Asrock Z390 Taichi

Performance Results


Gaming 106% UFO	Desktop 109% UFO	Workstation 93% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 109%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	94% 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	260% 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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asrock Z390 Taichi (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20181106
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Nov 11 '18 at 19:45
Run Duration	474 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-9600K-$155 321,194 User benchmarks, average bench 93% CPUSocket, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Memory 97.3 1-Core 163 2-Core 325 106% 195 Pts	4-Core 644 8-Core 970 100% 807 Pts	64-Core 952 59% 952 Pts
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 103%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3302) CLim: 2075 MHz, MLim: 2152 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.34 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94% Outstanding	Lighting 119 Reflection 122 Parallax 105 97% 115 fps	MRender 106 Gravity 107 Splatting 110 88% 108 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 94% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 153GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 866 631 625 538 332 291 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	260% Outstanding	Read 2,163 Write 1,692 Mixed 659 SusWrite 547 280% 1,265 MB/s	4K Read 49.3 4K Write 222 4K Mixed 69.5 281% 113 MB/s	DQ Read 1,090 DQ Write 1,383 DQ Mixed 1,011 826% 1,161 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 260% Great: 254%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 93GB free Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 413 297 300 298 206 159 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	123% Outstanding	Read 505 Write 484 Mixed 420 SusWrite 279 95% 422 MB/s	4K Read 44.6 4K Write 137 4K Mixed 65.4 224% 82.3 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 338 DQ Mixed 355 267% 357 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 124%
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39 62,883 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 265GB free Firmware: X312 SusWrite @10s intervals: 219 223 202 213 210 195 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	88.9% Excellent	Read 395 Write 353 Mixed 265 SusWrite 210 68% 306 MB/s	4K Read 35.8 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 41.4 164% 61.3 MB/s	DQ Read 245 DQ Write 217 DQ Mixed 127 124% 197 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 88.9% Great: 108%
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 187GB free Firmware: 2B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 920 917 912 914 914 917 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	254% Outstanding	Read 2,092 Write 910 Mixed 745 SusWrite 916 257% 1,166 MB/s	4K Read 54.7 4K Write 213 4K Mixed 64.5 278% 111 MB/s	DQ Read 1058 DQ Write 321 DQ Mixed 379 361% 586 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 254% Great: 243%
OCZ ARC 100 240GB-$120 11,799 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 166GB free Firmware: 1.01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 417 417 428 398 428 391 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 404 Write 436 Mixed 301 SusWrite 413 88% 389 MB/s	4K Read 31.6 4K Write 131 4K Mixed 40 168% 67.6 MB/s	DQ Read 302 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 214 191% 286 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 101%
Mushkin ECO3 480GB-$155 2,300 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 99GB free Firmware: P0330AA SusWrite @10s intervals: 444 145 79 80 77 78 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Read 513 Write 446 Mixed 386 SusWrite 150 84% 374 MB/s	4K Read 34.5 4K Write 123 4K Mixed 51.6 183% 69.6 MB/s	DQ Read 286 DQ Write 326 DQ Mixed 238 198% 284 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 101%
Samsung 750 EVO 250GB-$55 75,831 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 228GB free Firmware: MAT0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 122 91 72 62 65 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	94.6% Outstanding	Read 398 Write 355 Mixed 278 SusWrite 86.3 62% 279 MB/s	4K Read 44.4 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 59.4 205% 73.4 MB/s	DQ Read 212 DQ Write 222 DQ Mixed 236 172% 223 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 94.6% Great: 114%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 423GB free Firmware: CC52 SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 94 93 94 96 94 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	66.5% Good	Read 138 Write 108 Mixed 71.8 SusWrite 93.4 76% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.6 116% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 66.5% Great: 96%
Toshiba MD04ACA500 5TB-$154 3,810 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 583GB free Firmware: FP2A SusWrite @10s intervals: 196 199 196 200 203 200 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	95.2% Outstanding	Read 132 Write 140 Mixed 53.4 SusWrite 199 95% 131 MB/s	4K Read 2.3 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1.1 259% 1.87 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 95.2% Great: 110%
WL6000GSA6454 6TB 17 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 574GB free Firmware: 01.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 105 105 104 104 105 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	72.5% Very good	Read 148 Write 103 Mixed 79.5 SusWrite 104 80% 109 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 3.1 4K Mixed 1 218% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 72.5% Great: 94%
Hitachi HUS 724030ALA640 3TB 68 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 1TB free Firmware: MF8O SusWrite @10s intervals: 143 146 147 146 146 146 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	89% Excellent	Read 164 Write 168 Mixed 71 SusWrite 146 100% 137 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 206% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 89% Great: 94%
Seagate Barracuda 6TB (2017)-$123 14,331 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 6.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 121 86 79 71 76 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	43.2% Average	Read 59.8 Write 146 Mixed 78 SusWrite 88.9 69% 93.3 MB/s	4K Read 2 4K Write 4.8 4K Mixed 0.7 250% 2.5 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 43.2% Great: 87%
WD Green 500GB (2009)-$23 63,281 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 93GB free Firmware: 80.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 61 65 53 46 46 49 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	40% Average	Read 85.9 Write 91.9 Mixed 61.8 SusWrite 53.4 54% 73.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.3 87% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 40% Great: 54%
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80 85,620 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2TB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 148 147 144 150 151 151 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	92.1% Outstanding	Read 172 Write 153 Mixed 34 SusWrite 148 92% 127 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.7 168% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 92.1% Great: 107%
SanDisk Ultra Fit 124GB 7,722 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 22GB free, PID 5583 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 50 45 25 24 18 22 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	31.1% Below average	Read 138 Write 51.7 Mixed 49.7 SusWrite 30.8 76% 67.6 MB/s	4K Read 2.8 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 1.7 109% 1.9 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 31.1% Great: 37%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws 4 DDR4 2666 C15 4x4GB 1,983 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	97.6% Outstanding	MC Read 35.2 MC Write 36.9 MC Mixed 30.9 98% 34.3 GB/s	SC Read 19.9 SC Write 38.1 SC Mixed 30.9 85% 29.6 GB/s	Latency 49.2 81% 49.2 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 97.6% Great: 115%

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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 $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