Asus MAXIMUS IX APEX

Performance Results


Gaming 58% Gunboat	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 50% Yacht


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 98.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	54.7% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	59% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 MAXIMUS IX APEX (all builds)
Memory	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 23 '17 at 00:59
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	IRL-User
Background CPU	6%

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-$250 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	98.8% Outstanding	Memory 93 1-Core 144 2-Core 288 96% 175 Pts	4-Core 564 8-Core 799 86% 682 Pts	64-Core 786 49% 786 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 98.8% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 390-$325 82,117 User benchmarks, average bench 50% Gigabyte(1458 22BD) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1050 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 17.1.1 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	54.7% Above average	Lighting 66.8 Reflection 63.6 Parallax 81.7 54% 70.7 fps	MRender 62.5 Gravity 56.4 Splatting 79 55% 65.9 fps
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 54.7% Great: 52%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra Plus 128GB-$75 16,709 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 12GB free (System drive) Firmware: X2316RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 6322 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1428 (A6) Unknown 100 100 84 (A7) Unknown 100 100 41 (A8) Unknown 100 100 363 (A9) Unknown 100 100 184 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 247 (AE) Unknown 100 100 227 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 68 35 150324707360 (D4) Unknown 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 2071 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 32174 (F1) Unknown 253 253 11263 (F2) Unknown 253 253 9825 (F3) Unknown 100 100 0	59% Above average	Read 405 Write 145 Mixed 182 53% 244 MB/s	4K Read 25.5 4K Write 79 4K Mixed 17.3 103% 40.6 MB/s	DQ Read 27.1 DQ Write 147 DQ Mixed 12.5 32% 62.2 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 59% Great: 91%
WD Blue 2.5" 320GB (2009)-$80 42,987 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 183GB free Firmware: 11.01A11 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 186 185 1666 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1058 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5566 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 497 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 94 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 173 173 81488 (C2) HDA temperature 117 103 30 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 5 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	34.6% Below average	Read 60.1 Write 60 Mixed 58.2 45% 59.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 2.02 4K Mixed 0.42 104% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 34.6% Great: 41%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 126GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 157 148 5116 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3797 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 15217 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2202 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 232 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2202 (C2) HDA temperature 110 97 37 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	42.2% Average	Read 79.8 Write 67 Mixed 47.5 48% 64.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.34 94% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 42.2% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2400 C14 2x8GB-$42 66,222 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	76.3% Very good	MC Read 28.1 MC Write 29.2 MC Mixed 23.5 77% 26.9 GB/s	SC Read 17.8 SC Write 26.7 SC Mixed 23.4 65% 22.6 GB/s	Latency 62 64% 62 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 76.3% Great: 88%

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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 $250Bench 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 $76Bench 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: $823

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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