ASRock ASRock Z790 Taichi-Continuing the tradition of stacking good materials, the high-quality overclocking performance is amazing-

The tradition of stacking good materials continues, and the high-quality overclocking performance is amazing

ASRock’s ASRock Taichi series has the title of King of Stacking Materials, all kinds of good materials are in one, and this time the new chipset Z790 Taichi is no exception. This year’s Taichi series has a 20th anniversary edition and a general version to choose from. This time we will introduce the general version. The materials used are very solid. The CPU power supply adopts a 24+2+1 phase design, with 105A SPS Dr.MOS and Nichicon 12k black capacitors. The MOSFET has an independent large-area cooling module, and it is equipped with a cooling fan to achieve better power supply. Heat dissipation and sound effects use Realtek ALC4082 chip, with audiophile-grade WIMA audio capacitors and ESS SABRE9218 DAC, providing very high-quality audio output quality, the memory supports four DDR5 expansions, and the highest frequency can be overclocked to 7200MHz or more. PCIe x16 provides three sets of expansion, The first two sets are covered with metal to reduce noise and improve performance and signal quality. The first two sets support PCIe 5.0 signals, and the last set only supports PCIe 4.0 signals. The M.2 interface provides five sets of expansion. The first set is Blazing M .2 supports PCIe Gen5 x4 signals, the other four groups are Hyper M.2 supports PCIe Gen4 x4 signals, all have independent heat dissipation modules, which can be stable and high-efficiency even after long-term operation; the network uses Intel Killer 2.5GbE, GbE network cards With the Intel Wi-Fi 6E wireless network card, the RGB LED control provides three sets of addressable RGB control and one set of 12V RGB control slots, which can be used to adjust the lighting through the tool software, and can also be used to support synchronous control of other RGB LED products , USB has two sets of Thunderbolt 4 USB 4 Type-C ports, and the overall specifications are super complete. This time, we will use the flagship Intel Core i9-13900K for overclocking performance test and memory overclocking test. Now let’s take a look at the ASRock ASRock Z790 Taichi belt Come on for a super premium showing!

Packaging and Accessories

▼The pattern of the color box is similar to that of the previous generation, indicating the brand, product model and features

▼ASRock ASRock Logo, product model: Z790 Taichi

▼The HDMI certification logo is marked on the bottom, supports POLYCHROME SYNC RGB LED control, uses Intel Z790 chipset, supports Intel 13th generation Core series processors and PCIe Gen 5

▼The product features and specifications are marked on the back of the package

▼Mainboard lighting display

▼ Front panel USB-C supports PD 3.0 60W fast charging

▼I/O marking and basic specifications

▼CPU power supply is 24+2+1 phase SPS design

▼With two Thunderbolt 4 USB 4 Type-C ports

▼After opening, there are characteristic illustrations and descriptions

▼Accessories: Taichi motherboard postcard, Velcro felt*2, motherboard manual, M.2 fixing screw*4, Taichi keycap, SATA 6Gb/s transmission cable*4, Wi-Fi antenna and USB2.0 expansion

Introduction of materials and specifications

▼A list of the front and back of the mainboard, using an 8-layer PCB circuit board, with an integrated I/O baffle and rear armor, and a luminous decorative panel above the I/O, the overall texture is very good

▼I/O part: USB2.0*2, HDMI, Wi-Fi antenna connection position, audio output, USB 3.2 Gen1 Type-A*6, USB 3.2 Gen 2 Type-A*2, USB 4 Thunderbolt 4 Type-C *2, 2.5Gbps RJ-45, 1Gbps RJ-45 and

▼CPU socket, support LGA1700 processor

▼MOSFET has an independent large-area cooling module

▼The CPU power supply part adopts 24+2+1 phase power supply, with RAA229131 PWM controller and SPS 105A Dr.MOS, CPU VCore power supply is 8+8 Pin, and the capacitor uses Nichcon 12K black capacitor

▼Memory expansion slots are 4 DDR5

▼GENESYS LOGIC GL850G USB2.0 chip

▼Realtek RTS5452H USB Type-C PD control chip

▼PCIe to USB 3.2 chip ASMedia ASM3042

▼Network chip: Intel WGI291V

▼Network chip: Intel Killer E3100G

▼Wireless network crystal card Intel Killer AX1675i

▼Dual Port Thunderbolt 4 chip: Intel JHL8540

▼ There is a decorative panel in front of the interface card

▼Audio effect adopts Realtek ALC4082 chip, with audiophile-grade WIMA audio capacitor and ESS SABRE9218 DAC, providing very high-quality audio output quality

▼RGB LED controller: nuvoTon NUC121ZC2AE

▼nuvoTon NCT6686D Super IO chip

▼nuvoTon NCT5585D Super IO chip

▼ASMedia ASM1074 USB3.2 Hub chip

▼Pericom PI3EQX2004 USB3.2 Gen 2 Redriver chip

▼Pericom PI3EQX1004 USB3.2 Gen 2 Redriver chip

▼RENESAS RC26008A053GND clock generation chip

▼PCIe Gen 5 switching and signal enhancement chip: JYS13008

▼M.2 Expansion The first group and the second group share the same position, and you can only choose one of the two. Blazing M.2 supports PCIe Gen5 x4 signals, and Hyper M.2 provides PCIe Gen4 x4 signals. The maximum length supports up to 2280. There are full Covered heat sink

▼The third group provides PCIe Gen4 x4 signals for Hyper M.2, has a full-coverage heat sink, and supports a maximum length of 2280

▼The fourth and fifth groups provide PCIe Gen3 x4 signals for Hyper M.2, share a set of full-coverage heat sinks, and support a maximum length of 2280

▼Front Audio plug-in Pin

▼One set of RGB LED control and three sets of addressable RGB LED pins

▼Four sets of front USB 2.0 pins

▼Front panel pin

▼Power switch, Reset switch and 80 Port Debug lights

▼Four groups of front USB 3.2 pins, front panel USB 3.2 Gen2 x2 Type-C connector and USB 3.2 Gen1 Type-A

▼The SATA part is eight sets of SATA 6Gb/s

▼List of PCIe expansion slots

▼The motherboard is powered by 20+4 Pin power supply

▼If you want to use USB Type-C PD 3.0 60W fast charging, you must connect the 6 pin power port (graphics card power supply)

▼Z790 PCH heat sink

▼Z790 PCH

A brief introduction to BIOS settings

▼The BIOS is preset to Easy mode, you can see the status overview of the entire motherboard

▼The first side is the basic system status display, CPU model, working clock, memory working clock and capacity

▼On the overclocking adjustment page, all overclocking options can be set

▼List of CPU overclocking options

▼List of memory overclocking options

▼Voltage detailed setting options

▼The advanced page can set detailed setting options for each device

▼CPU advanced setting options list

▼List of chipset advanced setting options

▼A list of storage device advanced setting options

▼List of Thunderbolt setting options

▼A list of ACPI advanced setting options

▼List of USB advanced setting options

▼List of security setting options

▼On the tool page, you can view RGB settings, RAID settings, RAID driver installation, Boot settings, BIOS online updates, etc.

▼RGB settings

▼In the hardware monitoring part, you can see the CPU temperature, fan speed and the status of each power supply voltage, and you can set the fan mode

▼In the security section, you can set the power-on password and other security settings

▼The Boot section can set the boot sequence and other boot options

▼The last part is to set storage and leave.. and other options

Performance test with Intel Core i9-13900K

testing platform
CPU: Intel Core i9-13900K
Cooler: Raijintek DIY water cooling
MB: ASRock Z790 Taichi
RAM: Neo Forza DDR5-7200 32GB Kit @ DDR5-8000 CL38
Storage: WD Black 1TB NVMe SSD
PSU: XFX XTR 750W
OS: Windows 10 Professional 64 Bit

▼Verify your identity

▼CPU-Z Bench

▼AIDA64 Read:124.88GB/s Write:120.68GB/s Copy:118.52GB/s

▼Super PI 1M:5.685s

▼CPU Mark:924

▼Fritz Chess Benchmark

▼wPrime:32M-2.251sec 1024M-36.021sec

▼WinRAR:64177KB/s

▼7Zip

▼x264 FHD Benchmark:136.9

▼x265 FHD Benchmark:109.2

▼HWBOT x265 FHD Benchmark:134.204

▼HWBOT x265 4K Benchmark:40.255

▼CINEBENCH R20:15487 pts

▼CINEBENCH R23:40251 pts

▼Corona:35ec

▼V-Ray Benchmark:27534

Performance test with Intel Core i9-13900K overclocking 5.7GHz

testing platform
CPU: Intel Core i9-13900K @P Core 5.7GHz/E Core 4.5GHz
Cooler: Raijintek DIY water cooling
MB: ASRock Z790 Taichi
RAM: Neo Forza DDR5-7200 32GB Kit @ DDR5-8000 CL38
Storage: WD Black 1TB NVMe SSD
PSU: XFX XTR 750W
OS: Windows 10 Professional 64 Bit

▼Verify your identity

▼CPU-Z Bench

▼AIDA64 Read:125.14GB/s Write:120.48GB/s Copy:118.83GB/s

▼Super PI 1M:5.732s

▼CPU Mark:918

▼Fritz Chess Benchmark

▼wPrime:32M-2.142ec 1024M-34.498sec

▼WinRAR:65167KB/s

▼7Zip

▼x264 FHD Benchmark:140.2

▼x265 FHD Benchmark:113.2

▼HWBOT x265 FHD Benchmark:138.762

▼HWBOT x265 4K Benchmark:41.521

▼CINEBENCH R20:16140 pts

▼CINEBENCH R23:42336 pts

▼Corona:33sec

▼V-Ray Benchmark:28652

▼The overall performance table, it is normal for some single-core tests to have negative growth. After all, the full-core 5.7GHz is a little lower than the default Boost of 5.8GHz

motherboard light display

▼I/O panel glows

▼PCH heat sink glows

▼M.2 zone glows

Summarize:

As the flagship product of ASRock, ASRock Z790 Taichi really lived up to expectations, and the materials are still piled up. It has 2.5GbE and 1GbE dual wired network cards, Intel Killer WiFi 6E wireless network cards, and dual USB 4 Thunderbolt 4 Type -C connection port, the future popular specification is now standard configuration; expansion provides three sets of Hyper M.2 and one set of Blazing M.2 to install PCIe Gen5 x4 and PCIe Gen4 x4, SATA connector provides
Eight groups, hard disk expansion is very sufficient, PCIe x16 provides three groups of expansion slots, the first two groups support PCIe 5.0, the performance of the graphics card can be fully utilized; in terms of performance, memory overclocking can directly rush to DDR5-8000 without any problem, memory bandwidth performance reads The read rate can reach 124GB/s and the write rate can reach about 120GB/s. The performance is very good. The CPU overclocking benefits from the 24-phase power supply, and the P Core can be directly overclocked to 5.7GHz and E Core 4.5GHz. The performance in all aspects is excellent. 2~6% increase, overclocking tests the motherboard materials and adjustments, there is no doubt about the materials used in Taichi, the overclocking ability has always been the strength of Taichi! RGB LED control provides three sets of ARGB and one set of general RGB expansion this time. The lighting mode and color can be adjusted through the software, and it can also be synchronized with the motherboard lighting. The motherboard lighting includes I/O trim board, PCH area and M.2 area. The motherboard itself provides good visual lighting effects. In terms of warranty, the original factory provides a registered five-year warranty, so that players can use it with peace of mind and peace of mind. Looking for a Z790 motherboard with flagship materials and high-quality overclocking performance, ASRock ASRock Z790 Taichi is worth your while!