Asus MAXIMUS IX APEX

Performance Results


Gaming 131% UFO	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 115% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 97.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	133% 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	93.1% 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

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX APEX (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 21 '17 at 02:16
Run Duration	223 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing above expectations (78^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 4.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	97.8% Outstanding	Memory 96.4 1-Core 160 2-Core 315 104% 190 Pts	4-Core 534 8-Core 866 86% 700 Pts	64-Core 853 53% 853 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 97.8% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Zotac(19DA 1471) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2800 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 385.28 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	133% Outstanding	Lighting 189 Reflection 205 Parallax 200 154% 198 fps	MRender 128 Gravity 185 Splatting 122 117% 145 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 133% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 40GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 33579 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 324 (B1) Unknown 91 91 102 (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 64 55 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 11 (EB) Unknown 99 99 204 (F1) Unknown 99 99 56252749533	93.1% Outstanding	Read 507 Write 334 Mixed 346 88% 396 MB/s	4K Read 43 4K Write 74.2 4K Mixed 26.3 138% 47.8 MB/s	DQ Read 336 DQ Write 190 DQ Mixed 23.9 82% 183 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 93.1% Great: 118%
Seagate ST9320325AS 320GB-$34 18,767 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 223GB free Firmware: 0002CE02 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 172 2300 (04) Start/Stop count 89 89 11157 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 64 64 26339 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1202 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 94 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 157 157 130664 (C2) HDA temperature 115 87 32 (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 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	57.7% Above average	Read 107 Write 93.6 Mixed 97.5 75% 99.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 1.69 4K Mixed 0.34 95% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 57.7% Great: 39%
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C 1TB-$40 97,793 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 255GB free Firmware: JP4OA39C Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 97 97 196612 (02) Throughput performance 136 136 93 (03) Spinup time 122 122 25790185782 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 10896 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 130 130 35 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 36662 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 494 (C0) Power-off retract count 87 87 15732 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 87 87 15732 (C2) HDA temperature 162 162 219044053029 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	52.6% Above average	Read 94.4 Write 88.8 Mixed 93.2 70% 92.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 1.27 4K Mixed 0.4 91% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 52.6% Great: 74%
Lexar USB Flash Drive 128GB 2,523 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 101GB free, PID a838, Lexar Jumpdrive P20 128GB Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	46.4% Average	Read 145 Write 97.8 Mixed 63.4 118% 102 MB/s	4K Read 5.58 4K Write 0.87 4K Mixed 0.67 73% 2.37 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 46.4% Great: 37%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$55 215,644 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2963 MHz Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	94.6% Outstanding	MC Read 36.4 MC Write 36.4 MC Mixed 26.5 95% 33.1 GB/s	SC Read 22.6 SC Write 36.4 SC Mixed 30.9 86% 30 GB/s	Latency 52.5 76% 52.5 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 94.6% Great: 107%

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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 $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: $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