Asus ROG MAXIMUS X APEX

Performance Results


Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 104% UFO	Workstation 79% Battleship


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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 98.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	80.3% 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	233% 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

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus ROG MAXIMUS X APEX (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171101
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 12 '17 at 10:39
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	1%

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 i7-8700K-$193 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	98.8% Outstanding	Memory 96.7 1-Core 145 2-Core 285 97% 176 Pts	4-Core 542 8-Core 905 88% 724 Pts	64-Core 1,122 69% 1,122 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 98.8% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX Titan X-$615 15,621 User benchmarks, average bench 75% EVGA(3842 2990) CLim: 1629 MHz, MLim: 1981 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 388.59 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	80.3% Excellent	Lighting 98.9 Reflection 102 Parallax 83.8 81% 95 fps	MRender 92.5 Gravity 108 Splatting 92.9 80% 97.8 fps
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 80.3% Great: 83%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$90 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 466GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3250 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1134 (B1) Unknown 99 99 5 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 59 28 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 91 (F1) Unknown 99 99 5837342991	113% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 375 Mixed 404 96% 431 MB/s	4K Read 46.3 4K Write 92 4K Mixed 47.1 179% 61.8 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 278 DQ Mixed 129 150% 262 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 134%
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 185GB free Firmware: 1B6QCXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	303% Outstanding	Read 2,091 Write 1,706 Mixed 1,588 399% 1,795 MB/s	4K Read 49.8 4K Write 155 4K Mixed 58.2 232% 87.6 MB/s	DQ Read 1,084 DQ Write 913 DQ Mixed 338 434% 778 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 303% Great: 353%
Samsung SM951 AHCI PCIe M.2 256GB-$223 7,621 User benchmarks, average bench 175% 165GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXW2500Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3259 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1159 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 97 97 78 (AE) Unknown 99 99 142 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 872 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 53 43 47 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 99 99 19976 (F1) Unknown 99 99 6736 (F2) Unknown 99 99 8343	233% Outstanding	Read 2,006 Write 1,186 Mixed 1,449 342% 1,547 MB/s	4K Read 43.9 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 45.8 190% 70.4 MB/s	DQ Read 666 DQ Write 380 DQ Mixed 253 260% 433 MB/s
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 233% Great: 220%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$67 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 3TB free Firmware: CC25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 111 99 35115120 (03) Spinup time 95 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1547 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 68 60 6558696 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 3147 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 989 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 720912 (BD) vendor-specific 97 97 3 (BE) vendor-specific 72 63 471072796 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 216 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 13336 (C2) HDA temperature 28 40 42949672988 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 253403071968 (F1) Unknown 100 253 19947823335 (F2) Unknown 100 253 22409176424	111% Outstanding	Read 201 Write 187 Mixed 179 142% 189 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 1.85 4K Mixed 0.25 94% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$40 653,654 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	101% Outstanding	MC Read 39.5 MC Write 39.1 MC Mixed 28.1 102% 35.6 GB/s	SC Read 23.2 SC Write 42.5 SC Mixed 32 93% 32.6 GB/s	Latency 51.4 78% 51.4 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 110%

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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 $193Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	176x
Core i7-8086KIntel $399Bench 91%, 38,086 samples	54x
Core i9-9900KIntel $403Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	22x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	71x
RTX 3070Nvidia $500Bench 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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Total price: $890

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16