Asrock Z390 Taichi

Performance Results


Gaming 94% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 95% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (31st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 69 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 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 99.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	92.7% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	162% 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 Z390 Taichi (all builds)
Memory	25.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190723
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Apr 25 '22 at 16:23
Run Duration	362 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing below expectations (31^st 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-$410 354,223 User benchmarks, average bench 98% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	99.8% Outstanding	Memory 93.1 1-Core 110 2-Core 288 89% 164 Pts	4-Core 571 8-Core 990 94% 780 Pts	64-Core 1,594 99% 1,594 Pts
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 99.8% Great: 104%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% EVGA(3842 2068) CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 512.15 Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	92.7% Outstanding	Lighting 116 Reflection 133 Parallax 114 94% 121 fps	MRender 139 Gravity 100 Splatting 97.3 90% 112 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 92.7% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
T-force TM8FP8512G 512GB 248 User benchmarks, average bench 218% 262GB free (System drive) Firmware: S1218A3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 552 190 400 191 191 248 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	162% Outstanding	Read 1,759 Write 1,439 Mixed 1,119 SusWrite 295 256% 1,153 MB/s	4K Read 27.8 4K Write 74.6 4K Mixed 21.7 109% 41.4 MB/s	DQ Read 820 DQ Write 1068 DQ Mixed 598 548% 829 MB/s
Poor: 144% ↑ This bench: 162% Great: 286%
WD Blue 3D 1TB-$85 16,039 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 320GB free Firmware: X61190WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 345 333 329 324 321 320 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	69.7% Good	Read 335 Write 314 Mixed 268 SusWrite 329 70% 312 MB/s	4K Read 16.6 4K Write 49.5 4K Mixed 26.4 85% 30.8 MB/s	DQ Read 239 DQ Write 190 DQ Mixed 198 153% 209 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 69.7% Great: 121%
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 350GB free Firmware: M0CR040 SusWrite @10s intervals: 464 436 274 241 243 242 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	73.1% Very good	Read 367 Write 430 Mixed 361 SusWrite 317 83% 369 MB/s	4K Read 14.2 4K Write 54.8 4K Mixed 22.9 80% 30.6 MB/s	DQ Read 325 DQ Write 320 DQ Mixed 320 241% 322 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 73.1% Great: 99%
T-force TM8FP8001T 1TB 1,441 User benchmarks, average bench 205% 610GB free Firmware: V9002s77 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1099 1103 1111 1113 1113 1117 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	196% Outstanding	Read 1,774 Write 1,113 Mixed 951 SusWrite 1,109 276% 1,237 MB/s	4K Read 19.5 4K Write 69 4K Mixed 28.9 103% 39.1 MB/s	DQ Read 333 DQ Write 836 DQ Mixed 437 376% 536 MB/s
Poor: 84% ↑ This bench: 196% Great: 285%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 225GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 325 313 307 308 307 309 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	73.2% Very good	Read 339 Write 318 Mixed 299 SusWrite 312 71% 317 MB/s	4K Read 22.2 4K Write 51.1 4K Mixed 30.8 100% 34.7 MB/s	DQ Read 237 DQ Write 178 DQ Mixed 204 153% 206 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 73.2% Great: 124%
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 396GB free Firmware: M0CR040 SusWrite @10s intervals: 428 428 306 249 248 247 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	73.3% Very good	Read 365 Write 431 Mixed 361 SusWrite 318 83% 369 MB/s	4K Read 14.5 4K Write 54.4 4K Mixed 22.7 80% 30.5 MB/s	DQ Read 334 DQ Write 322 DQ Mixed 319 242% 325 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 73.3% Great: 99%
T-force TM8FP8001T 1TB 1,441 User benchmarks, average bench 205% 558GB free Firmware: V9002s77 SusWrite @10s intervals: 976 981 978 977 978 974 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	183% Outstanding	Read 1,900 Write 960 Mixed 905 SusWrite 977 263% 1,186 MB/s	4K Read 18.8 4K Write 46.9 4K Mixed 24.1 84% 29.9 MB/s	DQ Read 224 DQ Write 734 DQ Mixed 433 345% 464 MB/s
Poor: 84% ↑ This bench: 183% Great: 285%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x16GB-$74 29,684 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	74% Very good	MC Read 27.3 MC Write 27.7 MC Mixed 21.9 73% 25.6 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 29.4 SC Mixed 24.2 68% 23.9 GB/s	Latency 61.9 65% 61.9 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 74% Great: 94%

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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 $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 $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