Asus ROG MAXIMUS X APEX

Performance Results


Gaming 163% UFO	Desktop 106% UFO	Workstation 153% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (96th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 4 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 107%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	154% 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

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus ROG MAXIMUS X APEX (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 4.2 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171101
Uptime	3.2 Days
Run Date	Oct 04 '18 at 07:20
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing way above expectations (96^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 5.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Memory 98.6 1-Core 162 2-Core 323 106% 195 Pts	4-Core 615 8-Core 999 99% 807 Pts	64-Core 1,312 81% 1,312 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85E4) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 411.70 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	154% Outstanding	Lighting 248 Reflection 169 Parallax 163 202% 193 fps	MRender 111 Gravity 160 Splatting 104 101% 125 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 154% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 84GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,023 Write 1,453 Mixed 556 295% 1,344 MB/s	4K Read 47.2 4K Write 181 4K Mixed 60.4 245% 96.3 MB/s	DQ Read 1,121 DQ Write 1,234 DQ Mixed 687 653% 1,014 MB/s
Poor: 142% Great: 236%
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$190 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 444GB free Firmware: EXM04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 466 488 489 493 493 493 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	125% Outstanding	Read 499 Write 470 Mixed 404 SusWrite 487 105% 465 MB/s	4K Read 38 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 52.6 190% 71 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 358 270% 362 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 124%
Intel Raid 1 Volume 1TB 8,129 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 931GB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 177 180 181 179 181 181 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	112% Outstanding	Read 212 Write 112 Mixed 75 SusWrite 180 106% 145 MB/s	4K Read 1.6 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1.3 248% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 4266 C19 2x8GB 3,530 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 4200 MHz Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	MC Read 44.3 MC Write 45.9 MC Mixed 31.3 116% 40.5 GB/s	SC Read 25.5 SC Write 50.1 SC Mixed 37.3 108% 37.6 GB/s	Latency 43.4 92% 43.4 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 123%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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