Asrock Z390 Taichi

Performance Results


Gaming 171% UFO	Desktop 108% UFO	Workstation 162% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 106%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	164% 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	313% 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.

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Motherboard	Asrock Z390 Taichi (all builds)
Memory	26.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors, 3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180822
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 02 '19 at 22:13
Run Duration	252 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing above expectations (76^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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Memory 95.4 1-Core 158 2-Core 318 104% 191 Pts	4-Core 629 8-Core 1,053 102% 841 Pts	64-Core 1,320 82% 1,320 Pts
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 104%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-Ti-$441 357,946 User benchmarks, average bench 156% EVGA(3842 2487) CLim: 2265 MHz, MLim: 3675 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 417.71 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	164% Outstanding	Lighting 231 Reflection 221 Parallax 255 188% 236 fps	MRender 259 Gravity 236 Splatting 128 161% 207 fps
Poor: 128% ↑ This bench: 164% Great: 174%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HP EX920 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$116 16,263 User benchmarks, average bench 267% 627GB free (System drive) Firmware: SVN139B Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1176 1477 1437 1629 1598 1466 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	313% Outstanding	Read 2,414 Write 1,587 Mixed 1,266 SusWrite 1,464 375% 1,682 MB/s	4K Read 57.7 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 77.2 246% 82.3 MB/s	DQ Read 1,334 DQ Write 920 DQ Mixed 1,196 874% 1,150 MB/s
Poor: 158% ↑ This bench: 313% Great: 355%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 13GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 501 Write 472 Mixed 418 103% 464 MB/s	4K Read 42.4 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 55.4 188% 66.2 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 332 DQ Mixed 347 262% 352 MB/s
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
Kingdian S280-240GB 240GB 2,188 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 57GB free Firmware: O0803B5 SusWrite @10s intervals: 341 248 78 81 81 81 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	98.4% Outstanding	Read 501 Write 375 Mixed 362 SusWrite 152 78% 347 MB/s	4K Read 39.5 4K Write 94.8 4K Mixed 54.1 179% 62.8 MB/s	DQ Read 298 DQ Write 290 DQ Mixed 118 137% 235 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 98.4% Great: 100%
Toshiba MD04ACA400 4TB-$140 10,635 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 26GB free Firmware: FP2A SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 103 103 100 105 109 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	66% Good	Read 125 Write 123 Mixed 59 SusWrite 104 75% 103 MB/s	4K Read 1.6 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1.1 230% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 66% Great: 104%
Maxtor STM3500630AS 500GB-$80 1,461 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 270GB free Firmware: 3.AAE SusWrite @10s intervals: 67 66 69 69 69 69 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	38.1% Below average	Read 64.5 Write 39.8 Mixed 47.7 SusWrite 68.2 41% 55 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.8 136% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 38.1% Great: 43%
SanDisk Ultra Fit 124GB 7,722 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 28GB free, PID 5583 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 65 52 23 27 26 24 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	35.6% Below average	Read 140 Write 65.7 Mixed 83.2 SusWrite 36.1 98% 81.2 MB/s	4K Read 2.9 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 2.6 174% 2.57 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 35.6% Great: 37%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2400 C15 Series 2x16GB 944 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	81.9% Excellent	MC Read 30.3 MC Write 30.8 MC Mixed 24.3 81% 28.5 GB/s	SC Read 19.6 SC Write 32.3 SC Mixed 26.3 74% 26.1 GB/s	Latency 55.9 72% 55.9 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 81.9% Great: 86%

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

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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 $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 $273	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 $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