Asus ROG MAXIMUS X APEX

Performance Results


Gaming 75% Battleship	Desktop 110% UFO	Workstation 71% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (86th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 14 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 107%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	63.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	301% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus ROG MAXIMUS X APEX (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171221
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 19 '18 at 05:58
Run Duration	111 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing way above expectations (86^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 4.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Memory 98.8 1-Core 159 2-Core 314 105% 191 Pts	4-Core 621 8-Core 1,006 100% 814 Pts	64-Core 1,307 81% 1,307 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 Fury-$199 18,014 User benchmarks, average bench 58% Sapphire(174B E329) CLim: 1040 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 18.1.1 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	63.5% Good	Lighting 80.4 Reflection 58.7 Parallax 112 66% 83.7 fps	MRender 58.4 Gravity 84.2 Splatting 74.4 60% 72.3 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 63.5% Great: 62%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 442GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B6QCXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	301% Outstanding	Read 2,412 Write 1,847 Mixed 1,598 433% 1,952 MB/s	4K Read 52.8 4K Write 180 4K Mixed 41.8 229% 91.5 MB/s	DQ Read 514 DQ Write 577 DQ Mixed 40.4 170% 377 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 301% Great: 353%
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 364GB free Firmware: 2B6QCXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	313% Outstanding	Read 2,152 Write 1,847 Mixed 1,599 415% 1,866 MB/s	4K Read 53.7 4K Write 186 4K Mixed 74.4 275% 105 MB/s	DQ Read 686 DQ Write 624 DQ Mixed 272 309% 527 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 313% Great: 353%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3600 C16 2x8GB 11,301 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3704 MHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	111% Outstanding	MC Read 41.8 MC Write 44.6 MC Mixed 29.4 110% 38.6 GB/s	SC Read 25.4 SC Write 48.6 SC Mixed 34.6 104% 36.2 GB/s	Latency 42.1 95% 42.1 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 124%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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