Asus ROG STRIX Z370-I GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 23% Surfboard	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 22% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 92.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	17.6% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	242% 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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z370-I GAMING (all builds)
Memory	7.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190712
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Aug 08 '19 at 22:08
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing as expected (54^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 (75^th percentile)	92.6% Outstanding	Memory 90 1-Core 136 2-Core 264 91% 163 Pts	4-Core 511 8-Core 828 82% 670 Pts	64-Core 1,047 65% 1,047 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 92.6% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Gigabyte(1458 371A) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 431.60 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	17.6% Very poor	Lighting 19.9 Reflection 23 Parallax 18.7 16% 20.5 fps	MRender 28.5 Gravity 19.8 Splatting 26 20% 24.8 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 17.6% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$100 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 138GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 617 288 286 280 277 274 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	242% Outstanding	Read 2340 Write 1,342 Mixed 1,156 SusWrite 337 286% 1,294 MB/s	4K Read 59.5 4K Write 150 4K Mixed 80.3 273% 96.7 MB/s	DQ Read 979 DQ Write 955 DQ Mixed 1,004 744% 979 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 242% Great: 280%
Samsung MZ7LE1T0HCHP-00000 1TB 68 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 39GB free Firmware: EXV0100Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 457 411 379 352 334 316 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 482 Write 471 Mixed 318 SusWrite 375 92% 411 MB/s	4K Read 31.6 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 40.9 155% 58.4 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 310 246% 344 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 114%
Seagate ST5000LM000-2AN170 5TB 5,890 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 4TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 110 108 109 107 120 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	53.2% Above average	Read 78 Write 86 Mixed 63 SusWrite 106 61% 83.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 4 4K Mixed 0.6 170% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 53.2% Great: 64%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C16 2x8GB 13,671 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	63.7% Good	MC Read 25.6 MC Write 22.2 MC Mixed 19.4 64% 22.4 GB/s	SC Read 15.6 SC Write 19.7 SC Mixed 19.8 52% 18.4 GB/s	Latency 67.2 60% 67.2 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 63.7% Great: 103%

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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 $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	645x
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	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: 78% - Very good

Total price: $916

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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