Asus ROG MAXIMUS X APEX

Performance Results


Gaming 120% UFO	Desktop 111% UFO	Workstation 105% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (95th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 5 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 110%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	105% 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	640% 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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus ROG MAXIMUS X APEX (all builds)
Memory	15.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 4.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180628
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 13 '20 at 01:31
Run Duration	189 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing way above expectations (95^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-$175 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Memory 99.6 1-Core 162 2-Core 325 107% 196 Pts	4-Core 650 8-Core 967 101% 809 Pts	64-Core 966 60% 966 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6180) CLim: 2088 MHz, MLim: 2627 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 442.74 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	105% Outstanding	Lighting 138 Reflection 146 Parallax 125 112% 136 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 133 Splatting 107 96% 119 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel SSDPE21D480GA 480GB 277 User benchmarks, average bench 454% 156GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0435 SusWrite @10s intervals: 2148 2158 2120 2161 2123 2125 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	640% Outstanding	Read 2,420 Write 2,155 Mixed 2,278 SusWrite 2,139 506% 2,248 MB/s	4K Read 314 4K Write 281 4K Mixed 293 1,000% 296 MB/s	DQ Read 2,322 DQ Write 2,296 DQ Mixed 1,996 1,585% 2,204 MB/s
Poor: 315% ↑ This bench: 640% Great: 555%
Samsung 970 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$320 38,669 User benchmarks, average bench 327% 639GB free Firmware: 1B2QEXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2573 2575 2575 2574 2576 2372 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	464% Outstanding	Read 2,687 Write 2,564 Mixed 1,594 SusWrite 2,541 528% 2,346 MB/s	4K Read 62.5 4K Write 222 4K Mixed 93.6 332% 126 MB/s	DQ Read 2,154 DQ Write 2,304 DQ Mixed 2,217 1,671% 2,225 MB/s
Poor: 215% ↑ This bench: 464% Great: 425%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 4500 C19 2x8GB 33 User benchmarks, average bench 108% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 4200 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	144% Outstanding	MC Read 60.5 MC Write 58.4 MC Mixed 41.5 153% 53.5 GB/s	SC Read 15.8 SC Write 56.2 SC Mixed 23.2 91% 31.7 GB/s	Latency 37.5 107% 37.5 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 144% Great: 143%

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

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Workstation 103%

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Motherboard: Asus ROG MAXIMUS X APEX

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $175Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	177x
Core i7-8086KIntel $443Bench 91%, 38,086 samples	54x
Core i9-9900KIntel $399Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	23x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	72x
RTX 3070Nvidia $500Bench 148%, 619,642 samples	17x
Titan X PascalNvidia $1,438Bench 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 $69Bench 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: $872

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $159	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16