Asus ROG STRIX Z370-I GAMING

Performance Results


Gaming 93% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 110% UFO	Workstation 83% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 109%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	81% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	300% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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	29.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190329
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 22 '19 at 15:27
Run Duration	298 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	3%

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PC Performing above expectations (80^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)	109% Outstanding	Memory 96.6 1-Core 161 2-Core 325 106% 194 Pts	4-Core 648 8-Core 970 101% 809 Pts	64-Core 966 60% 966 Pts
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 101%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% Gigabyte(1458 3FC3) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 430.64 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	81% Excellent	Lighting 104 Reflection 95 Parallax 87.7 85% 95.6 fps	MRender 106 Gravity 90.7 Splatting 78.3 73% 91.6 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 81% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$46 87,206 User benchmarks, average bench 234% 173GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1418 415 416 417 418 418 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	300% Outstanding	Read 2,619 Write 2,265 Mixed 1,592 SusWrite 584 393% 1,765 MB/s	4K Read 73.2 4K Write 213 4K Mixed 103 355% 130 MB/s	DQ Read 1,013 DQ Write 1,207 DQ Mixed 1,167 864% 1129 MB/s
Poor: 152% ↑ This bench: 300% Great: 302%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 465GB free Firmware: 1B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2342 811 814 814 813 813 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	352% Outstanding	Read 2,717 Write 2,523 Mixed 1,909 SusWrite 1,068 460% 2,054 MB/s	4K Read 75.4 4K Write 226 4K Mixed 108 373% 137 MB/s	DQ Read 1540 DQ Write 1,280 DQ Mixed 1,305 1,006% 1,375 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 352% Great: 340%
Intel SS DSC2BW480H6 480GB 29 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 447GB free Firmware: 0701 SusWrite @10s intervals: 226 211 212 208 214 209 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	48% Average	Read 352 Write 265 Mixed 298 SusWrite 213 63% 282 MB/s	4K Read 18.3 4K Write 17 4K Mixed 18.4 60% 17.9 MB/s	DQ Read 48.4 DQ Write 45 DQ Mixed 46.8 35% 46.7 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 48% Great: 68%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$80 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 162 163 162 164 164 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	85.5% Excellent	Read 140 Write 106 Mixed 38.5 SusWrite 158 80% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.4 80% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 85.5% Great: 114%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$65 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 931GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 83 83 84 84 84 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	48.9% Average	Read 87.2 Write 86.5 Mixed 60.5 SusWrite 82.7 58% 79.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.8 159% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 48.9% Great: 57%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 3333 C16 2x16GB 50 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 2 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3333 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	MC Read 43.7 MC Write 44.2 MC Mixed 34.2 116% 40.7 GB/s	SC Read 23.4 SC Write 48.4 SC Mixed 31 98% 34.3 GB/s	Latency 52 77% 52 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 114%

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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