Asus ROG Strix Z370-I Gaming Motherboard Review

We will be outlining the Asus ROG Strix Z370I-Gaming motherboard’s performance with the Intel Core i7 8700K CPU, 16GB of 3000MHz Corsair Vengeance RGB DDR4 memory and a Zotac GTX 1080.

Z370 Motherboard Test System:

• Processor: Intel Core i7 8700K (4.3GHz All-Core Turbo).
• Memory: 16GB (2x8GB) Corsair Vengeance RGB (3000MHz 15-15-15-36 @ 1.2V).
• Graphics Card: Zotac GeForce GTX 1080
• System Drive: Samsung 960 EVO M.2 SSD
• CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i V2 with Two ML120 Pro Fans.
• Power Supply: Cooler Master GX650
• Operating System: Windows 10 Pro 64-bit

Comparison Z370 & Z270 Motherboards:

• ASUS ROG Strix Z370-E Gaming
• Asus ROG Strix Z270i Gaming
• MSI Z370 Gaming Pro Carbon AC

Drivers and UEFI:

• Intel Chipset 15.8.1.1007
• Nvidia GeForce 388.00 VGA drivers.
• Asus UEFI Version 5428 (01/11/2017)

Tests:

• Cinebench R15– All-core CPU benchmark (CPU)
• SiSoft Sandra 2017– Processor Arithmetic Test (CPU) and Memory Bandwidth Test (Memory)
• 7-Zip 16.04 x64 – Built-in 7-Zip benchmark test (CPU)
• AIDA64 Engineer 5.92– System cache & memory benchmark and stress test (Memory and Power Consumption)
• 3DMark Time Spy v1.0– Time Spy (1440p) test (Gaming)
• Ashes of the Singularity – Built-in benchmark tool CPU-Focused test, 1920 x 1080, Extremequality preset, DX12 mode (Gaming)
• Deus Ex: Mankind Divided– Built-in benchmark tool, 1920 x 1080, Ultra quality preset, DX12 mode (Gaming)
• ATTO 3.05– M.2 and SATA 6Gbps transfer rates (Motherboard)
• Rightmark Audio Analyzer 6.4.1– Record and playback test using a line-in to line-out loopback with a 3.5mm audio cable (Motherboard)
  

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