Asus ROG STRIX Z370-I GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 122% UFO	Desktop 104% UFO	Workstation 112% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 99.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	121% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	90.7% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

High background CPU (29%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z370-I GAMING (all builds)
Memory	10.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171212
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 14 '18 at 01:16
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	29%

PC Performing as expected (57^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8700K-$186 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	99.3% Outstanding	Memory 97 1-Core 155 2-Core 298 101% 183 Pts	4-Core 546 8-Core 904 88% 725 Pts	64-Core 1,136 70% 1,136 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 99.3% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85E5) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3098 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	121% Outstanding	Lighting 166 Reflection 182 Parallax 169 135% 172 fps	MRender 122 Gravity 165 Splatting 115 108% 134 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 433GB free Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	241% Outstanding	Read 2,075 Write 1,428 Mixed 1,297 354% 1,600 MB/s	4K Read 51.8 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 46.8 192% 66.8 MB/s	DQ Read 347 DQ Write 207 DQ Mixed 128 136% 227 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 241% Great: 254%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 23GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 14649 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1746 (B1) Unknown 95 95 60 (B3) Unknown 100 1 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 63 54 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 200 (F1) Unknown 99 99 31899561690	90.7% Outstanding	Read 509 Write 346 Mixed 353 89% 403 MB/s	4K Read 40.3 4K Write 65.8 4K Mixed 25.4 128% 43.8 MB/s	DQ Read 314 DQ Write 191 DQ Mixed 81.2 107% 196 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 90.7% Great: 118%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$80 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 713GB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 87573848 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 232 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 68 60 6752493 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 892 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 200 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 56 555548701 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 22 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 443 (C2) HDA temperature 29 44 38654705693 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 127908421043042 (F1) Unknown 100 253 6973466432 (F2) Unknown 100 253 8168406921	83.8% Excellent	Read 148 Write 145 Mixed 134 107% 142 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.51 4K Mixed 0.22 71% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 114%
SanDisk Ultra Fit USB 3.0 64GB-$23 12,481 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 12GB free, PID 5583 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	34.5% Below average	Read 133 Write 49.6 Mixed 56.3 86% 79.8 MB/s	4K Read 4.92 4K Write 1.04 4K Mixed 0.85 82% 2.27 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 34.5% Great: 39%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C14 2x8GB 2,584 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 4000 MHz Performing below potential (38^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	89.4% Excellent	MC Read 34.7 MC Write 32.1 MC Mixed 26.7 89% 31.2 GB/s	SC Read 19.1 SC Write 33.2 SC Mixed 30.6 79% 27.6 GB/s	Latency 50.1 80% 50.1 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 89.4% Great: 119%

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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 $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	645x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	255x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	112x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	164x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	139x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	107x

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	50x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 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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Total price: $916

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