Asus ROG MAXIMUS X APEX

Performance Results


Gaming 165% UFO	Desktop 114% UFO	Workstation 158% 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	144% 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	12.3 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 26 '18 at 12:18
Run Duration	197 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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 5.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Memory 99.7 1-Core 173 2-Core 345 112% 206 Pts	4-Core 692 8-Core 1,174 113% 933 Pts	64-Core 1,448 90% 1,448 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)	144% Outstanding	Lighting 208 Reflection 220 Parallax 198 169% 209 fps	MRender 143 Gravity 199 Splatting 133 128% 159 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 144% 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)	512% Outstanding	Read 4,561 Write 3,698 Mixed 4,730 967% 4,330 MB/s	4K Read 59.1 4K Write 164 4K Mixed 80.8 280% 101 MB/s	DQ Read 57.3 DQ Write 714 DQ Mixed 391 301% 387 MB/s
Poor: 134% ↑ This bench: 512% 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)	527% Outstanding	Read 4,588 Write 3,734 Mixed 4,546 957% 4,289 MB/s	4K Read 56 4K Write 164 4K Mixed 70 261% 96.6 MB/s	DQ Read 888 DQ Write 691 DQ Mixed 391 401% 657 MB/s
Poor: 134% ↑ This bench: 527% 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)	473% Outstanding	Read 4,432 Write 3,669 Mixed 3,989 898% 4,030 MB/s	4K Read 58.8 4K Write 156 4K Mixed 43.9 228% 86.2 MB/s	DQ Read 56.2 DQ Write 161 DQ Mixed 362 204% 193 MB/s
Poor: 134% ↑ This bench: 473% 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)	493% Outstanding	Read 4,439 Write 3,716 Mixed 4,030 905% 4,062 MB/s	4K Read 59.9 4K Write 157 4K Mixed 75.1 270% 97.3 MB/s	DQ Read 58.2 DQ Write 157 DQ Mixed 43.4 52% 86.3 MB/s
Poor: 134% ↑ This bench: 493% 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 15565 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2725 (B1) Unknown 97 97 33 (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 71 46 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 17 (EB) Unknown 99 99 2111 (F1) Unknown 99 99 12055365207
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 (91^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 138 138 100 (03) Spinup time 140 140 38685508053 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1016 (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 100 100 710 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 413 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1016 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1016 (C2) HDA temperature 153 153 184684838951 (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	119% Outstanding	Read 212 Write 201 Mixed 203 155% 206 MB/s	4K Read 1.01 4K Write 5.33 4K Mixed 0.55 201% 2.3 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 119% 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)	131% Outstanding	MC Read 48.2 MC Write 53.2 MC Mixed 35 130% 45.5 GB/s	SC Read 29.2 SC Write 60.7 SC Mixed 41.9 126% 43.9 GB/s	Latency 37.3 107% 37.3 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 131% Great: 117%

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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