Asus ROG STRIX Z370-I GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 70% Battleship	Desktop 103% UFO	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 108%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	62% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	68.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z370-I GAMING (all builds)
Memory	5 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20170914
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 03 '18 at 08:29
Run Duration	107 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (75^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 4.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Memory 94.8 1-Core 162 2-Core 325 105% 194 Pts	4-Core 650 8-Core 968 101% 809 Pts	64-Core 966 60% 966 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 101%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 85B6) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 391.1 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	62% Good	Lighting 78.4 Reflection 78.4 Parallax 68.6 64% 75.1 fps	MRender 72.8 Gravity 71.5 Splatting 70.1 58% 71.5 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 62% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 535 Series 480GB-$180 3,042 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 314GB free (System drive) Firmware: RG21 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 105 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 99 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 39 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 29 100 64427196445 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 39 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 30972 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 48 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 30972 (F2) Unknown 100 100 29476 (F9) Unknown 100 100 7414	68.2% Good	Read 513 Write 222 Mixed 303 76% 346 MB/s	4K Read 31.3 4K Write 24.4 4K Mixed 22.6 89% 26.1 MB/s	DQ Read 226 DQ Write 91.5 DQ Mixed 54.9 68% 124 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 68.2% Great: 69%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$80 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2.5TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 128858944 (03) Spinup time 96 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 6 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 173463 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 29 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 6 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (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 69 68 538837023 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 78 (C2) HDA temperature 31 40 94489280543 (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 -45110041509860 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1210278348 (F2) Unknown 100 253 108251137	89% Excellent	Read 177 Write 133 Mixed 118 107% 143 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 0.56 4K Mixed 0.28 72% 0.52 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 89% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Adata DDR4 2400 2OZ 2x4GB 1,949 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 2 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	77.3% Very good	MC Read 29.2 MC Write 29.5 MC Mixed 22.3 77% 27 GB/s	SC Read 18.5 SC Write 29.6 SC Mixed 22.9 68% 23.7 GB/s	Latency 57.7 69% 57.7 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 77.3% Great: 101%

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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	646x
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	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
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	51x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 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: $916

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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