Asus MAXIMUS IX APEX

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 93.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	79.7% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	79.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

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Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX APEX (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 22 '17 at 04:41
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	21%

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PC Performing above expectations (66^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 (97^th percentile)	93.5% Outstanding	Memory 91.7 1-Core 143 2-Core 282 95% 172 Pts	4-Core 513 8-Core 788 80% 651 Pts	64-Core 773 48% 773 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 93.5% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% MSI(1462 3301) CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 385.41 Performing below potential (58^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	79.7% Very good	Lighting 99.1 Reflection 111 Parallax 93.2 81% 101 fps	MRender 95.1 Gravity 91.9 Splatting 97.2 78% 94.8 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 79.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Spcc Solid State Disk 120GB 22,489 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 70GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFD00.3 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4494 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 530 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 97 97 67 (AD) Unknown 100 100 5177469 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 187 (C2) HDA temperature 67 67 141736083489 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 92 (F1) Unknown 100 100 4921	79.9% Very good	Read 482 Write 360 Mixed 428 94% 423 MB/s	4K Read 32.5 4K Write 52.1 4K Mixed 10.7 90% 31.7 MB/s	DQ Read 299 DQ Write 288 DQ Mixed 14.7 88% 200 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 79.9% Great: 83%
Seagate BUP Slim SL 1TB 4,641 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 745GB free Firmware: 0302 Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	46.6% Average	Read 64.4 Write 98.1 Mixed 81 61% 81.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.12 4K Write 0.71 4K Mixed 0.1 29% 0.31 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 46.6% Great: 63%
Seagate ST9640320AS 640GB-$270 5,562 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 180GB free Firmware: 0001DEM1 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 115805010 (03) Spinup time 100 98 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2943 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 65 60 253618855908 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6615 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2662 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 97 97 3 (BC) Unknown 100 99 12885295135 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 75 39 408442699801 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 760 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 160 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 62 62 76471 (C2) HDA temperature 25 61 47244640281 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 51 39 115805010 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -36103495085320 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3341062240 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1930690370 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	28.3% Poor	Read 49.7 Write 48.8 Mixed 47 36% 48.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 0.69 4K Mixed 0.38 74% 0.51 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 28.3% Great: 49%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Aegis DDR4 2133 C15 1x16GB 1,705 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 1 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	40.4% Average	MC Read 14.4 MC Write 13.9 MC Mixed 11.5 38% 13.3 GB/s	SC Read 10.6 SC Write 13.1 SC Mixed 13.4 35% 12.4 GB/s	Latency 64.7 62% 64.7 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 40.4% Great: 44%

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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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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 $46

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