Asus ROG MAXIMUS X APEX

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 intensive workstation, and even full-fledged server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 107%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Boot Drive	228% 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.

Motherboard	Asus ROG MAXIMUS X APEX (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170911
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 28 '18 at 22:15
Run Duration	105 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (75^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 4.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Memory 97.2 1-Core 159 2-Core 319 105% 192 Pts	4-Core 627 8-Core 1,030 101% 829 Pts	64-Core 1,327 82% 1,327 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 100%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Patriot Hellfire NVMe PCIe M.2 480GB-$268 852 User benchmarks, average bench 154% 373GB free (System drive) Firmware: E7FM02.1 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	228% Outstanding	Read 2,228 Write 1,258 Mixed 1,576 373% 1,687 MB/s	4K Read 30 4K Write 93.9 4K Mixed 28.4 131% 50.7 MB/s	DQ Read 541 DQ Write 483 DQ Mixed 26.8 153% 350 MB/s
Poor: 102% ↑ This bench: 228% Great: 209%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$80 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 3TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 108 99 17581448 (03) Spinup time 94 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 148 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 808802 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1103 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 148 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 60 522059807 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 25 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1533 (C2) HDA temperature 31 40 55834574879 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -3908420238346 (F1) Unknown 100 253 5104953456 (F2) Unknown 100 253 18855371422	108% Outstanding	Read 203 Write 174 Mixed 175 138% 184 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 1.74 4K Mixed 0.22 89% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 114%
Seagate SkyHawk 3TB (2016)-$85 2,089 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 710GB free Firmware: CV12 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 90134168 (03) Spinup time 94 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1308 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 67 60 6094983 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 3038 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 855 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 65539 (BD) vendor-specific 82 82 18 (BE) vendor-specific 72 57 471597084 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 461 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1310 (C2) HDA temperature 28 43 51539607580 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 2	54.6% Above average	Read 92.5 Write 97.9 Mixed 99.8 73% 96.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.28 4K Mixed 0.16 64% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 54.6% Great: 104%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$36 287,720 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	97.2% Outstanding	MC Read 37.9 MC Write 36.5 MC Mixed 26.6 96% 33.7 GB/s	SC Read 23.6 SC Write 40.3 SC Mixed 32 91% 32 GB/s	Latency 49.5 81% 49.5 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 97.2% Great: 109%

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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