Asrock Z490 Taichi

Performance Results


Gaming 15% Surfboard	Desktop 100% UFO	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 109%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	6.67% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	360% 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 Z490 Taichi (all builds)
Memory	28.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210104
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 15 '21 at 06:58
Run Duration	231 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (54^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-10900K-$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 (99^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Memory 97 1-Core 170 2-Core 324 108% 197 Pts	4-Core 642 8-Core 1,268 113% 955 Pts	64-Core 2,135 132% 2,135 Pts
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 106%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 640 34,519 User benchmarks, average bench 6% Asus(1043 83F9) 2GB CLim: 901 MHz, MLim: 445 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 432.00 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	6.67% Terrible	Lighting 7.7 Reflection 8 Parallax 9.3 6% 8.33 fps	MRender 8.3 Gravity 10.4 Splatting 8.6 7% 9.1 fps
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 6.67% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$95 455,997 User benchmarks, average bench 310% 875GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2411 2238 1550 1558 1541 1557 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	360% Outstanding	Read 2,680 Write 2433 Mixed 1,907 SusWrite 1,809 495% 2,207 MB/s	4K Read 68.2 4K Write 184 4K Mixed 93.8 321% 115 MB/s	DQ Read 1,063 DQ Write 871 DQ Mixed 967 724% 967 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 360% Great: 410%
Crucial MX300 1TB-$130 21,936 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 695GB free Firmware: M0CR060 SusWrite @10s intervals: 482 482 389 375 375 371 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	90.8% Outstanding	Read 399 Write 376 Mixed 253 SusWrite 412 81% 360 MB/s	4K Read 21.3 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 28.3 126% 52.8 MB/s	DQ Read 274 DQ Write 252 DQ Mixed 218 176% 248 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 90.8% Great: 105%
Crucial MX300 1TB-$130 21,936 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 706GB free Firmware: M0CR060 SusWrite @10s intervals: 481 481 381 376 378 375 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	90% Outstanding	Read 372 Write 372 Mixed 253 SusWrite 412 79% 352 MB/s	4K Read 21.4 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 28.7 126% 52.8 MB/s	DQ Read 269 DQ Write 264 DQ Mixed 334 232% 289 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 90% Great: 105%
Crucial MX300 1TB-$130 21,936 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 693GB free Firmware: M0CR060 SusWrite @10s intervals: 481 482 385 379 377 373 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	89.3% Excellent	Read 356 Write 371 Mixed 258 SusWrite 413 79% 349 MB/s	4K Read 22.3 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 28.2 127% 52.9 MB/s	DQ Read 269 DQ Write 253 DQ Mixed 327 228% 283 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 89.3% Great: 105%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 4266 C17 2x16GB 110 User benchmarks, average bench 121% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3700 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	66.2% Good	MC Read 23.4 MC Write 23 MC Mixed 19 62% 21.8 GB/s	SC Read 19.3 SC Write 26.5 SC Mixed 24.3 67% 23.4 GB/s	Latency 50.3 80% 50.3 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 66.2% Great: 152%

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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 554 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 $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) $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