Asus ROG STRIX Z370-I GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 149% UFO	Desktop 107% UFO	Workstation 139% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 106%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	139% 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	87.3% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z370-I GAMING (all builds)
Memory	11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171212
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 04 '18 at 16:35
Run Duration	132 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing above expectations (67^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 (100^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Memory 98.5 1-Core 156 2-Core 311 103% 188 Pts	4-Core 614 8-Core 1,008 99% 811 Pts	64-Core 1,291 80% 1,291 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 3769) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2088 MHz, MLim: 3108 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 397.31 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	139% Outstanding	Lighting 198 Reflection 213 Parallax 187 162% 200 fps	MRender 137 Gravity 190 Splatting 131 123% 153 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 139% 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% 434GB free Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	229% Outstanding	Read 1,934 Write 1,325 Mixed 1,280 335% 1,513 MB/s	4K Read 37.4 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 49 182% 68.3 MB/s	DQ Read 401 DQ Write 249 DQ Mixed 146 157% 265 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 229% Great: 254%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 40GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 15203 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1841 (B1) Unknown 92 92 91 (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 66 53 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 201 (F1) Unknown 99 99 41001943201	87.3% Excellent	Read 491 Write 340 Mixed 351 87% 394 MB/s	4K Read 31.1 4K Write 71.3 4K Mixed 23.7 115% 42 MB/s	DQ Read 357 DQ Write 214 DQ Mixed 82.6 116% 218 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 87.3% Great: 118%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$80 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 616GB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 127915800 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 366 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 71 60 12646318 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1445 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 295 (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 72 56 471007260 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 22 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 704 (C2) HDA temperature 28 44 38654705692 (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 -122436632705692 (F1) Unknown 100 253 7798385545 (F2) Unknown 100 253 16603110278	73.5% Very good	Read 133 Write 123 Mixed 137 99% 131 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 1.49 4K Mixed 0.23 82% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 73.5% Great: 114%

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 way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	116% Outstanding	MC Read 42.9 MC Write 47.8 MC Mixed 30.6 116% 40.4 GB/s	SC Read 24.8 SC Write 52.8 SC Mixed 37.1 109% 38.2 GB/s	Latency 43.6 92% 43.6 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 119%

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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	646x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	256x
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	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
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	51x

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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Value: 78% - Very good

Total price: $916

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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