Asus ROG MAXIMUS XII APEX

Performance Results


Gaming 228% UFO	Desktop 106% UFO	Workstation 253% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 104%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	228% is a record breaking 3D score, it's almost off the scale. This GPU can handle all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	391% 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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Run History

14 months ago, 14 months ago, 14 months ago, 14 months ago, 8 months ago, 8 months ago, 7 months ago, 7 months ago, 5 months ago, 4 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus ROG MAXIMUS XII APEX (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20221226
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 26 '23 at 18:43
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (51^st 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-$430 107,269 User benchmarks, average bench 100% LGA1200, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 5.05 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Memory 94.5 1-Core 158 2-Core 313 103% 189 Pts	4-Core 602 8-Core 1,251 108% 926 Pts	64-Core 2,082 129% 2,082 Pts
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 106%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3090-$1,198 158,856 User benchmarks, average bench 210% Asus(1043 87AF) CLim: 2175 MHz, MLim: 5150 MHz, Ram: 24GB, Driver: 531.41 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	228% Outstanding	Lighting 347 Reflection 304 Parallax 367 283% 339 fps	MRender 371 Gravity 262 Splatting 189 214% 274 fps
Poor: 185% ↑ This bench: 228% Great: 230%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel SSDPE21D480GA 480GB 277 User benchmarks, average bench 454% 244GB free (System drive) Firmware: E2010603 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1972 1974 1956 1940 1975 1953 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	391% Outstanding	Read 2,260 Write 1,980 Mixed 2,126 SusWrite 1,962 469% 2082 MB/s	4K Read 145 4K Write 130 4K Mixed 134 460% 136 MB/s	DQ Read 957 DQ Write 792 DQ Mixed 857 647% 869 MB/s
Poor: 315% ↑ This bench: 391% Great: 555%
USB SanDisk 3.2Gen1 123GB 4,404 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 28GB free, PID null Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 147 Write 71.7 Mixed 48.6 97% 89 MB/s	4K Read 7.8 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1.6 165% 3.93 MB/s
Poor: 15% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 4000 C15 2x8GB 363 User benchmarks, average bench 107% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	71.5% Very good	MC Read 27.4 MC Write 26.6 MC Mixed 19.5 70% 24.5 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 30.1 SC Mixed 23.3 67% 23.5 GB/s	Latency 58.5 68% 58.5 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 71.5% Great: 144%

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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 $430Bench 100%, 107,269 samples	209x
Core i7-10700KIntel $224Bench 97%, 198,859 samples	66x
Core i9-10900KFIntel $255Bench 99%, 21,040 samples	36x

GPU
RTX 3090Nvidia $1,198Bench 210%, 158,856 samples	88x
RTX 3080Nvidia $700Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	45x
RTX 3080-TiNvidia $615Bench 204%, 155,335 samples	41x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $99Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	36x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $69Bench 275%, 495,311 samples	26x
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $142Bench 297%, 331,647 samples	23x

RAM
Vengeance RGB PRO DDR4 3200 C16 2x16GBCorsair $120Bench 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: 61% - Good

Total price: $2,268

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	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 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $50

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $29	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16