Asrock Z390 Taichi

Performance Results


Gaming 89% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 87% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 96.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	88.8% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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 (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asrock Z390 Taichi (all builds)
Memory	25.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190313
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 19 '20 at 02:33
Run Duration	189 Seconds
Run User	SVN-User
Background CPU	14%

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PC Performing as expected (50^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-9700F-$295 54,980 User benchmarks, average bench 92% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 4.45 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	96.2% Outstanding	Memory 92.7 1-Core 142 2-Core 277 95% 171 Pts	4-Core 533 8-Core 1,120 97% 827 Pts	64-Core 1,140 71% 1,140 Pts
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 96.2% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% Asus(1043 86F1) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2115 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 441.87 Performing below potential (43^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	88.8% Excellent	Lighting 114 Reflection 112 Parallax 106 93% 111 fps	MRender 133 Gravity 96.1 Splatting 78.3 81% 103 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 88.8% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 389GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1825 880 611 606 611 613 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	221% Outstanding	Read 1,752 Write 1,608 Mixed 1,313 SusWrite 858 310% 1,382 MB/s	4K Read 31.8 4K Write 59.8 4K Mixed 39.8 131% 43.8 MB/s	DQ Read 1,412 DQ Write 1,227 DQ Mixed 1,301 980% 1,313 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 221% Great: 340%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 3.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 167 172 164 171 169 162 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 40% Great: 90%
Verbatim STORE N GO 32GB 3,394 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 28GB free, PID 0302 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 6.4 5.3 4.8 4.8 4.8 6.3 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	4.14% Terrible	Read 18 Write 12.5 Mixed 1.7 SusWrite 5.4 11% 9.4 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0.2 12% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.14% Great: 10%
SanDisk Ultra USB 3.0 64GB-$9 17,023 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 17GB free, PID 5581 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 67 31 22 25 18 17 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	37.1% Below average	Read 155 Write 66.2 Mixed 72 SusWrite 29.8 93% 80.8 MB/s	4K Read 5.8 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1.6 151% 3.2 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 37.1% Great: 39%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2400 C12 4x8GB 1,118 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	81.6% Excellent	MC Read 29.5 MC Write 31.6 MC Mixed 25.8 83% 29 GB/s	SC Read 18.4 SC Write 30.6 SC Mixed 24.1 70% 24.4 GB/s	Latency 62.8 64% 62.8 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 117%

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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