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 below expectations (36th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 64 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 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 89.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	56.8% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z370-I GAMING (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170831
Uptime	6.4 Days
Run Date	Nov 10 '17 at 23:20
Run Duration	91 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	20%

PC Performing below expectations (36^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-$188 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	89.9% Excellent	Memory 92.5 1-Core 120 2-Core 245 86% 152 Pts	4-Core 469 8-Core 794 77% 632 Pts	64-Core 1,018 63% 1,018 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 89.9% Great: 100%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 317GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR031 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1117 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 334 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 13 (AE) Unknown 100 100 13 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 74 51 210454511642 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 6310267883 (F7) Unknown 100 100 197714655 (F8) Unknown 100 100 96871466 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1930 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	56.8% Above average	Read 468 Write 295 Mixed 304 79% 356 MB/s	4K Read 15.3 4K Write 35.7 4K Mixed 8.63 53% 19.9 MB/s	DQ Read 16.3 DQ Write 191 DQ Mixed 7.59 34% 71.6 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 56.8% Great: 99%
SanDisk X110 256GB-$100 4,989 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 175GB free Firmware: X231600 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 6019 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2021 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 21 (A8) Unknown 100 100 79 (A9) Unknown 100 100 345 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 18 (AE) Unknown 100 100 135 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 72 50 214749413404 (D4) Unknown 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 60 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 4935 (F1) Unknown 253 253 2028 (F2) Unknown 253 253 2683 (F3) Unknown 100 100 0	79.4% Very good	Read 405 Write 400 Mixed 392 89% 399 MB/s	4K Read 21.5 4K Write 62.6 4K Mixed 20.9 92% 35 MB/s	DQ Read 291 DQ Write 204 DQ Mixed 45.1 88% 180 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 79.4% Great: 100%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LED DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$192 40,358 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (31^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	72.6% Very good	MC Read 28.6 MC Write 26.9 MC Mixed 20.7 73% 25.4 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 26.5 SC Mixed 23.2 64% 22.3 GB/s	Latency 63.2 63% 63.2 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 72.6% Great: 105%

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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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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 $188Bench 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 $499Bench 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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Value: 77% - Very good

Total price: $932

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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