Asrock Z490 Taichi

Performance Results


Gaming 121% UFO	Desktop 107% UFO	Workstation 133% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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	113% 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	123% 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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z490 Taichi (all builds)
Memory	19.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200511
Uptime	2 Days
Run Date	Mar 08 '21 at 03:18
Run Duration	253 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing as expected (46^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 (97^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Memory 94.3 1-Core 158 2-Core 314 103% 189 Pts	4-Core 629 8-Core 1,258 111% 944 Pts	64-Core 2,120 131% 2,120 Pts
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 106%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85E2) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 461.72 Performing below potential (12^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	113% Outstanding	Lighting 152 Reflection 166 Parallax 153 124% 157 fps	MRender 122 Gravity 147 Splatting 114 103% 128 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 870 EVO 2TB-$167 31,076 User benchmarks, average bench 113% 1.5TB free (System drive) Firmware: SVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 442 453 448 468 469 466 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	123% Outstanding	Read 509 Write 470 Mixed 451 SusWrite 458 106% 472 MB/s	4K Read 43 4K Write 95.3 4K Mixed 57.6 189% 65.3 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 336 DQ Mixed 352 265% 355 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 136%
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB-$150 200,600 User benchmarks, average bench 336% 260GB free Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1512 1096 1022 938 887 852 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	297% Outstanding	Read 2,561 Write 2,263 Mixed 1,874 SusWrite 1051 434% 1,937 MB/s	4K Read 60.1 4K Write 135 4K Mixed 79.8 265% 91.7 MB/s	DQ Read 1,267 DQ Write 884 DQ Mixed 1,053 792% 1,068 MB/s
Poor: 223% ↑ This bench: 297% Great: 435%
Seagate ST12000VN0008-2JH101 12TB 16 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2.5TB free Firmware: SC60 SusWrite @10s intervals: 150 150 147 152 153 152 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 58% Great: 107%
Seagate ST12000VN0008-2JH101 12TB 16 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 3TB free Firmware: SC60 SusWrite @10s intervals: 158 153 161 161 147 145 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 58% Great: 107%
Seagate IronWolf 12TB (2017)-$150 40 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 1.5TB free Firmware: SC60 SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 134 131 135 136 136 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 24% Great: 86%
Seagate ST14000VN0008-2JG101 14TB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 387GB free Firmware: SC60 SusWrite @10s intervals: 236 238 229 238 241 242 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 2% Great: 104%
Seagate ST12000VN0008-2JH101 12TB 16 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 1.5TB free Firmware: SC60 SusWrite @10s intervals: 142 142 138 144 145 145 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 58% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMW32GX4M4C3600C18 4x8GB 7,214 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (19^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	72.6% Very good	MC Read 25.7 MC Write 27.7 MC Mixed 21.8 72% 25.1 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 28.7 SC Mixed 23.9 66% 23.2 GB/s	Latency 59 68% 59 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 72.6% Great: 130%

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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 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) $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