Asus ROG STRIX Z370-I GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 103% UFO	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 96% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 89.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	113% 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	233% 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.

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z370-I GAMING (all builds)
Memory	23.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190712
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 12 '21 at 09:50
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing as expected (48^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 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	89.6% Excellent	Memory 87.5 1-Core 140 2-Core 274 92% 167 Pts	4-Core 493 8-Core 840 81% 667 Pts	64-Core 1,079 67% 1,079 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 89.6% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6593) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 466.27 Performing below potential (12^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	113% Outstanding	Lighting 148 Reflection 166 Parallax 158 120% 158 fps	MRender 123 Gravity 157 Splatting 116 107% 132 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$92 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 88GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 631 295 272 258 237 200 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	233% Outstanding	Read 2340 Write 1,473 Mixed 1,214 SusWrite 316 295% 1,335 MB/s	4K Read 59.7 4K Write 128 4K Mixed 76.5 256% 88.2 MB/s	DQ Read 911 DQ Write 924 DQ Mixed 937 699% 924 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 233% Great: 280%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 52GB free Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,495 Write 2,334 Mixed 1,498 468% 2,109 MB/s	4K Read 62.4 4K Write 137 4K Mixed 81.2 271% 93.6 MB/s	DQ Read 1,044 DQ Write 950 DQ Mixed 1,003 751% 999 MB/s
Poor: 199% Great: 340%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 545GB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 457 475 477 480 481 482 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	123% Outstanding	Read 507 Write 482 Mixed 463 SusWrite 475 109% 482 MB/s	4K Read 41.1 4K Write 98.3 4K Mixed 55.5 185% 65 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 338 DQ Mixed 360 270% 360 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 133%
Seagate ST2000LM015-2E8174 2TB 39,476 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 901GB free Firmware: SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 126 127 124 119 123 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	56.3% Above average	Read 72.4 Write 112 Mixed 63.5 SusWrite 123 68% 92.6 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 4.5 4K Mixed 0.6 204% 2.13 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 56.3% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GB-$80 110,884 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2 of 2 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	74.8% Very good	MC Read 27.8 MC Write 28.2 MC Mixed 23 75% 26.3 GB/s	SC Read 17.3 SC Write 29.2 SC Mixed 23.7 67% 23.4 GB/s	Latency 70.1 57% 70.1 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 74.8% Great: 114%

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Gaming 111%

UFO

Desktop 95%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 102%

UFO

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 $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 $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