Asrock Z390 Taichi Ultimate

Performance Results


Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 105%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	7.56% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	221% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z390 Taichi Ultimate (all builds)
Memory	28 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20181210
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 27 '18 at 23:59
Run Duration	179 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing above expectations (65^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 (99^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Memory 97.4 1-Core 152 2-Core 304 102% 185 Pts	4-Core 607 8-Core 1,190 106% 899 Pts	64-Core 1,658 103% 1,658 Pts
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 104%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 630 65,338 User benchmarks, average bench 5% ASRock(1849 3E98) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 24.20.100.6346 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.56% Terrible	Lighting 7.1 Reflection 11.3 Parallax 8.75 6% 9.07 fps	MRender 13.7 Gravity 7.8 Splatting 17.3 11% 12.9 fps
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 7.56% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 379GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1443 1087 613 612 615 614 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	221% Outstanding	Read 1,659 Write 1,680 Mixed 1,283 SusWrite 831 306% 1,363 MB/s	4K Read 33.8 4K Write 66.2 4K Mixed 38.1 135% 46 MB/s	DQ Read 1,516 DQ Write 1,321 DQ Mixed 1,399 1,054% 1,412 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 221% Great: 340%
SanDisk SSD Plus 480GB-$40 16,752 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 130GB free Firmware: Z32080RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 89 40 50 38 77 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	30.8% Below average	Read 289 Write 238 Mixed 4.7 SusWrite 67.2 33% 150 MB/s	4K Read 9 4K Write 27.1 4K Mixed 0.2 28% 12.1 MB/s	DQ Read 184 DQ Write 162 DQ Mixed 25.4 59% 124 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 30.8% Great: 76%
Samsung Portable SSD T5 500GB 14,526 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 139GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 424 438 442 422 420 442 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	83.1% Excellent	Read 430 Write 275 Mixed 394 SusWrite 431 86% 382 MB/s	4K Read 25.3 4K Write 31.5 4K Mixed 30.8 94% 29.2 MB/s	DQ Read 243 DQ Write 200 DQ Mixed 243 176% 229 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 83.1% Great: 97%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 197 204 203 205 205 204 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 195 Write 148 Mixed 86.5 SusWrite 203 116% 158 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.9 159% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 114%
SanDisk Ultra USB 3.0 32GB-$8 33,725 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 29GB free, PID 5581 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 43 35 7.8 5.4 4.9 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	32.1% Below average	Read 149 Write 15.5 Mixed 55 SusWrite 17.1 60% 59.1 MB/s	4K Read 6.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 1.7 140% 3.33 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 32.1% Great: 38%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GB 46,140 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	93.7% Outstanding	MC Read 36.8 MC Write 33.4 MC Mixed 27.3 93% 32.5 GB/s	SC Read 23.1 SC Write 37.5 SC Mixed 29.7 86% 30.1 GB/s	Latency 48.7 82% 48.7 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 93.7% Great: 119%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Desktop 102%

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Workstation 150%

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Motherboard: Asrock Z390 Taichi Ultimate

CPU
Core i9-9900KIntel $410Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	313x
Core i7-9700KIntel $252Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	65x
Core i7-8700KIntel $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	41x

GPU
RTX 2080-TiNvidia $441Bench 156%, 357,946 samples	60x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	50x
RTX 2080Nvidia $396Bench 124%, 316,424 samples	35x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	46x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	30x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	28x

RAM
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	16x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $80Bench 88%, 110,884 samples	14x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBG.SKILLBench 89%, 92,468 samples	13x

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Value: 91% - Outstanding

Total price: $1,001

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 $178	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