Asrock Z390 Taichi

Performance Results


Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 106% UFO	Workstation 73% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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	63.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	263% 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.

Motherboard	Asrock Z390 Taichi (all builds)
Memory	28.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190723
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 22 '19 at 16:41
Run Duration	259 Seconds
Run User	MYS-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-9900KS 12,840 User benchmarks, average bench 99% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Memory 94.6 1-Core 158 2-Core 316 103% 190 Pts	4-Core 626 8-Core 1,152 106% 889 Pts	64-Core 1,732 107% 1,732 Pts
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 105%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 859B) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.20 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	63.6% Good	Lighting 66.1 Reflection 77 Parallax 64.3 54% 69.1 fps	MRender 103 Gravity 110 Splatting 92.2 82% 102 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 63.6% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$92 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 154GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1210 402 310 311 310 311 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	263% Outstanding	Read 2,529 Write 1,470 Mixed 1,053 SusWrite 476 305% 1,382 MB/s	4K Read 68.1 4K Write 151 4K Mixed 86.2 294% 102 MB/s	DQ Read 975 DQ Write 887 DQ Mixed 1,006 734% 956 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 263% Great: 280%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 86GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 287 317 318 317 317 319 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 505 Write 487 Mixed 414 SusWrite 312 96% 430 MB/s	4K Read 47 4K Write 94.8 4K Mixed 59.1 197% 67 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 337 DQ Mixed 352 266% 355 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 124%
Corsair Force LX 128GB-$144 1,867 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 20GB free Firmware: N0307A SusWrite @10s intervals: 147 146 146 146 130 147 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	81.9% Excellent	Read 513 Write 147 Mixed 209 SusWrite 144 56% 253 MB/s	4K Read 30.1 4K Write 84.2 4K Mixed 39 140% 51.1 MB/s	DQ Read 269 DQ Write 147 DQ Mixed 155 129% 190 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 81.9% Great: 84%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 133GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 119 119 120 121 121 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	79.5% Very good	Read 157 Write 153 Mixed 89.3 SusWrite 120 95% 130 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 1.2 239% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 79.5% Great: 109%
HGST Deskstar NAS 4TB-$60 7,986 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2TB free Firmware: MJAOA5E0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 123 124 128 125 126 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	76.9% Very good	Read 142 Write 140 Mixed 49 SusWrite 125 83% 114 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.7 160% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 76.9% Great: 92%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 782GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 182 183 183 186 186 185 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 175 Write 182 Mixed 84 SusWrite 184 114% 156 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.2 233% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 109%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 925GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 114 115 112 115 116 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	86.7% Excellent	Read 188 Write 86.2 Mixed 78 SusWrite 114 86% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 144% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 86.7% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 4x8GB 76,101 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (29^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	74.6% Very good	MC Read 26.3 MC Write 28.2 MC Mixed 22.4 73% 25.6 GB/s	SC Read 18.7 SC Write 30.7 SC Mixed 24.5 70% 24.6 GB/s	Latency 58.3 69% 58.3 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 74.6% Great: 106%

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Gaming 153%

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Desktop 103%

UFO

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 $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: $1,223

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