Asus ROG MAXIMUS X APEX

Performance Results


Gaming 161% UFO	Desktop 113% UFO	Workstation 154% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (99th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 1 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 intensive workstation, and even full-fledged server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 113%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	143% 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.
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, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus ROG MAXIMUS X APEX (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 4.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171221
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Mar 25 '18 at 17:12
Run Duration	202 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing way above expectations (99^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-$193 746,287 User benchmarks, average bench 88% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 5.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Memory 99.5 1-Core 169 2-Core 337 110% 202 Pts	4-Core 676 8-Core 1,135 110% 905 Pts	64-Core 1,414 88% 1,414 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 3751) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3108 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 391.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	143% Outstanding	Lighting 204 Reflection 216 Parallax 216 166% 212 fps	MRender 137 Gravity 202 Splatting 139 129% 159 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 143% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 21,747 User benchmarks, average bench 219% 953GB free Firmware: CXZ7300Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	450% Outstanding	Read 4,569 Write 3,687 Mixed 3,964 907% 4,073 MB/s	4K Read 31 4K Write 54.1 4K Mixed 36.1 122% 40.4 MB/s	DQ Read 48.1 DQ Write 164 DQ Mixed 42.7 51% 84.9 MB/s
Poor: 134% ↑ This bench: 450% Great: 292%
Samsung SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 21,747 User benchmarks, average bench 219% 953GB free Firmware: CXZ7300Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	456% Outstanding	Read 4,538 Write 3,656 Mixed 3,937 900% 4,043 MB/s	4K Read 31.2 4K Write 63.7 4K Mixed 45.8 140% 46.9 MB/s	DQ Read 42.1 DQ Write 301 DQ Mixed 41.7 70% 128 MB/s
Poor: 134% ↑ This bench: 456% Great: 292%
Samsung SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 21,747 User benchmarks, average bench 219% 953GB free Firmware: CXZ7300Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	466% Outstanding	Read 4,435 Write 3,730 Mixed 3,928 898% 4,031 MB/s	4K Read 32.5 4K Write 53 4K Mixed 52.4 144% 46 MB/s	DQ Read 361 DQ Write 285 DQ Mixed 34.3 104% 227 MB/s
Poor: 134% ↑ This bench: 466% Great: 292%
Samsung SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 21,747 User benchmarks, average bench 219% 953GB free Firmware: CXZ7300Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	441% Outstanding	Read 4,536 Write 3,611 Mixed 3,918 895% 4,022 MB/s	4K Read 28.3 4K Write 50.6 4K Mixed 32.8 112% 37.2 MB/s	DQ Read 46.9 DQ Write 162 DQ Mixed 141 98% 117 MB/s
Poor: 134% ↑ This bench: 441% Great: 292%
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 87GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 15547 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2715 (B1) Unknown 97 97 32 (B3) Unknown 100 1 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 71 46 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 17 (EB) Unknown 99 99 2104 (F1) Unknown 99 99 11981193940
Poor: 63% Great: 108%
WD Black 6TB (2016)-$235 6,443 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 5TB free Firmware: 81.H0A81 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 138 138 100 (03) Spinup time 142 142 38685180365 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1006 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 128 128 18 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 691 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 407 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1006 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1006 (C2) HDA temperature 176 176 184684838946 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	119% Outstanding	Read 209 Write 205 Mixed 195 153% 203 MB/s	4K Read 0.98 4K Write 3.87 4K Mixed 0.53 172% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 121%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 2x8GB 9,254 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 4271 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	124% Outstanding	MC Read 47.8 MC Write 47.6 MC Mixed 32.8 122% 42.7 GB/s	SC Read 28.7 SC Write 52.4 SC Mixed 40.8 116% 40.6 GB/s	Latency 38.1 105% 38.1 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 117%

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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 $405Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	22x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	71x
RTX 3070Nvidia $490Bench 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 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16