Asrock Z490 Taichi

Performance Results


Gaming 164% UFO	Desktop 106% UFO	Workstation 179% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 104%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	159% 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	305% 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

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z490 Taichi (all builds)
Memory	27.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200415
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 16 '20 at 00:10
Run Duration	204 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	11%

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PC Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-10900K-$449 107,269 User benchmarks, average bench 100% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Memory 93.4 1-Core 156 2-Core 316 102% 189 Pts	4-Core 619 8-Core 1170 107% 894 Pts	64-Core 2,142 133% 2,142 Pts
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 106%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-Ti-$441 357,946 User benchmarks, average bench 156% MSI(1462 3715) CLim: 2190 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 451.67 Performing below potential (63^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	159% Outstanding	Lighting 221 Reflection 222 Parallax 241 180% 228 fps	MRender 265 Gravity 220 Splatting 136 162% 207 fps
Poor: 128% ↑ This bench: 159% Great: 174%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 367,854 User benchmarks, average bench 276% 250GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2283 789 787 779 786 787 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	305% Outstanding	Read 2,582 Write 2,417 Mixed 1791 SusWrite 1035 438% 1,956 MB/s	4K Read 63.2 4K Write 145 4K Mixed 87.1 284% 98.4 MB/s	DQ Read 1213 DQ Write 1,019 DQ Mixed 1,131 843% 1,121 MB/s
Poor: 178% ↑ This bench: 305% Great: 355%
Toshiba THNSNB128GMCJ 128GB 582 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 40GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 50 46 45 47 49 48 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	21.1% Poor	Read 137 Write 55 Mixed 69.5 SusWrite 47.6 17% 77.3 MB/s	4K Read 8.9 4K Write 26.3 4K Mixed 9.5 40% 14.9 MB/s	DQ Read 6.3 DQ Write 25.7 DQ Mixed 9.2 9% 13.7 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 21.1% Great: 21%
Seagate Barracuda 8TB (2017)-$87 42,465 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 6TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 163 165 169 175 171 171 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	87% Excellent	Read 133 Write 116 Mixed 60.5 SusWrite 169 87% 120 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 5 4K Mixed 0.7 224% 2.33 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 87% Great: 90%

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 @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (23^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	74.3% Very good	MC Read 27.1 MC Write 27.8 MC Mixed 22.5 74% 25.8 GB/s	SC Read 17.2 SC Write 30.4 SC Mixed 23.1 67% 23.6 GB/s	Latency 61.3 65% 61.3 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 74.3% Great: 119%

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

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Typical Z490 Taichi Builds (Compare 555 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 205%

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Desktop 103%

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Workstation 219%

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Motherboard: Asrock Z490 Taichi

CPU
Core i9-10900KIntel $449Bench 100%, 107,269 samples	184x
Core i9-10850KIntel $286Bench 99%, 84,873 samples	103x
Core i7-10700KIntel $236Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	101x

GPU
RTX 3090Nvidia $1,306Bench 210%, 158,856 samples	101x
RTX 3080Nvidia $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	75x
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	52x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	68x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 2TBSamsung $150Bench 336%, 200,600 samples	35x
WDS100T3XHC-00SJG0 1TBBench 276%, 15,624 samples	28x

RAM
TEAMGROUP-UD4-3200 4x16GBUnknownBench 90%, 3,173 samples	29x
TEAMGROUP-UD4-4000 4x8GBUnknownBench 102%, 1,219 samples	17x
HyperX DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBKingstonBench 90%, 54,651 samples	13x

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Value: 54% - Above average

Total price: $1,850

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 $179	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