Asus ROG MAXIMUS X APEX

Performance Results


Gaming 135% UFO	Desktop 105% UFO	Workstation 124% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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 101%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	132% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	254% 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

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus ROG MAXIMUS X APEX (all builds)
Memory	14.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180518
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 08 '18 at 09:45
Run Duration	199 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8086K-$399 38,086 User benchmarks, average bench 91% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Memory 98.9 1-Core 148 2-Core 284 99% 177 Pts	4-Core 555 8-Core 882 88% 719 Pts	64-Core 1147 71% 1147 Pts
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 102%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85EA) CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2802 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	132% Outstanding	Lighting 187 Reflection 198 Parallax 175 152% 187 fps	MRender 128 Gravity 178 Splatting 125 116% 144 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 132% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$100 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 208GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1342 309 307 308 306 309 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	254% Outstanding	Read 2,432 Write 1,470 Mixed 1,194 SusWrite 480 308% 1,394 MB/s	4K Read 56.5 4K Write 159 4K Mixed 78.3 270% 97.8 MB/s	DQ Read 967 DQ Write 1,006 DQ Mixed 990 744% 988 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 254% Great: 280%
Patriot Wildfire 120GB-$91 279 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 1GB free Firmware: 502ABBF0 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 299 Write 151 Mixed 205 48% 218 MB/s	4K Read 24.6 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 33.3 134% 53.3 MB/s	DQ Read 239 DQ Write 149 DQ Mixed 196 145% 194 MB/s
Poor: 50% Great: 85%
Patriot Ignite 960GB-$462 185 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 750GB free Firmware: SAFM02.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 446 479 478 480 481 482 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 449 Write 468 Mixed 361 SusWrite 474 99% 438 MB/s	4K Read 31.6 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 41.6 156% 58.6 MB/s	DQ Read 300 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 185 177% 277 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 109%
Hitachi HDS723020BLA642 2TB-$249 29,211 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 1.5TB free Firmware: MN6OA5C0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 148 148 149 149 150 151 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	84.8% Excellent	Read 147 Write 147 Mixed 78.1 SusWrite 149 95% 130 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.9 179% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 85%
Hitachi Deskstar P7K500 500GB-$159 43,620 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 172GB free Firmware: GM4OA5BA SusWrite @10s intervals: 72 74 75 75 75 75 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	42.1% Average	Read 72.1 Write 69.5 Mixed 38.6 SusWrite 74.3 47% 63.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 144% 1 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 42.1% Great: 51%
Kingston DT HyperX 8GB 33 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 4GB free, PID 1615 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 23 29 29 29 29 28 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	12% Very poor	Read 24.4 Write 17.8 Mixed 13.3 SusWrite 27.6 28% 20.8 MB/s	4K Read 10.3 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 38% 3.43 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 12% Great: 13%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3600 C15 2x8GB 6,416 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	MC Read 43.9 MC Write 44.4 MC Mixed 30.8 113% 39.7 GB/s	SC Read 26.5 SC Write 48.6 SC Mixed 36.4 106% 37.2 GB/s	Latency 41.8 96% 41.8 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 134%

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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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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