Asus ROG MAXIMUS X APEX

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing CPU, GPU, RAM
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (2nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 98 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Boot Drive	16.6% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
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 (78%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus ROG MAXIMUS X APEX (all builds)
Memory	3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180628
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 06 '19 at 05:02
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	IDN-User
Background CPU	78%

PC Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8700-$200 349,567 User benchmarks, average bench 87% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 0.65 GHz (avg) Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		1-Core 5.8 2-Core 25.1 6% 15.5 Pts	4-Core 76.3 8-Core 41.1 9% 58.7 Pts	64-Core 134 8% 134 Pts
Poor: 75% Great: 94%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SDVPSA181024 240GB 198 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 78GB free (System drive) Firmware: S0222A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 28 88 167 11 18 48 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile)	16.6% Very poor	Read 82.3 Write 335 Mixed 27.3 SusWrite 59.9 29% 126 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 27.3 4K Mixed 1.2 18% 10 MB/s	DQ Read 124 DQ Write 81.3 DQ Mixed 44.6 49% 83.4 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 16.6% Great: 103%
Seagate ST2000VM003-1CT164 2TB 16,094 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2TB free Firmware: SC12 SusWrite @10s intervals: 46 89 52 31 59 67 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	29.7% Poor	Read 45.8 Write 65 Mixed 43 SusWrite 57.5 39% 52.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.3 64% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 29.7% Great: 100%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Team Group Inc. TEAMGROUP-UD4-2400 1x16GB 570 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 1 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Relative performance n/a - RAM benchmark error
Poor: 36% Great: 48%

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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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Typical ROG MAXIMUS X APEX Builds (Compare 297 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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