Asus MAXIMUS IX APEX

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 80% Battleship	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 68% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (90th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 10 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 89%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	88.8% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161222
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 05 '19 at 23:42
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

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PC Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$170 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	89% Excellent	Memory 95.9 1-Core 133 2-Core 247 90% 158 Pts	4-Core 443 8-Core 666 69% 555 Pts	64-Core 710 44% 710 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 89% Great: 90%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 1070-$278 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6276) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.35 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	88.8% Excellent	Lighting 114 Reflection 117 Parallax 98.9 93% 110 fps	MRender 97.8 Gravity 90.8 Splatting 104 80% 97.4 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.8% Great: 88%
Intel HD 530 (Desktop Skylake) 188,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 872F) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 25.20.100.6373 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.61% Terrible	Lighting 7.9 Reflection 11.5 Parallax 7.88 6% 9.09 fps	MRender 11.9 Gravity 7.13 Splatting 15.7 10% 11.6 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.61% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 24GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 485 Write 468 Mixed 384 99% 446 MB/s	4K Read 47.3 4K Write 127 4K Mixed 63.5 220% 79.2 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 359 270% 362 MB/s
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 4TB 165 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 3TB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 184 184 187 191 187 186 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 174 Write 175 Mixed 73.7 SusWrite 186 111% 152 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 147% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$45 606,405 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	89.2% Excellent	MC Read 34.4 MC Write 35 MC Mixed 26 91% 31.8 GB/s	SC Read 19.5 SC Write 31.8 SC Mixed 24.6 72% 25.3 GB/s	Latency 54.5 74% 54.5 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 89.2% Great: 104%

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Desktop 94%

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Workstation 77%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS IX APEX

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $247Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	279x
Core i7-6700KIntel $170Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	44x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	43x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	57x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	56x
GTX 1070Nvidia $278Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	40x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $103Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	17x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung $45Bench 199%, 240,629 samples	16x
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $105Bench 394%, 276,089 samples	14x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	26x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $35Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	23x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	13x

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Value: 108% - Outstanding

Total price: $589

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16