Asus MAXIMUS IX APEX

Performance Results


Gaming 86% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 76% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 92.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	87.1% 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	234% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX APEX (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 22 '19 at 18:24
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	92.4% Outstanding	Memory 98.5 1-Core 141 2-Core 282 97% 174 Pts	4-Core 465 8-Core 787 76% 626 Pts	64-Core 789 49% 789 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 92.4% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 5171) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2126 MHz, MLim: 2064 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.20 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	87.1% Excellent	Lighting 108 Reflection 120 Parallax 102 88% 110 fps	MRender 101 Gravity 102 Splatting 108 85% 104 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 338GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 814 634 631 628 629 628 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	234% Outstanding	Read 1,989 Write 1,749 Mixed 662 SusWrite 661 281% 1,265 MB/s	4K Read 45.4 4K Write 142 4K Mixed 60.5 222% 82.8 MB/s	DQ Read 1,106 DQ Write 943 DQ Mixed 484 510% 844 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 234% Great: 254%
Spcc Solid State Disk 1TB 17,192 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 299GB free Firmware: R0817B0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 412 438 143 180 50 222 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	86.8% Excellent	Read 516 Write 437 Mixed 399 SusWrite 241 89% 398 MB/s	4K Read 29.4 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 25.2 141% 58.4 MB/s	DQ Read 124 DQ Write 330 DQ Mixed 33.9 81% 163 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 86.8% Great: 101%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 563GB free Firmware: CC47 SusWrite @10s intervals: 182 188 188 187 189 186 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 184 Write 193 Mixed 87.5 SusWrite 187 119% 163 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.7 148% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C14 2x8GB 2,584 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3395 MHz Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	106% Outstanding	MC Read 41.1 MC Write 40 MC Mixed 30.5 106% 37.2 GB/s	SC Read 23.9 SC Write 40.7 SC Mixed 33 93% 32.5 GB/s	Latency 43.6 92% 43.6 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 119%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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 $242Bench 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: $815

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	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) $30	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