Asus ROG MAXIMUS X APEX

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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 111%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Boot Drive	287% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (36%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus ROG MAXIMUS X APEX (all builds)
Memory	13.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 4.4 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180628
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 30 '18 at 07:37
Run Duration	128 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	36%

PC Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-9900K-$410 354,223 User benchmarks, average bench 98% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 5.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Memory 99.4 1-Core 162 2-Core 325 107% 196 Pts	4-Core 651 8-Core 1,290 115% 970 Pts	64-Core 1,779 110% 1,779 Pts
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 104%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 348GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1376 1377 1382 1382 1381 1384 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	287% Outstanding	Read 2,132 Write 1,374 Mixed 943 SusWrite 1,380 325% 1,457 MB/s	4K Read 51.7 4K Write 184 4K Mixed 67.5 262% 101 MB/s	DQ Read 1269 DQ Write 395 DQ Mixed 465 439% 710 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 287% Great: 283%
Samsung Portable SSD T5 2TB 2,362 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 524GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 480 483 482 483 483 483 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 488 Write 487 Mixed 438 SusWrite 482 107% 474 MB/s	4K Read 38.7 4K Write 75.2 4K Mixed 48.6 161% 54.2 MB/s	DQ Read 340 DQ Write 202 DQ Mixed 268 200% 270 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 97%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 4200 C19 2x8GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 101% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 4400 MHz Performing below potential (29^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	86.8% Excellent	MC Read 36.9 MC Write 29.5 MC Mixed 21.1 83% 29.2 GB/s	SC Read 26.1 SC Write 30.4 SC Mixed 27.5 80% 28 GB/s	Latency 38.7 104% 38.7 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 86.8% Great: 121%

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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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Gaming 113%

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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 $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