Asus ROG STRIX Z370-I GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 117% UFO	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 106% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 92.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	123% 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	195% 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.

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Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z370-I GAMING (all builds)
Memory	26.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180301
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 28 '20 at 03:05
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	24%

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PC Performing above expectations (67^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-$199 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	92.3% Outstanding	Memory 95.1 1-Core 123 2-Core 239 87% 153 Pts	4-Core 482 8-Core 724 75% 603 Pts	64-Core 1068 66% 1068 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 92.3% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-$407 316,424 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 2182) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 432.0 Performing below potential (50^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	123% Outstanding	Lighting 168 Reflection 163 Parallax 171 137% 167 fps	MRender 183 Gravity 143 Splatting 105 113% 144 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 134%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 97GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 628 338 331 329 323 318 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	195% Outstanding	Read 1,593 Write 1,478 Mixed 645 SusWrite 378 228% 1,023 MB/s	4K Read 38.3 4K Write 158 4K Mixed 56 214% 84.2 MB/s	DQ Read 1,016 DQ Write 910 DQ Mixed 938 710% 955 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 195% Great: 254%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 82GB free Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,759 Write 1,425 Mixed 605 278% 1,263 MB/s	4K Read 40.5 4K Write 150 4K Mixed 57.9 215% 82.7 MB/s	DQ Read 1,094 DQ Write 1,000 DQ Mixed 911 721% 1,002 MB/s
Poor: 153% Great: 254%
Crucial MX500 1TB-$66 202,785 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 211GB free Firmware: M3CR010 SusWrite @10s intervals: 411 424 447 448 449 449 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	119% Outstanding	Read 490 Write 19.2 Mixed 30.7 SusWrite 438 54% 244 MB/s	4K Read 51.7 4K Write 58 4K Mixed 57.9 183% 55.9 MB/s	DQ Read 374 DQ Write 327 DQ Mixed 301 239% 334 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 125%
ioSafe G3 2TB 50 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 1TB free, PID 55aa Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 168 171 171 171 171 171 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	68.7% Good	Read 165 Write 166 Mixed 27.2 SusWrite 170 174% 132 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.8 113% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 68.7% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GB-$102 110,884 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2 of 2 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	99.7% Outstanding	MC Read 39 MC Write 39.8 MC Mixed 29.7 103% 36.2 GB/s	SC Read 19.4 SC Write 37.9 SC Mixed 24.2 78% 27.2 GB/s	Latency 56.7 70% 56.7 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 99.7% Great: 114%

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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%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 102%

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Motherboard: Asus ROG STRIX Z370-I GAMING - $159

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $199Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	648x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	258x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	112x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	165x
GTX 1080Nvidia $245Bench 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 $48Bench 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: $934

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $163	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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16