Asus ROG MAXIMUS X APEX

Performance Results


Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 113% UFO	Workstation 81% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (87th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 13 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 intensive workstation, and even full-fledged server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 113%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	69.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	399% 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	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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus ROG MAXIMUS X APEX (all builds)
Memory	13.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 4.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171221
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Mar 19 '18 at 15:57
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8700K-$186 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 5.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Memory 99.6 1-Core 169 2-Core 337 110% 202 Pts	4-Core 673 8-Core 1,140 110% 906 Pts	64-Core 1,411 87% 1,411 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 3751) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3108 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 388.13 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	69.9% Good	Lighting 47 Reflection 225 Parallax 196 38% 156 fps	MRender 146 Gravity 205 Splatting 138 131% 163 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 69.9% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 21,747 User benchmarks, average bench 219% 387GB free Firmware: CXZ7300Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	387% Outstanding	Read 3,118 Write 2,749 Mixed 2,709 637% 2,859 MB/s	4K Read 55.6 4K Write 141 4K Mixed 73.5 253% 90 MB/s	DQ Read 400 DQ Write 304 DQ Mixed 162 173% 289 MB/s
Poor: 134% ↑ This bench: 387% Great: 292%
Samsung SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 21,747 User benchmarks, average bench 219% 387GB free Firmware: CXZ7300Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	372% Outstanding	Read 3,089 Write 2,745 Mixed 2,707 635% 2,847 MB/s	4K Read 53.3 4K Write 141 4K Mixed 70.3 245% 88.2 MB/s	DQ Read 58.5 DQ Write 171 DQ Mixed 42 53% 90.6 MB/s
Poor: 134% ↑ This bench: 372% Great: 292%
Intel 900P Optane NVMe PCIe 280GB-$160 3,427 User benchmarks, average bench 440% 58GB free (System drive) Firmware: E2010325 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	399% Outstanding	Read 2,563 Write 2,103 Mixed 2,423 527% 2,363 MB/s	4K Read 187 4K Write 177 4K Mixed 117 527% 160 MB/s	DQ Read 242 DQ Write 220 DQ Mixed 110 116% 191 MB/s
Poor: 302% ↑ This bench: 399% Great: 559%
WD Black 6TB (2016)-$235 6,443 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 5TB free Firmware: 81.H0A81 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 138 138 100 (03) Spinup time 143 143 38684590541 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 967 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 128 128 18 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 619 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 389 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 967 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 967 (C2) HDA temperature 157 157 184684838950 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	120% Outstanding	Read 215 Write 205 Mixed 192 153% 204 MB/s	4K Read 1.02 4K Write 5.01 4K Mixed 0.64 206% 2.22 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 120% Great: 121%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 2x8GB 9,254 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 4271 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	123% Outstanding	MC Read 47.8 MC Write 47.6 MC Mixed 32.9 122% 42.8 GB/s	SC Read 28.7 SC Write 52.4 SC Mixed 39.7 115% 40.3 GB/s	Latency 37.9 106% 37.9 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 117%

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Workstation 103%

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Motherboard: Asus ROG MAXIMUS X APEX

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	176x
Core i7-8086KIntel $399Bench 91%, 38,086 samples	54x
Core i9-9900KIntel $412Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	22x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	71x
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	17x
Titan X PascalNvidia $286Bench 121%, 8,692 samples	16x

SSD
960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $139Bench 266%, 63,520 samples	17x
860 Pro 1TBSamsung $300Bench 112%, 8,179 samples	15x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	11x

RAM
Flare X DDR4 3200 C14 2x8GBG.SKILL $73Bench 98%, 54,616 samples	27x
CMT32GX4M2C3200C16 2x16GBCorsairBench 91%, 17,500 samples	16x
F4 DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBG.SKILLBench 91%, 1,151 samples	12x

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Value: 70% - Very good

Total price: $883

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	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) $30	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