Asus ROG STRIX Z370-I GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 104% UFO	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 88% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (90th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 10 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 94.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	106% 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	282% 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.

Motherboard	Asus ROG STRIX Z370-I GAMING (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180702
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 26 '18 at 02:30
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing way above expectations (90^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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	94.9% Outstanding	Memory 92.8 1-Core 133 2-Core 266 91% 164 Pts	4-Core 529 8-Core 719 79% 624 Pts	64-Core 748 46% 748 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 94.9% Great: 101%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6183) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.82 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Lighting 138 Reflection 151 Parallax 130 112% 140 fps	MRender 121 Gravity 136 Splatting 112 100% 123 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 760p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$4 10,188 User benchmarks, average bench 228% 322GB free (System drive) Firmware: Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 877 542 541 550 550 546 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	282% Outstanding	Read 2,285 Write 1,414 Mixed 1,227 SusWrite 601 306% 1,382 MB/s	4K Read 64.4 4K Write 191 4K Mixed 94.7 320% 117 MB/s	DQ Read 1365 DQ Write 1,068 DQ Mixed 600 616% 1,011 MB/s
Poor: 148% ↑ This bench: 282% Great: 293%
Intel 760p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$33 20,095 User benchmarks, average bench 190% 194GB free Firmware: Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 456 277 301 272 271 270 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	252% Outstanding	Read 2,257 Write 588 Mixed 1,064 SusWrite 308 230% 1,054 MB/s	4K Read 64.4 4K Write 200 4K Mixed 97.7 329% 121 MB/s	DQ Read 814 DQ Write 994 DQ Mixed 647 559% 818 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 252% Great: 244%
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 255GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 462 423 407 463 427 406 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	121% Outstanding	Read 492 Write 219 Mixed 275 SusWrite 432 79% 354 MB/s	4K Read 40.3 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 54.7 191% 69.5 MB/s	DQ Read 370 DQ Write 324 DQ Mixed 247 213% 314 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 126%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 362GB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 7,934 Write 7811 Mixed 7,492 1,731% 7,746 MB/s	4K Read 766 4K Write 448 4K Mixed 347 1,842% 520 MB/s	DQ Read 2,138 DQ Write 1,621 DQ Mixed 1,747 1,342% 1,835 MB/s
Poor: 74% Great: 129%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial Ballistix Sport LT DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GB-$118 9,846 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	87.5% Excellent	MC Read 32.6 MC Write 33.3 MC Mixed 27.7 89% 31.2 GB/s	SC Read 18.5 SC Write 33.4 SC Mixed 26.1 74% 26 GB/s	Latency 62.5 64% 62.5 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 87%

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Gaming 111%

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Desktop 95%

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Workstation 102%

UFO

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