Asus ROG MAXIMUS X APEX

Performance Results


Gaming 107% UFO	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 100% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 92%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	112% 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	310% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Asus ROG MAXIMUS X APEX (all builds)
Memory	24 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.5 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180518
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 20 '18 at 06:38
Run Duration	227 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (62^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 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	92% Outstanding	Memory 97.1 1-Core 135 2-Core 250 91% 161 Pts	4-Core 468 8-Core 839 79% 653 Pts	64-Core 1,060 66% 1,060 Pts
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 92% Great: 102%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 36FE) CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2551 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.82 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Lighting 149 Reflection 154 Parallax 133 122% 145 fps	MRender 119 Gravity 143 Splatting 113 101% 125 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$170 93,447 User benchmarks, average bench 322% 242GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1524 1769 1752 1704 1650 1599 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	310% Outstanding	Read 2,689 Write 2,007 Mixed 1,424 SusWrite 1,666 435% 1,947 MB/s	4K Read 48.1 4K Write 144 4K Mixed 67.7 236% 86.6 MB/s	DQ Read 499 DQ Write 763 DQ Mixed 600 463% 621 MB/s
Poor: 195% ↑ This bench: 310% Great: 393%
Samsung 840 Evo 1TB-$199 23,857 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 543GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 407 460 437 404 404 403 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 490 Write 476 Mixed 425 SusWrite 419 102% 452 MB/s	4K Read 37.8 4K Write 85.7 4K Mixed 48.7 165% 57.4 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 260 223% 328 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 126%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2016)-$114 34,353 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 165 174 180 182 178 180 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	91.9% Outstanding	Read 144 Write 138 Mixed 64.8 SusWrite 176 95% 131 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.7 142% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 91.9% Great: 105%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1TB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 96 95 96 93 96 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	47.6% Average	Read 71.2 Write 66.2 Mixed 54.7 SusWrite 94.3 53% 71.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 145% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 47.6% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 4000 C19 2x16GB 857 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 2 of 2 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3467 MHz Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	MC Read 42.5 MC Write 42.5 MC Mixed 32.7 112% 39.2 GB/s	SC Read 22.7 SC Write 44.8 SC Mixed 33.8 96% 33.8 GB/s	Latency 50 80% 50 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 136%

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Gaming 113%

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Desktop 96%

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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 $410Bench 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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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