For a mini-ITX motherboard, I was expecting performance to be a little lower. However, the chunky VRM hardware on the I Gaming didn’t slow it down in terms of performance at stock or while overclocking. It set our second highest score at stock, and a high score while overclocked. I retested, it scored high three times in a row and I suspect it may be a healthy BIOS that’s helping it keep that lead. Perhaps the other Z370 boards will catch up with a few updates.
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Stock performance was superb, killing it compared to the other Z370 motherboards and it remained competitive while overclocked too. Already it’s shaping up to be a good high-performance motherboard.
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The GPU throughput was clearly great, and that continued into PCMark 10, with our third highest score so far at stock, and our second fastest while overclocked. Clearly, those 6-core Intel CPUs are pulling their weight nicely.
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The new Intel Core i7-8700K is no slouch and sets some impressive times. The Mini-ITX board didn’t set the fastest, but it’s certainly in the ballpark with other Z370 motherboards at stock clocks. However, once overclocked, it was the fastest board, albeit by a small margin.
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Again, the Cinebench scores are right where we expected them to be. The bigger motherboards pulled slightly ahead, but in the real world, you likely wouldn’t notice a difference.
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Another solid score here, with all the Z370 boards scoring about the same. Clearly being mini-ITX isn’t a problem for this board, and it’s keeping a solid pace so far.
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