Asus MAXIMUS IX APEX

Performance Results


Gaming 117% UFO	Desktop 105% UFO	Workstation 101% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 100%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	113% 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	87.1% 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

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX APEX (all builds)
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 16 '18 at 22:39
Run Duration	216 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd 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-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	100% Outstanding	Memory 98.4 1-Core 153 2-Core 303 102% 185 Pts	4-Core 546 8-Core 838 86% 692 Pts	64-Core 836 52% 836 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 92%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6593) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 388.43 Performing below potential (12^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	113% Outstanding	Lighting 143 Reflection 171 Parallax 134 116% 149 fps	MRender 131 Gravity 177 Splatting 129 118% 146 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 133%
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake) 153,031 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 872F) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 23.20.16.4973 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	8.12% Terrible	Lighting 8.5 Reflection 12.2 Parallax 8.34 7% 9.68 fps	MRender 12.8 Gravity 7.63 Splatting 16.4 10% 12.3 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 8.12% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 324GB free Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 16173 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1277 (B1) Unknown 86 86 161 (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 76 63 24 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 231 (F1) Unknown 99 99 105849623321	98.4% Outstanding	Read 510 Write 351 Mixed 359 90% 407 MB/s	4K Read 44.9 4K Write 79.1 4K Mixed 29.5 148% 51.2 MB/s	DQ Read 354 DQ Write 225 DQ Mixed 101 126% 227 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 98.4% Great: 126%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 181GB free Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	242% Outstanding	Read 2,064 Write 1,191 Mixed 1,210 328% 1,488 MB/s	4K Read 57 4K Write 133 4K Mixed 47.5 218% 79.1 MB/s	DQ Read 560 DQ Write 405 DQ Mixed 208 230% 391 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 242% Great: 236%
PNY SSD2SC240GD4DH08B-T 240GB 115 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 153GB free (System drive) Firmware: 507ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 110 110 44030149 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 131237020697123 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1325 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 660 (B1) Unknown 0 0 4 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 25 47 60132622361 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 44030149 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 44030149 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 44030149 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 31138 (EA) Unknown 0 0 7617 (F1) Unknown 0 0 7617 (F2) Unknown 0 0 7601	87.1% Excellent	Read 506 Write 258 Mixed 320 80% 361 MB/s	4K Read 32.1 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 25.7 138% 54.9 MB/s	DQ Read 251 DQ Write 215 DQ Mixed 37 81% 168 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 95%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 137GB free Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	248% Outstanding	Read 2,111 Write 1,250 Mixed 1,200 335% 1,520 MB/s	4K Read 57.8 4K Write 131 4K Mixed 47.1 217% 78.6 MB/s	DQ Read 569 DQ Write 423 DQ Mixed 218 238% 403 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 248% Great: 236%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 36GB free Firmware: EMT03B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1980 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 212 (B1) Unknown 99 99 3 (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 72 59 28 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 63 (F1) Unknown 99 99 2815264525	117% Outstanding	Read 517 Write 415 Mixed 423 100% 452 MB/s	4K Read 45.3 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 50.6 188% 66.2 MB/s	DQ Read 347 DQ Write 258 DQ Mixed 129 144% 245 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 134%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3600 C16 2x8GB 11,301 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	MC Read 41.8 MC Write 42.1 MC Mixed 30.9 109% 38.3 GB/s	SC Read 24.3 SC Write 43 SC Mixed 34.9 97% 34.1 GB/s	Latency 44 91% 44 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 124%

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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 $230Bench 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 $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	16x
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $104Bench 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 $36Bench 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: $803

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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