Asrock Z390 Taichi

Performance Results


Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 104% UFO	Workstation 87% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 103%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	80% 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	331% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z390 Taichi (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20181210
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Sep 14 '19 at 06:56
Run Duration	182 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing above expectations (73^rd 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-$409 354,223 User benchmarks, average bench 98% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	103% Outstanding	Memory 94.4 1-Core 150 2-Core 300 99% 181 Pts	4-Core 600 8-Core 1,127 103% 863 Pts	64-Core 1,633 101% 1,633 Pts
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 104%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% MSI(1462 375A) CLim: 2175 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 436.15 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	80% Excellent	Lighting 102 Reflection 93.3 Parallax 85.2 83% 93.5 fps	MRender 106 Gravity 89.9 Splatting 80 74% 91.9 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 2TB 7,823 User benchmarks, average bench 320% 2TB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 1872 1826 1768 2005 2209 2214 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	331% Outstanding	Read 3,092 Write 2,179 Mixed 1,177 SusWrite 1,982 470% 2,108 MB/s	4K Read 32.5 4K Write 80.7 4K Mixed 44.2 149% 52.5 MB/s	DQ Read 500 DQ Write 1,312 DQ Mixed 796 639% 869 MB/s
Poor: 141% ↑ This bench: 331% Great: 531%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 8TB 1,740 User benchmarks, average bench 166% 6TB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 452 445 455 449 453 448 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	253% Outstanding	Read 428 Write 437 Mixed 78 SusWrite 450 251% 348 MB/s	4K Read 13.9 4K Write 6.8 4K Mixed 1.6 883% 7.43 MB/s
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 253% Great: 262%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3600 C19 2x8GB 2,853 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (23^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	68.6% Good	MC Read 26.7 MC Write 25 MC Mixed 19.1 67% 23.6 GB/s	SC Read 16.9 SC Write 26.3 SC Mixed 21.6 62% 21.6 GB/s	Latency 58.8 68% 58.8 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 68.6% Great: 115%

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

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Gaming 153%

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Desktop 103%

UFO

Workstation 152%

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Motherboard: Asrock Z390 Taichi - $277

CPU
Core i9-9900KIntel $409Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	492x
Core i7-9700KIntel $249Bench 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 $95Bench 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: $1,222

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