Asus ROG MAXIMUS X APEX

Performance Results


Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 103%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	6.55% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	229% 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	8.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 4.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit 种颜色,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190702
Uptime	2.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 08 '21 at 11:35
Run Duration	272 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8086K-$399 38,086 User benchmarks, average bench 91% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Memory 99.1 1-Core 160 2-Core 317 105% 192 Pts	4-Core 572 8-Core 982 94% 777 Pts	64-Core 1,242 77% 1,242 Pts
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 102%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 630 (Desktop Coffee Lake i5 i7) FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Asus(1043 872F) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 27.20.100.8681 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	6.55% Terrible	Lighting 8.7 Reflection 29.7 Parallax 10.4 7% 16.3 fps	MRender 14.1 Gravity 8.9 Splatting 0.2 6% 7.73 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.55% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme INTEL SSDPE2MW012T4 1TB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 191% 943GB free (System drive) Firmware: 8EV101H0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1150 1160 1155 1161 1129 1042 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	229% Outstanding	Read 1,108 Write 1,210 Mixed 765 SusWrite 1,133 238% 1,054 MB/s	4K Read 39.3 4K Write 191 4K Mixed 54.9 231% 95.1 MB/s	DQ Read 1,189 DQ Write 870 DQ Mixed 966 739% 1,009 MB/s
Poor: 166% ↑ This bench: 229% Great: 229%
Intel 530 Series 240GB-$149 16,872 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 117GB free Firmware: DCV2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 193 191 207 194 198 208 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	90.8% Outstanding	Read 395 Write 253 Mixed 284 SusWrite 198 63% 282 MB/s	4K Read 37.6 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 44.4 170% 62.7 MB/s	DQ Read 281 DQ Write 204 DQ Mixed 148 136% 211 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 90.8% Great: 91%
Intel 730 Series 240GB-$250 8,417 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 162GB free Firmware: L2010420 SusWrite @10s intervals: 291 293 266 264 288 293 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	94.5% Outstanding	Read 375 Write 294 Mixed 281 SusWrite 282 69% 308 MB/s	4K Read 36.1 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 36.8 160% 60.8 MB/s	DQ Read 352 DQ Write 278 DQ Mixed 278 218% 302 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 94.5% Great: 95%
Zeeksys 480GB 480GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 107% 140GB free Firmware: SAFM01.7 SusWrite @10s intervals: 367 371 374 374 378 385 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	111% Outstanding	Read 518 Write 474 Mixed 367 SusWrite 375 97% 433 MB/s	4K Read 36.4 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 45.1 169% 62.6 MB/s	DQ Read 324 DQ Write 357 DQ Mixed 198 188% 293 MB/s
Poor: 104% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 111%
Samsung SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 21,747 User benchmarks, average bench 219% 113GB free Firmware: CXZ7500Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1465 1455 1450 1447 1450 1380 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	299% Outstanding	Read 1,988 Write 1,345 Mixed 662 SusWrite 1,441 303% 1,359 MB/s	4K Read 58.1 4K Write 156 4K Mixed 73.8 265% 95.8 MB/s	DQ Read 1,238 DQ Write 1,001 DQ Mixed 990 776% 1,076 MB/s
Poor: 134% ↑ This bench: 299% Great: 292%
WD WD2005VBYZ-02RRWB2 2TB 17 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 884GB free Firmware: RR07 SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 112 104 105 102 102 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	49.1% Average	Read 64.7 Write 147 Mixed 91.8 SusWrite 105 76% 102 MB/s	4K Read 3.1 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 0.9 285% 2.33 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 49.1% Great: 105%
SanDisk Cruzer Blade 32GB 34,316 User benchmarks, average bench 12% 20GB free, PID 5567 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 7.8 6.3 7 6.8 6.9 6.6 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	12.4% Very poor	Read 37.3 Write 4.2 Mixed 15.7 SusWrite 6.9 17% 16 MB/s	4K Read 5.2 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 3.1 172% 3.23 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 12.4% Great: 18%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3600 C16 2x8GB-$96 4,081 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 4267 MHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	122% Outstanding	MC Read 44.3 MC Write 51 MC Mixed 33.3 122% 42.9 GB/s	SC Read 20.3 SC Write 52 SC Mixed 39 106% 37.1 GB/s	Latency 40.3 99% 40.3 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 128%

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Motherboard: Asus ROG MAXIMUS X APEX

CPU
Core i7-8700KIntel $186Bench 88%, 746,287 samples	176x
Core i7-8086KIntel $399Bench 91%, 38,086 samples	54x
Core i9-9900KIntel $410Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	22x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	71x
RTX 3070Nvidia $400Bench 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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Value: 70% - Very good

Total price: $883

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $15	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