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ASRock Z790 Taichi Motherboard Review

Test Setup

For our tests, we will be using a test rig which is comprised of the ASRock Z790 Taichi motherboard, along with an Intel 13th Gen Core i9-13900K (Raptor Lake) @ default clock speed, as well as 32GB of Patriot Viper RGB RGB DDR5-6200 in quad channel mode.

All tests were conducted at turbo clock speeds at a resolution of 1920×1080. High or Ultra settings enabled.

 

CPU Intel 13th Gen Core i9-13900K (Raptor Lake) @ default clock speed
Cooling Cooler Master MasterLiquid PL 240 All-In-One Liquid Cooler
Motherboard ASRock Z790 Taichi motherboard
Ram Patriot Viper RGB RGB DDR5-6200 32GB Memory Kit
XMP profiles Yes – XMP 3.0 Profile 1
SSD/HDD Adata Legend 840 1TB (PCIE Gen4x4)
PSU Thermaltake ToughPower GF3 1050W
VGA card EVGA GeForce RT 3090 24GB
Drivers Latest Nvidia Drivers
OS Windows 11

 

AIDA64 Info

 

CPU-Z Info

 

Load Temps

Using the the Cooler Master MasterLiquid ML 240 (fitted with the LGA1700 brackets), the processor produced a full load temperature of 117 degrees Celsius, which is shockingly high! We all know Intel processors can run HOT, but I wasn’t expecting this. Anything over 100 degrees Celsius, the processor will throttle its performance, which is really bad.

If you do plan to upgrade to an Intel 13th Gen processor, I highly recommend you get a decent 360 AIO Liquid cooler, a 240 AIO cooler just can’t handle it!

 

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