Asrock Z390 Taichi

Performance Results


Gaming 113% UFO	Desktop 106% UFO	Workstation 115% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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	106% 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	277% 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	26.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191126
Uptime	3 Days
Run Date	Jan 17 '20 at 03:11
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	26%

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PC Performing as expected (56^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 93.1 1-Core 158 2-Core 318 103% 190 Pts	4-Core 636 8-Core 1,144 107% 890 Pts	64-Core 1,653 102% 1,653 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% Gigabyte(1458 3702) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 432.0 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Lighting 139 Reflection 150 Parallax 125 113% 138 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 137 Splatting 110 98% 120 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$170 93,447 User benchmarks, average bench 322% 425GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2134 1887 1781 1670 1664 1670 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	277% Outstanding	Read 1843 Write 1,738 Mixed 1,215 SusWrite 1801 371% 1,649 MB/s	4K Read 31.7 4K Write 57.9 4K Mixed 40.2 130% 43.3 MB/s	DQ Read 1,324 DQ Write 1,077 DQ Mixed 1,188 893% 1,196 MB/s
Poor: 195% ↑ This bench: 277% Great: 393%
JMicron Generic DISK00 1TB 88 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 83GB free, PID 0567 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 72 71 72 72 71 72 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	49.2% Average	Read 177 Write 169 Mixed 95.5 SusWrite 71.6 164% 128 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.1 127% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 49.2% Great: 66%
JMicron Generic DISK01 4TB 88 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 830GB free, PID 0567 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.2 0.5 7.1 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	24% Poor	Read 122 Write 93 Mixed 71.5 SusWrite 1.4 87% 71.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 94% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 24% Great: 74%
JMicron Generic DISK02 2TB 54 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 863GB free, PID 0567 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 72 70 71 72 71 72 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	41.1% Average	Read 107 Write 97.5 Mixed 58.8 SusWrite 71.4 109% 83.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 3.2 4K Mixed 1 146% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 41.1% Great: 53%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C14 2x16GB 1,286 User benchmarks, average bench 101% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	71.2% Very good	MC Read 25.4 MC Write 26.9 MC Mixed 21.8 71% 24.7 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 29.2 SC Mixed 22.7 64% 22.5 GB/s	Latency 61.8 65% 61.8 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 71.2% Great: 138%

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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 $409Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	492x
Core i7-9700KIntel $249Bench 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 $76Bench 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: 90% - Outstanding

Total price: $1,203

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