Layout

ASUS decided to give the ROG Strix Z370-I Gaming a color scheme that's kept in black and grey. The PCB is matte black, the VRM aluminum heatsinks are silver-greyish the PCH cooler is black with a sheet metal cover that's received the ROG logo in silver. Apart from that there is the RGB lighting, which ASUS calls AURA. It allows you to make the board shine in your preferred color. The layout itself is well-thought and since ASUS is always taking Intel's reference specifications regarding socket clearance into account, there is enough space to install large aircoolers.



The ASUS ROG Strix Z370-I Gaming comes with a digital 6+2 phase power design. In general the power design on this board is more than adequate for the job at hand. It's even good for some light overclocking. Digging a little bit deeper into the details we find a PWM controller that's been labelled ASP1400BT, which regulates the 6+2 phases. Those cosist of 4C86N Dual-N-Channel MOSFETs from On Semiconductor and 10K capacitors.


This board has been equipped with a total of two DIMM-slots. Officially supported is everything up to DDR4 4333 (O.C.). There is engough space between the DIMM-slots and the CPU socket which means that you wont encounter compatibility problems with big coolers even when you choose to install RAM with big heatspreaders. Also supported are Xtreme Memory Profiles (XMP) in version 2.0.



On the ROG Strix Z370-I Gaming the southbridge is being cooled by a passive cooling block. A closer look at the VRM area shows there are two more individual passive heatsinks without heatpipe again. The overall build quality of the blocks is good, which makes for a product that feels very nice, when you're holding it in your hands. In the case of the PCH heatsink ASUS has come up with a special feature. The block consists of two parts. Removing the top plate reveals a thremal pad onto which a M.2 SSD can be put to receive additional cooling.

Page 1 - Introduction	Page 11 - SiSoft Sandra 1
Page 2 - Specs and Delivery	Page 12 - SiSoft Sandra 2
Page 3 - Features	Page 13 - UC Bench
Page 4 - Layout	Page 14 - Super Pi 1M
Page 5 - Connectors and I/O	Page 15 - Right Mark Audio Analyzer
Page 6 - BIOS	Page 16 - Crystal Disk Mark 5
Page 7 - Test setup	Page 17 - Power Consumption
Page 8 - Preview / Gallery	Page 18 - Performance Rating
Page 9 - 3D Mark	Page 19 - Price Comparison
Page 10 - Cinebench R15	Page 20 - Conclusion