Asrock Z390 Taichi Ultimate

Performance Results


Gaming 38% Jet ski	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 40% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (17th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 83 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 81.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	37% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	234% 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	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (68%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z390 Taichi Ultimate (all builds)
Memory	4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190723
Uptime	18.2 Days
Run Date	Aug 02 '20 at 09:40
Run Duration	110 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	68%

PC Performing way below expectations (17^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-$412 354,223 User benchmarks, average bench 98% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	81.8% Excellent	Memory 79.8 1-Core 135 2-Core 260 87% 158 Pts	4-Core 450 8-Core 828 76% 639 Pts	64-Core 1,568 97% 1,568 Pts
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 81.8% Great: 104%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080S (Super)-$466 261,508 User benchmarks, average bench 131% EVGA(3842 3183) CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3875 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 446.14 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	37% Below average	Lighting 44.2 Reflection 38.4 Parallax 18.7 36% 33.7 fps	MRender 45.6 Gravity 58.8 Splatting 40.2 39% 48.2 fps
Poor: 116% ↑ This bench: 37% Great: 139%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$95 455,997 User benchmarks, average bench 310% 335GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1232 1252 1231 945 771 740 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	234% Outstanding	Read 1,823 Write 1,638 Mixed 1,438 SusWrite 1,028 332% 1,482 MB/s	4K Read 38.4 4K Write 94.3 4K Mixed 53 176% 61.9 MB/s	DQ Read 1,025 DQ Write 927 DQ Mixed 1,023 754% 991 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 234% Great: 410%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3600 C16 2x8GB 44,547 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	85.5% Excellent	MC Read 34 MC Write 36.8 MC Mixed 27.2 93% 32.7 GB/s	SC Read 12 SC Write 25.9 SC Mixed 14 49% 17.3 GB/s	Latency 80.8 50% 80.8 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 85.5% Great: 116%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Typical Z390 Taichi Ultimate Builds (Compare 503 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 151%

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Desktop 102%

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Workstation 150%

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Motherboard: Asrock Z390 Taichi Ultimate

CPU
Core i9-9900KIntel $412Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	312x
Core i7-9700KIntel $252Bench 97%, 550,833 samples	65x
Core i7-8700KIntel $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	41x

GPU
RTX 2080-TiNvidia $441Bench 156%, 357,946 samples	60x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	50x
RTX 2080Nvidia $407Bench 124%, 316,424 samples	35x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	46x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	30x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	28x

RAM
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	16x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $160Bench 88%, 110,884 samples	14x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBG.SKILLBench 89%, 92,468 samples	13x

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Value: 91% - Outstanding

Total price: $1,003

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	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) $30	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