Asus ROG STRIX Z370-I GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 15% Surfboard	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 15% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 100%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	3.75% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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	9.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171201
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Jul 18 '21 at 07:51
Run Duration	234 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st 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 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Memory 97.2 1-Core 140 2-Core 237 91% 158 Pts	4-Core 556 8-Core 815 86% 686 Pts	64-Core 815 50% 815 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 101%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 710 187,161 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Asus(1043 85F7) 1GB CLim: 954 MHz, MLim: 1252 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 466.77 Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	3.75% Terrible	Lighting 4.5 Reflection 4.9 Parallax 5.4 4% 4.93 fps	MRender 5.3 Gravity 4 Splatting 5 4% 4.77 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.75% Great: 4%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 74GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,040 Write 1,390 Mixed 714 304% 1,381 MB/s	4K Read 53.5 4K Write 149 4K Mixed 59.3 236% 87.2 MB/s	DQ Read 1,097 DQ Write 1,096 DQ Mixed 677 624% 956 MB/s
Poor: 142% Great: 236%
Samsung 980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$94 262,559 User benchmarks, average bench 251% 927GB free Firmware: 1B4QFXO7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2202 2205 2212 2200 2201 2140 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	352% Outstanding	Read 1,751 Write 2,249 Mixed 1,925 SusWrite 2,193 460% 2,030 MB/s	4K Read 61.5 4K Write 161 4K Mixed 86.6 290% 103 MB/s	DQ Read 1,445 DQ Write 1,184 DQ Mixed 1,336 995% 1,322 MB/s
Poor: 149% ↑ This bench: 352% Great: 365%
Seagate Expansion Desk 4TB 21,301 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 531GB free Firmware: 0915 SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 39 41 42 42 42 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	15.1% Very poor	Read 11.2 Write 9 Mixed 13.4 SusWrite 41.1 14% 18.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.2 45% 0.43 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 15.1% Great: 97%
WDC WD15 EARS-00MVWB0 1.5TB 30 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 275GB free, PID 2329 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 36 33 38 38 38 38 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	11.2% Very poor	Read 14.9 Write 10.2 Mixed 10.2 SusWrite 37 26% 18.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 0.3 4K Mixed 0.2 18% 0.23 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 11.2% Great: 20%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB 51,435 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	MC Read 39.9 MC Write 38.7 MC Mixed 29.3 103% 36 GB/s	SC Read 18.6 SC Write 36.1 SC Mixed 31 82% 28.6 GB/s	Latency 49.6 81% 49.6 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 108%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

SkillBench Score 0: 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	7	6	24	15.6"	1280 720	OOO0001 15.6' monitor

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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 $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	645x
Core i5-8600KIntel $173Bench 91%, 264,837 samples	255x
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	107x

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	50x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 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: 78% - Very good

Total price: $916

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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