ASRock Z790 Taichi Carrara Motherboard Review: ASRock Rocks With White Marble

Gaming Performance

When it comes to testing motherboards, much of the performance between most of the boards tested with the same processor such as the Intel Core i9-13900K, is fairly similar. The main reason we're testing gaming performance in our motherboard reviews is to see if there are any anomalies. There are also occasions on platforms where some vendors will 'overcharge' performance by implementing Multi-Core Enhancement (MCE). This can alter performance far beyond what processor vendors such as AMD and Intel set as their default values.

For Z790 we are running using Windows 11 64-bit with the 22H2 update.

F1 2022: 1080p Ultra Settings

F1 2022: 4K High Settings

Total War: Warhammer 3: 1080p Ultra Settings

Total War: Warhammer 3: 4K High Settings

Looking at the gaming performance of the ASRock Z790 Taichi Carrara, its performance is similar to the rest of the LGA 1700 motherboards we've tested. The only anomaly we could see was in Total War: Warhammer 3 at 4K, where we saw lower than ideal 95th percentile frame rates, which in comparison, was around 13% slower than the GIGABYTE Z790 Aorus Xtreme.