Asus ROG STRIX Z370-I GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 13% Tree trunk	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	5.45% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	401% 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.

Very high background CPU (36%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z370-I GAMING (all builds)
Memory	13.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180702
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 21 '18 at 00:12
Run Duration	232 Seconds
Run User	CHL-User
Background CPU	36%

PC Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3-8100-$110 81,392 User benchmarks, average bench 71% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	83.6% Excellent	Memory 86.2 1-Core 117 2-Core 232 82% 145 Pts	4-Core 468 8-Core 467 63% 468 Pts	64-Core 451 28% 451 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 80%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 630 (Desktop Coffee Lake i3) 32,403 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 8694) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 23.20.16.4944 Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	5.45% Terrible	Lighting 7.53 Reflection 11.1 Parallax 7.53 6% 8.73 fps	MRender 10.8 Gravity 6.57 Splatting 0.04 4% 5.79 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.45% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$170 93,447 User benchmarks, average bench 322% 454GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1970 1965 2075 2046 2056 2083 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	401% Outstanding	Read 2,795 Write 2,020 Mixed 1293 SusWrite 2,032 455% 2,035 MB/s	4K Read 62.5 4K Write 218 4K Mixed 88.5 324% 123 MB/s	DQ Read 1,463 DQ Write 1,499 DQ Mixed 1,533 1,138% 1,498 MB/s
Poor: 195% ↑ This bench: 401% Great: 393%
Crucial_FCCT256M550SSD1 256GB 139 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 106GB free Firmware: MU02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 416 396 405 400 402 392 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 465 Write 451 Mixed 305 SusWrite 402 91% 406 MB/s	4K Read 32.4 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 47.1 174% 67 MB/s	DQ Read 388 DQ Write 336 DQ Mixed 237 212% 320 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 113%
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$125 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 198GB free Firmware: EXM04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 489 490 491 491 491 491 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	124% Outstanding	Read 518 Write 472 Mixed 381 SusWrite 490 105% 465 MB/s	4K Read 37.8 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 51.8 185% 68.2 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 341 DQ Mixed 353 267% 360 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 124%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 349GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 145 146 145 145 146 147 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	82.3% Excellent	Read 141 Write 130 Mixed 77.3 SusWrite 146 91% 124 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.1 214% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 82.3% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Patriot 3200 C16 Series 2x8GB 11,608 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (20^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	72.8% Very good	MC Read 27.4 MC Write 28.1 MC Mixed 21.8 74% 25.8 GB/s	SC Read 16.8 SC Write 27 SC Mixed 22.5 63% 22.1 GB/s	Latency 71.1 56% 71.1 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 72.8% Great: 108%

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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 $193Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	649x
Core i5-8600KIntel $139Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	259x
Core i7-8700Intel $200Bench 87%, 349,567 samples	112x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	166x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 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 $45Bench 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: $925

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16