Asus ROG MAXIMUS X APEX

Performance Results


Gaming 146% UFO	Desktop 110% UFO	Workstation 139% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 109%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	132% 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	279% 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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Motherboard	Asus ROG MAXIMUS X APEX (all builds)
Memory	13.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20180409
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 13 '18 at 07:18
Run Duration	229 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing as expected (57^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-$188 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 5.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Memory 98.7 1-Core 162 2-Core 326 106% 195 Pts	4-Core 645 8-Core 1,085 105% 865 Pts	64-Core 1,361 84% 1,361 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$499 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 3751) CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2808 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	132% Outstanding	Lighting 183 Reflection 212 Parallax 208 149% 201 fps	MRender 133 Gravity 188 Splatting 131 122% 151 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 132% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$100 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 103GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	279% Outstanding	Read 2,611 Write 1,227 Mixed 1,515 392% 1,784 MB/s	4K Read 61.8 4K Write 143 4K Mixed 66.9 255% 90.6 MB/s	DQ Read 571 DQ Write 394 DQ Mixed 218 234% 394 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 279% Great: 280%
SanDisk Ultra II 480GB-$39 62,883 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 112GB free Firmware: X41200RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1757 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2289 (A5) Unknown 100 100 335133607638 (A6) Unknown 100 100 32 (A7) Unknown 100 100 34 (A8) Unknown 100 100 84 (A9) Unknown 100 100 496 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 64 (AE) Unknown 100 100 1413 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 63 68 292058955813 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 5497710053646 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 30002 (EA) Unknown 100 100 35812 (F1) Unknown 253 253 34517 (F2) Unknown 253 253 70675 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	72.4% Very good	Read 490 Write 223 Mixed 265 72% 326 MB/s	4K Read 26.8 4K Write 39.9 4K Mixed 20.5 88% 29.1 MB/s	DQ Read 371 DQ Write 201 DQ Mixed 45 98% 206 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 72.4% Great: 108%
Seagate ST1000LM048-2E7172 1TB 89,596 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 60GB free Firmware: SDM1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 79 64 73338620 (03) Spinup time 99 99 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1501 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 68 60 6587413 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -51535312584026 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1431 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 54 572588066 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 6 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 192 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 92 92 17320 (C2) HDA temperature 34 46 73014444066 (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 -73525545139671 (F1) Unknown 100 253 6670338775 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1461780348 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	33.4% Below average	Read 57 Write 57.7 Mixed 31.7 36% 48.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 5.42 4K Mixed 0.33 157% 2.08 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 33.4% Great: 71%
WD My Book 25DA 3TB 419 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 569GB free, PID 25da Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	18.9% Very poor	Read 35.4 Write 34.8 Mixed 31.8 44% 34 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 1.96 4K Mixed 0.27 79% 1 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 18.9% Great: 59%
SanDisk Extreme USB 3.0 32GB-$28 4,213 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 25GB free, PID 5580 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	79.8% Very good	Read 240 Write 57.3 Mixed 80.4 126% 126 MB/s	4K Read 11.4 4K Write 9.72 4K Mixed 3.56 494% 8.23 MB/s	DQ Read 12.4 DQ Write 9.22 DQ Mixed 3.35 474% 8.34 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 79.8% Great: 93%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 4400 C19 2x8GB 54 User benchmarks, average bench 107% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 4000 MHz Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	119% Outstanding	MC Read 45.2 MC Write 47.2 MC Mixed 31.9 118% 41.4 GB/s	SC Read 25.9 SC Write 55.2 SC Mixed 36.4 112% 39.2 GB/s	Latency 42.5 94% 42.5 ns
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 136%

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Motherboard: Asus ROG MAXIMUS X APEX

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $188Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	176x
Core i7-8086KIntel $399Bench 91%, 38,086 samples	54x
Core i9-9900KIntel $412Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	22x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $499Bench 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: $899

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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