Asus ROG MAXIMUS X APEX

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 103% UFO	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 106%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	61.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	205% 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.

Motherboard	Asus ROG MAXIMUS X APEX (all builds)
Memory	8.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.5 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171101
Uptime	4 Days
Run Date	Jul 08 '18 at 21:14
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	SAU-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing above expectations (72^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 4.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Memory 97.9 1-Core 122 2-Core 315 96% 178 Pts	4-Core 610 8-Core 988 98% 799 Pts	64-Core 1,154 72% 1,154 Pts
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% MSI(1462 3281) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 398.11 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	61.6% Good	Lighting 78.3 Reflection 77.7 Parallax 67 64% 74.3 fps	MRender 70 Gravity 70.7 Splatting 69.3 57% 70 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 61.6% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 130GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 583 260 258 259 258 259 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	205% Outstanding	Read 2,007 Write 1,219 Mixed 588 SusWrite 313 227% 1,032 MB/s	4K Read 49.3 4K Write 140 4K Mixed 42.2 203% 77.2 MB/s	DQ Read 1,017 DQ Write 1048 DQ Mixed 856 692% 974 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 205% Great: 236%
Corsair Force GT 120GB-$155 13,464 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 38GB free Firmware: 5.03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 140 154 106 105 108 107 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	82.6% Excellent	Read 422 Write 153 Mixed 209 SusWrite 120 50% 226 MB/s	4K Read 37.2 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 41.6 164% 60.7 MB/s	DQ Read 205 DQ Write 162 DQ Mixed 117 106% 161 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 82.6% Great: 83%
WD Red 1TB (2012)-$88 37,583 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 740GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 72 73 73 73 73 73 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	65.5% Good	Read 155 Write 135 Mixed 68 SusWrite 72.9 79% 108 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 3.1 4K Mixed 0.9 199% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 65.5% Great: 87%
WD Red 6TB (2014)-$129 11,340 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 3TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 133 131 131 133 131 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	77% Very good	Read 137 Write 140 Mixed 102 SusWrite 131 94% 127 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 1 200% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 77% Great: 99%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$68 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1TB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 79 82 82 82 82 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	58% Above average	Read 121 Write 104 Mixed 74 SusWrite 81 70% 95.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.6 137% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 58% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance RGB DDR4 3466 C16 2x8GB-$253 5,267 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3467 MHz Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	MC Read 38.9 MC Write 38.1 MC Mixed 28.3 100% 35.1 GB/s	SC Read 23.1 SC Write 38.9 SC Mixed 31.9 89% 31.3 GB/s	Latency 46.3 86% 46.3 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 115%

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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 $260	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 $175	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16