Asus ROG STRIX Z370-I GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 104% UFO	Workstation 60% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 104%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	60.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	83.2% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z370-I GAMING (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180322
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	May 02 '18 at 20:13
Run Duration	172 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing as expected (58^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-8600K-$173 264,837 User benchmarks, average bench 91% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Memory 97.5 1-Core 162 2-Core 328 106% 196 Pts	4-Core 592 8-Core 868 91% 730 Pts	64-Core 877 54% 877 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 101%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% MSI(1462 3170) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 397.31 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	60.4% Good	Lighting 76.4 Reflection 79.6 Parallax 75.7 62% 77.2 fps	MRender 75.9 Gravity 71.2 Splatting 63.6 57% 70.2 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 60.4% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
INTENSO 128GB 3,345 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 55GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM12.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6446 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 6975 (A8) Unknown 100 100 10 (AA) Unknown 100 100 117 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1376321 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 78 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 7 (E7) Temperature 100 100 79 (F1) Unknown 100 100 5955	83.2% Excellent	Read 531 Write 472 Mixed 499 112% 501 MB/s	4K Read 24.7 4K Write 99.1 4K Mixed 12.1 105% 45.3 MB/s	DQ Read 29.8 DQ Write 112 DQ Mixed 12.2 26% 51.2 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 91%
WD WD30EZRX-00SPEB0 4TB 15 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 3.5TB free Firmware: 0003 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 107 100 13588130 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 7 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 472841 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -136498355634174 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 7 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 66 571605025 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 4 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 15 (C2) HDA temperature 33 40 77309411361 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -56594784059390 (F1) Unknown 100 253 834301672 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3092385	55% Above average	Read 101 Write 90.7 Mixed 57.2 61% 82.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.95 4K Write 1.78 4K Mixed 0.63 143% 1.12 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 55% Great: 103%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 163 145 8816 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8678 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 24 24 56121 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 157 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 86 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 850392 (C2) HDA temperature 115 99 37 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	60.9% Good	Read 110 Write 102 Mixed 103 79% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.82 4K Write 1.89 4K Mixed 0.14 85% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 60.9% Great: 83%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 311GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 136 128 10183 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 486 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 32 32 50071 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 285 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 142 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 108 108 276974 (C2) HDA temperature 114 85 38 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	35.9% Below average	Read 60.7 Write 64 Mixed 50.8 44% 58.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 1.86 4K Mixed 0.19 83% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 35.9% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$40 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	MC Read 41.3 MC Write 41 MC Mixed 28.8 106% 37 GB/s	SC Read 23.2 SC Write 38.6 SC Mixed 30.9 88% 30.9 GB/s	Latency 48.1 83% 48.1 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 110%

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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 $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 $37Bench 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: 79% - Very good

Total price: $923

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
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 $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16