Asus ROG MAXIMUS X APEX

Performance Results


Gaming 142% UFO	Desktop 106% UFO	Workstation 134% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 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	131% 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.

Motherboard	Asus ROG MAXIMUS X APEX (all builds)
Memory	14.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180628
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 28 '18 at 23:51
Run Duration	174 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8086K-$399 38,086 User benchmarks, average bench 91% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Memory 98.9 1-Core 161 2-Core 319 106% 193 Pts	4-Core 637 8-Core 1,049 103% 843 Pts	64-Core 1,334 83% 1,334 Pts
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 102%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85EA) CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2802 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	131% Outstanding	Lighting 184 Reflection 202 Parallax 175 150% 187 fps	MRender 129 Gravity 178 Splatting 123 116% 143 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 131% 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% 75GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,463 Write 1,472 Mixed 1,281 383% 1,739 MB/s	4K Read 64.3 4K Write 165 4K Mixed 85.8 295% 105 MB/s	DQ Read 980 DQ Write 1,136 DQ Mixed 1,013 776% 1,043 MB/s
Poor: 160% Great: 280%
Patriot Wildfire 120GB-$91 279 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 9GB free Firmware: 502ABBF0 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 427 Write 244 Mixed 256 68% 309 MB/s	4K Read 34.3 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 43.6 169% 64.7 MB/s	DQ Read 298 DQ Write 162 DQ Mixed 190 152% 216 MB/s
Poor: 50% Great: 85%
Patriot Ignite 960GB-$462 185 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 845GB free Firmware: SAFM02.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 477 485 487 489 488 488 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 478 Write 479 Mixed 318 SusWrite 486 99% 440 MB/s	4K Read 31.9 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 43.1 161% 61.4 MB/s	DQ Read 329 DQ Write 348 DQ Mixed 184 181% 287 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 109%
Hitachi HDS723020BLA642 2TB-$249 29,211 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 1.5TB free Firmware: MN6OA5C0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 147 149 147 150 149 149 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	85.6% Excellent	Read 150 Write 140 Mixed 80.3 SusWrite 148 95% 130 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.9 179% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 85.6% Great: 85%
Hitachi Deskstar P7K500 500GB-$159 43,620 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 170GB free Firmware: GM4OA5BA SusWrite @10s intervals: 71 75 75 75 75 75 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	42% Average	Read 71.9 Write 69.1 Mixed 40 SusWrite 74.2 47% 63.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.9 162% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 42% Great: 51%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3600 C15 2x8GB 6,416 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	MC Read 43.2 MC Write 42.1 MC Mixed 30.4 110% 38.6 GB/s	SC Read 25.9 SC Write 44.7 SC Mixed 36.4 102% 35.7 GB/s	Latency 41.3 97% 41.3 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 134%

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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 $193Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	176x
Core i7-8086KIntel $399Bench 91%, 38,086 samples	54x
Core i9-9900KIntel $405Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	22x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	71x
RTX 3070Nvidia $490Bench 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: $890

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16