Asus ROG MAXIMUS XI APEX

Performance Results


Gaming 112% UFO	Desktop 103% UFO	Workstation 106% 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 103%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	109% 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.
Boot Drive	236% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus ROG MAXIMUS XI APEX (all builds)
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190410
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 25 '19 at 20:56
Run Duration	250 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

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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 i7-9700K-$259 550,833 User benchmarks, average bench 97% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Memory 93.6 1-Core 150 2-Core 299 99% 181 Pts	4-Core 599 8-Core 1,158 104% 878 Pts	64-Core 1,060 66% 1,060 Pts
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 105%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% Asus(1043 8670) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 431.60 Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Lighting 140 Reflection 127 Parallax 131 114% 132 fps	MRender 174 Gravity 129 Splatting 102 107% 135 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$140 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 402GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 863 620 619 606 606 605 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	236% Outstanding	Read 2,007 Write 1,643 Mixed 708 SusWrite 653 278% 1,253 MB/s	4K Read 44.1 4K Write 129 4K Mixed 59.3 211% 77.6 MB/s	DQ Read 1,114 DQ Write 1,166 DQ Mixed 1,034 807% 1,105 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 236% Great: 254%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$137 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 222GB free Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 392 423 479 484 485 484 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	127% Outstanding	Read 510 Write 482 Mixed 464 SusWrite 458 108% 478 MB/s	4K Read 45 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 61.7 210% 74.9 MB/s	DQ Read 284 DQ Write 336 DQ Mixed 355 255% 325 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 133%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$137 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 635GB free Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 485 486 485 484 484 483 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	125% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 485 Mixed 466 SusWrite 485 110% 488 MB/s	4K Read 45 4K Write 99.5 4K Mixed 59 196% 67.8 MB/s	DQ Read 283 DQ Write 335 DQ Mixed 354 254% 324 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 133%
WDC WD10 EARS-00Y5B1 1TB 24 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 264GB free, PID 2773 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 19 18 21 18 19 28 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	6% Terrible	Read 8.3 Write 42.8 Mixed 10 SusWrite 20.5 31% 20.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 0.1 4K Mixed 0.1 7% 0.1 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 6% Great: 36%
WDC WD20 EZRZ-00Z5HB0 2TB 50 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 879GB free, PID 2773 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 12 8.9 12 11 11 22 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	12.6% Very poor	Read 31.3 Write 48.5 Mixed 31.3 SusWrite 12.8 42% 31 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.9 90% 1 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 12.6% Great: 53%
Freecom mHDD 1TB 52 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 895GB free, PID fca5 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 53 82 65 46 51 61 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	18.9% Very poor	Read 27.5 Write 24.2 Mixed 26 SusWrite 59.7 49% 34.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.3 32% 0.4 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 18.9% Great: 51%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB 30,943 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (15^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	67.7% Good	MC Read 26.3 MC Write 24 MC Mixed 19.9 67% 23.4 GB/s	SC Read 16.3 SC Write 25 SC Mixed 21.9 60% 21.1 GB/s	Latency 60.7 66% 60.7 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 67.7% Great: 103%

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Desktop 102%

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Workstation 151%

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Motherboard: Asus ROG MAXIMUS XI APEX

CPU
Core i9-9900KIntel $415Bench 98%, 354,223 samples	74x
Core i9-9900KFIntel $266Bench 98%, 50,265 samples	37x
Core i9-9900KSIntelBench 99%, 12,840 samples	30x

GPU
RTX 2080-TiNvidia $365Bench 156%, 357,946 samples	28x
RTX 3080-TiNvidia $660Bench 204%, 155,335 samples	23x
RTX 3080Nvidia $550Bench 187%, 424,051 samples	18x

SSD
970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $84Bench 273%, 381,216 samples	15x
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $105Bench 385%, 327,441 samples	13x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $69Bench 275%, 495,311 samples	12x

RAM
CMW64GX4M2D3600C18 2x31.5GBCorsairBench 96%, 4,599 samples	9x
4400 C19 Series 2x8GBPatriotBench 102%, 2,610 samples	8x
F4 DDR4 4266 C19 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 98%, 483 samples	7x

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