Asus ROG MAXIMUS X APEX

Performance Results


Gaming 166% UFO	Desktop 115% UFO	Workstation 159% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (99th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 1 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 114%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	146% 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.
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, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus ROG MAXIMUS X APEX (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 4.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171221
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 25 '18 at 19:47
Run Duration	200 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing way above expectations (99^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 5.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Memory 99.9 1-Core 174 2-Core 346 112% 206 Pts	4-Core 692 8-Core 1,166 113% 929 Pts	64-Core 1,464 91% 1,464 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 114% 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: 2088 MHz, MLim: 3108 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	146% Outstanding	Lighting 209 Reflection 223 Parallax 216 170% 216 fps	MRender 144 Gravity 203 Splatting 137 130% 161 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 146% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 21,747 User benchmarks, average bench 219% 953GB free Firmware: CXZ7300Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	492% Outstanding	Read 4,585 Write 3,653 Mixed 4,033 911% 4,091 MB/s	4K Read 56.5 4K Write 155 4K Mixed 72.7 261% 94.8 MB/s	DQ Read 56.6 DQ Write 157 DQ Mixed 43.7 52% 85.7 MB/s
Poor: 134% ↑ This bench: 492% Great: 292%
Samsung SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 21,747 User benchmarks, average bench 219% 953GB free Firmware: CXZ7300Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	482% Outstanding	Read 4,436 Write 3,723 Mixed 4,399 934% 4,186 MB/s	4K Read 58.8 4K Write 156 4K Mixed 44.4 229% 86.4 MB/s	DQ Read 58.2 DQ Write 391 DQ Mixed 344 230% 264 MB/s
Poor: 134% ↑ This bench: 482% Great: 292%
Samsung SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 21,747 User benchmarks, average bench 219% 953GB free Firmware: CXZ7300Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	515% Outstanding	Read 4,494 Write 3,676 Mixed 4,064 909% 4,078 MB/s	4K Read 56 4K Write 152 4K Mixed 69.3 254% 92.2 MB/s	DQ Read 821 DQ Write 653 DQ Mixed 43.9 222% 506 MB/s
Poor: 134% ↑ This bench: 515% Great: 292%
Samsung SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 21,747 User benchmarks, average bench 219% 953GB free Firmware: CXZ7300Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	477% Outstanding	Read 4,435 Write 3,711 Mixed 4,662 954% 4,269 MB/s	4K Read 59.6 4K Write 153 4K Mixed 45.3 230% 86.1 MB/s	DQ Read 56.5 DQ Write 160 DQ Mixed 349 198% 188 MB/s
Poor: 134% ↑ This bench: 477% Great: 292%
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 90GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 15549 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2721 (B1) Unknown 97 97 32 (B3) Unknown 100 1 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 46 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 17 (EB) Unknown 99 99 2109 (F1) Unknown 99 99 12038458885
Poor: 63% Great: 108%
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 (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 138 138 100 (03) Spinup time 141 141 38684918230 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1010 (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 100 100 694 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 411 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1010 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1010 (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 210 Write 207 Mixed 197 154% 204 MB/s	4K Read 1.03 4K Write 4.61 4K Mixed 0.66 202% 2.1 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 @ 4420 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	134% Outstanding	MC Read 49.3 MC Write 54.4 MC Mixed 35.6 133% 46.4 GB/s	SC Read 29.8 SC Write 61.8 SC Mixed 43 128% 44.9 GB/s	Latency 35.9 111% 35.9 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 134% Great: 117%

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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 $409Bench 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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Total price: $883

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) $35	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