Asus ROG STRIX Z370-I GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 70% Battleship	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (32nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 68 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	83.5% 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	238% 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	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

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z370-I GAMING (all builds)
Memory	7.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170831
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 10 '19 at 01:38
Run Duration	123 Seconds
Run User	KWT-User
Background CPU	29%

PC Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8700-$200 349,567 User benchmarks, average bench 87% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	79.8% Very good	Memory 93.6 1-Core 106 2-Core 199 78% 133 Pts	4-Core 356 8-Core 618 59% 487 Pts	64-Core 765 47% 765 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 79.8% Great: 94%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% Asus(1043 861E) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.12 Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	83.5% Excellent	Lighting 106 Reflection 114 Parallax 96.3 86% 106 fps	MRender 84.6 Gravity 108 Splatting 92.2 78% 94.8 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 83.5% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 190GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 800 664 665 662 658 649 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	238% Outstanding	Read 2,213 Write 2,009 Mixed 1,487 SusWrite 683 357% 1,598 MB/s	4K Read 50.2 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 68.9 223% 76.4 MB/s	DQ Read 1,026 DQ Write 712 DQ Mixed 882 655% 874 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 238% Great: 340%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 156 170 169 170 168 170 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 187 Write 125 Mixed 89 SusWrite 167 104% 142 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.1 212% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 101%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GB 1,409 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3067 MHz Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	71.1% Very good	MC Read 27 MC Write 24.7 MC Mixed 23.6 72% 25.1 GB/s	SC Read 16.2 SC Write 20.8 SC Mixed 23.6 58% 20.2 GB/s	Latency 60.8 66% 60.8 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 71.1% Great: 102%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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 $208Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	648x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	257x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	112x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	165x
GTX 1080Nvidia $265Bench 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
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung $45Bench 199%, 240,629 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: $938

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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