Asus MAXIMUS IX APEX

Performance Results


Gaming 136% UFO	Desktop 111% UFO	Workstation 117% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 110%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	122% 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	98.4% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX APEX (all builds)
Memory	14.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 4.3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170125
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 13 '17 at 18:58
Run Duration	166 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$242 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Memory 99.6 1-Core 163 2-Core 326 107% 196 Pts	4-Core 652 8-Core 904 98% 778 Pts	64-Core 910 56% 910 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6183) CLim: 2151 MHz, MLim: 2769 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.77 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	122% Outstanding	Lighting 167 Reflection 171 Parallax 160 136% 166 fps	MRender 127 Gravity 156 Splatting 122 110% 135 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 67GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3837 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2465 (B1) Unknown 99 99 13 (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 69 48 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 1270 (F1) Unknown 99 99 14689572172	98.4% Outstanding	Read 519 Write 404 Mixed 415 99% 446 MB/s	4K Read 48.4 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 29 168% 62.2 MB/s	DQ Read 48.6 DQ Write 117 DQ Mixed 29.2 38% 64.9 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 98.4% Great: 134%
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 31GB free Firmware: BXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	254% Outstanding	Read 2,378 Write 1,463 Mixed 1,684 408% 1,842 MB/s	4K Read 52.6 4K Write 178 4K Mixed 35.7 220% 88.7 MB/s	DQ Read 52.1 DQ Write 206 DQ Mixed 231 148% 163 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 254% Great: 283%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 20GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3481 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2448 (B1) Unknown 99 99 4 (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 70 48 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 1 (EB) Unknown 99 99 1277 (F1) Unknown 99 99 4677704344	114% Outstanding	Read 519 Write 411 Mixed 425 100% 452 MB/s	4K Read 48.5 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 53.3 200% 70.5 MB/s	DQ Read 48.9 DQ Write 268 DQ Mixed 123 105% 147 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 134%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 19GB free Firmware: 521ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 120 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 -59914793765507 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2229 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 1294 (B1) Unknown 0 0 3 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 25 44 64427393049 (C2) HDA temperature 25 44 64427393049 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 11383 (EA) Unknown 0 0 10120 (F1) Unknown 0 0 10120 (F2) Unknown 0 0 12836	43.4% Average	Read 179 Write 118 Mixed 107 30% 135 MB/s	4K Read 21.4 4K Write 85.3 4K Mixed 11.5 92% 39.4 MB/s	DQ Read 23.6 DQ Write 91.4 DQ Mixed 9.86 21% 41.6 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 43.4% Great: 73%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 4266 C19 2x8GB 483 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 4304 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	139% Outstanding	MC Read 53.1 MC Write 56.9 MC Mixed 38.2 141% 49.4 GB/s	SC Read 28.7 SC Write 55.7 SC Mixed 39.7 118% 41.4 GB/s	Latency 37.8 106% 37.8 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 139% Great: 127%

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Gaming 106%

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Desktop 92%

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Workstation 90%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS IX APEX

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	274x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	43x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	41x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	56x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	55x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	38x

SSD
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung $45Bench 199%, 240,629 samples	16x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $95Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	16x
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $98Bench 394%, 276,089 samples	14x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	24x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $37Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	23x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	13x

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Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $815

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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