Asus ROG STRIX Z370-I GAMING

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 82.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	131% 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.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z370-I GAMING (all builds)
Memory	25.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171201
Uptime	2.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 14 '18 at 20:21
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd 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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	82.8% Excellent	Memory 82.5 1-Core 108 2-Core 223 77% 138 Pts	4-Core 446 8-Core 849 77% 648 Pts	64-Core 1,076 67% 1,076 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 82.8% Great: 100%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Black NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB (2017)-$135 28,136 User benchmarks, average bench 121% 164GB free (System drive) Firmware: B35500WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 298 222 214 209 198 206 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	131% Outstanding	Read 950 Write 668 Mixed 547 SusWrite 224 133% 597 MB/s	4K Read 39.2 4K Write 92.9 4K Mixed 50 173% 60.7 MB/s	DQ Read 663 DQ Write 512 DQ Mixed 391 346% 522 MB/s
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 131% Great: 144%
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 81GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 413 418 419 419 423 422 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 467 Write 417 Mixed 396 SusWrite 419 96% 425 MB/s	4K Read 38.2 4K Write 84.5 4K Mixed 49.9 166% 57.5 MB/s	DQ Read 372 DQ Write 327 DQ Mixed 243 211% 314 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 126%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$80 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 662GB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 193 205 204 203 205 206 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 180 Write 123 Mixed 81 SusWrite 203 107% 147 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 1 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 114%
Kingston DataTraveler 100 G3 USB 3.0 64GB-$12 26,708 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 58GB free, PID 1666 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 13 16 13 16 13 16 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	21.9% Poor	Read 94 Write 28.2 Mixed 19 SusWrite 14.6 40% 39 MB/s	4K Read 3.4 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 1.9 125% 2.23 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 21.9% Great: 30%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX 2666 C16 2x16GB 17,710 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 2 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	81.8% Excellent	MC Read 30.9 MC Write 32.3 MC Mixed 25.9 85% 29.7 GB/s	SC Read 17 SC Write 29.2 SC Mixed 22.9 66% 23 GB/s	Latency 76.1 53% 76.1 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 81.8% Great: 97%

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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 $45Bench 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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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