123 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1 196% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB-$351 1,197 User benchmarks, average bench 116% 4 of 4 slots used 64GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	102% Outstanding	MC Read 35.3 MC Write 41.2 MC Mixed 32 103% 36.2 GB/s	SC Read 19.9 SC Write 42.3 SC Mixed 30.7 88% 31 GB/s	Latency 54.9 73% 54.9 ns
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 172%

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Typical Z490 Taichi Builds (Compare 555 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 205%

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Desktop 103%

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Workstation 219%

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Motherboard: Asrock Z490 Taichi

CPU
Core i9-10900KIntel $440Bench 100%, 107,269 samples	184x
Core i9-10850KIntel $279Bench 99%, 84,873 samples	103x
Core i7-10700KIntel $220Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	101x

GPU
RTX 3090Nvidia $835Bench 210%, 158,856 samples	101x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	75x
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	52x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $98Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	68x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 2TBSamsung $149Bench 336%, 200,600 samples	35x
WDS100T3XHC-00SJG0 1TBBench 276%, 15,624 samples	28x

RAM
TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 4x16GBUnknownBench 90%, 3,173 samples	29x
TEAMGROUP-UD4-4000 4x8GBUnknownBench 102%, 1,219 samples	17x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBKingstonBench 90%, 54,651 samples	13x

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Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $1,373

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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 $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16