Asus MAXIMUS IX APEX

Performance Results


Gaming 99% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 97% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 87% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 94.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	103% 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	55.2% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX APEX (all builds)
Memory	11 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161228
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 24 '18 at 06:14
Run Duration	177 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing as expected (54^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 5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	94.3% Outstanding	Memory 94.3 1-Core 147 2-Core 286 97% 176 Pts	4-Core 507 8-Core 823 81% 665 Pts	64-Core 855 53% 855 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 94.3% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Nvidia(10DE 119E) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing below potential (61^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	103% Outstanding	Lighting 134 Reflection 145 Parallax 125 109% 135 fps	MRender 112 Gravity 128 Splatting 105 94% 115 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS1311 480GB-$31 13,149 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 371GB free Firmware: CS131122 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 9006 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 842 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 452 (AD) Unknown 100 100 524312 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 61 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 5953	86.3% Excellent	Read 519 Write 352 Mixed 355 90% 408 MB/s	4K Read 34.7 4K Write 83.5 4K Mixed 10.7 110% 43 MB/s	DQ Read 354 DQ Write 238 DQ Mixed 49.5 104% 214 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 86.3% Great: 101%
SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB-$42 87,912 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 22GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z32080RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 6813 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 405 (A5) Unknown 100 100 44732832295932 (A6) Unknown 100 100 2 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 479 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 124 (AE) Unknown 100 100 30 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 54 36 274877906990 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 16119128395433 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 14913 (EA) Unknown 100 100 52780 (F1) Unknown 253 253 41637 (F2) Unknown 253 253 2644 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	55.2% Above average	Read 401 Write 36.3 Mixed 144 42% 194 MB/s	4K Read 28.4 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 6.2 104% 45.2 MB/s	DQ Read 165 DQ Write 202 DQ Mixed 3.9 53% 123 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 55.2% Great: 78%
Samsung HD253GJ 250GB 4,131 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 93GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 56 56 2151 (03) Spinup time 84 83 5070 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 8059 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 36585 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 795 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (BF) G-sense error rate 252 252 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 8068 (C2) HDA temperature 64 57 188979281949 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 1 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 36585 (F1) Unknown 96 94 5423939 (F2) Unknown 99 94 2475404 (FE) Unknown 100 100 1	61.3% Good	Read 107 Write 107 Mixed 97.9 78% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 2.41 4K Mixed 0.55 132% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 61.3% Great: 75%
Samsung HD105SI 1TB 5,813 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 42GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 8 (02) Throughput performance 55 55 11293 (03) Spinup time 75 74 7836 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3918 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6276 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 45 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 436 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 2 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 59 201864511517 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 44 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 45 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 3974	31.7% Below average	Read 54.2 Write 56 Mixed 50.3 40% 53.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.75 4K Mixed 0.33 92% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 31.7% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
PNY 8GBF2X04JEEE36-12-K 2x8GB 775 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	81.6% Excellent	MC Read 29.8 MC Write 31 MC Mixed 25.7 82% 28.8 GB/s	SC Read 18.7 SC Write 30.6 SC Mixed 23.7 70% 24.3 GB/s	Latency 59 68% 59 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 87%

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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