Asrock Z390 Taichi

Performance Results


Gaming 88% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	93.9% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

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Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z390 Taichi (all builds)
Memory	5.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 4.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20191126
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Nov 26 '21 at 22:22
Run Duration	188 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	25%

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PC Performing as expected (59^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-8600K-$173 264,837 User benchmarks, average bench 91% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	90.6% Outstanding	Memory 84.3 1-Core 139 2-Core 272 90% 165 Pts	4-Core 528 8-Core 709 78% 618 Pts	64-Core 624 39% 624 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 90.6% Great: 101%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6183) CLim: 2050 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 496.76 Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	93.9% Outstanding	Lighting 113 Reflection 134 Parallax 123 92% 123 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 133 Splatting 113 98% 120 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 93.9% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 28GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,830 Write 925 Mixed 464 234% 1,073 MB/s	4K Read 41.7 4K Write 129 4K Mixed 47.1 192% 72.6 MB/s	DQ Read 1,139 DQ Write 777 DQ Mixed 798 639% 905 MB/s
Poor: 142% Great: 236%
Samsung 850 Pro 128GB-$70 18,195 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 70GB free Firmware: EXM04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 378 434 436 438 440 426 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 460 Write 412 Mixed 295 SusWrite 425 89% 398 MB/s	4K Read 28.9 4K Write 80 4K Mixed 37.4 134% 48.8 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 336 DQ Mixed 294 238% 337 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 119%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 295GB free Firmware: JB0OA3U0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 129 129 133 130 132 130 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	73.6% Very good	Read 126 Write 107 Mixed 23.1 SusWrite 130 70% 96.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.5 116% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 73.6% Great: 75%
WD Blue 2.5" 250GB (2009)-$30 16,754 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 166GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 67 68 69 68 65 68 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	38.3% Below average	Read 65.5 Write 68.5 Mixed 43.9 SusWrite 67.6 45% 61.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 128% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 38.3% Great: 41%
Seagate Desktop 500GB 1,637 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 44GB free, PID 3300 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 40 43 43 42 43 42 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	19.6% Very poor	Read 41.1 Write 41.5 Mixed 29.9 SusWrite 42.1 52% 38.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.9 81% 1 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 19.6% Great: 21%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 4266 C19 2x8GB 483 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 4267 MHz Performing below potential (32^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	88.3% Excellent	MC Read 42.5 MC Write 26.4 MC Mixed 27.9 92% 32.3 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 25.4 SC Mixed 29 69% 24.2 GB/s	Latency 72.9 55% 72.9 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 88.3% Great: 127%

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

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Typical Z390 Taichi Builds (Compare 1,123 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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 $910Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	77x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $92Bench 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: $1,220

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 $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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