Asus ROG MAXIMUS XII APEX

Performance Results


Gaming 83% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 89% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (32nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 68 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.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 83.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	97.2% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	238% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus ROG MAXIMUS XII APEX (all builds)
Memory	19 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20210713
Uptime	3 Days
Run Date	Dec 15 '21 at 04:05
Run Duration	218 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	21%

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PC Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-10900K-$440 107,269 User benchmarks, average bench 100% LGA1200, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.9 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	83.7% Excellent	Memory 72.5 1-Core 136 2-Core 267 85% 159 Pts	4-Core 508 8-Core 942 87% 725 Pts	64-Core 1,650 102% 1,650 Pts
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 83.7% Great: 106%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060S (Super)-$510 319,148 User benchmarks, average bench 100% MSI(1462 C757) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2115 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 497.09 Performing below potential (32^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	97.2% Outstanding	Lighting 116 Reflection 111 Parallax 120 94% 116 fps	MRender 179 Gravity 107 Splatting 102 102% 129 fps
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 97.2% Great: 106%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Seagate FireCuda 520 SSD ZP1000GM30002 1TB 11,818 User benchmarks, average bench 322% 760GB free (System drive) Firmware: STNSC014 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1473 902 854 924 940 943 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	238% Outstanding	Read 1,439 Write 1,732 Mixed 1,664 SusWrite 1,006 330% 1,460 MB/s	4K Read 40.8 4K Write 132 4K Mixed 70.5 222% 81 MB/s	DQ Read 1,365 DQ Write 872 DQ Mixed 1,091 821% 1,109 MB/s
Poor: 177% ↑ This bench: 238% Great: 492%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$50 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 214 209 217 211 216 218 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 150 Write 146 Mixed 72.6 SusWrite 214 106% 146 MB/s	4K Read 2.4 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.1 122% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 106%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GB 4,269 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 2 of 2 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	58.5% Above average	MC Read 21.3 MC Write 24.3 MC Mixed 20 62% 21.9 GB/s	SC Read 8.3 SC Write 19.2 SC Mixed 11.3 37% 12.9 GB/s	Latency 95.6 42% 95.6 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 58.5% Great: 113%

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

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Gaming 205%

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Desktop 103%

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Workstation 219%

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Motherboard: Asus ROG MAXIMUS XII APEX - $420

CPU
Core i9-10900KIntel $440Bench 100%, 107,269 samples	208x
Core i7-10700KIntel $236Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	66x
Core i9-10900KFIntel $260Bench 99%, 21,040 samples	34x

GPU
RTX 3090Nvidia $1,148Bench 210%, 158,856 samples	87x
RTX 3080Nvidia $625Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	45x
RTX 3080-TiNvidia $660Bench 204%, 155,335 samples	40x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	36x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 276%, 367,854 samples	26x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $158Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	23x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $114Bench 89%, 144,399 samples	37x
4400 C19 Series 2x8GBPatriotBench 102%, 2,610 samples	20x
F4 DDR4 3600 C16 2x16GBG.SKILLBench 101%, 32,191 samples	12x

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Value: 64% - Good

Total price: $2,211

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $274	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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