Asus ROG STRIX Z370-I GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 99% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 106% UFO	Workstation 87% Aircraft carrier


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 105%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	90.4% 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	247% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (33%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z370-I GAMING (all builds)
Memory	28.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20181030
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 26 '18 at 02:14
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	33%

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 i5-8600K-$125 264,837 User benchmarks, average bench 91% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Memory 95.4 1-Core 154 2-Core 308 102% 186 Pts	4-Core 614 8-Core 907 95% 761 Pts	64-Core 909 56% 909 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 101%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% Asus(1043 861D) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.35 Performing below potential (25^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	90.4% Outstanding	Lighting 116 Reflection 130 Parallax 109 94% 118 fps	MRender 92 Gravity 116 Splatting 97.8 83% 102 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 90.4% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 308GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 818 622 618 615 611 593 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	247% Outstanding	Read 2,002 Write 1,705 Mixed 769 SusWrite 646 284% 1,280 MB/s	4K Read 51.4 4K Write 164 4K Mixed 59.1 240% 91.4 MB/s	DQ Read 1,036 DQ Write 1,414 DQ Mixed 882 762% 1,111 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 247% Great: 254%
Crucial MX300 SATA M.2 525GB-$140 20,154 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 359GB free Firmware: M0CR060 SusWrite @10s intervals: 433 424 295 236 238 240 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	98.9% Outstanding	Read 417 Write 477 Mixed 349 SusWrite 311 88% 388 MB/s	4K Read 28 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 42.6 158% 62 MB/s	DQ Read 341 DQ Write 314 DQ Mixed 276 221% 310 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 98.9% Great: 98%
ST1000LX 015-1U7172 1TB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 556GB free, PID 0715 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 109 110 90 111 112 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	28.9% Poor	Read 9.8 Write 11 Mixed 93.7 SusWrite 106 87% 55.2 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.2 55% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 28.9% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C16 2x16GB 8,888 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 2 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2987 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	MC Read 39.7 MC Write 39.1 MC Mixed 31 105% 36.6 GB/s	SC Read 22.6 SC Write 43.2 SC Mixed 29.9 91% 31.9 GB/s	Latency 56 72% 56 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 103%

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Gaming 111%

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Desktop 95%

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Workstation 102%

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Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX Z370-I GAMING - $159

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $180Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	650x
Core i5-8600KIntel $125Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	259x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	114x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $499Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	167x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	140x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	108x

SSD
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	68x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 213%, 165,668 samples	53x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung $45Bench 199%, 240,629 samples	51x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	92x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	81x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	62x

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Value: 76% - Very good

Total price: $929

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $95	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16