Asus MAXIMUS IX APEX

Performance Results


Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 51% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 88.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	61.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	101% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX APEX (all builds)
Memory	23 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1842 x 1026 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170125
Uptime	3.2 Days
Run Date	Dec 01 '19 at 19:05
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	27%

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PC Performing above expectations (66^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-$242 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	88.8% Excellent	Memory 91.3 1-Core 138 2-Core 266 92% 165 Pts	4-Core 465 8-Core 688 72% 577 Pts	64-Core 694 43% 694 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.8% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 85AC) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2052 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 431.36 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	61.2% Good	Lighting 78.8 Reflection 79.3 Parallax 65.8 64% 74.7 fps	MRender 70.6 Gravity 72.5 Splatting 61.6 55% 68.2 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 61.2% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk S3512G 512GB 19,948 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 76GB free (System drive) Firmware: X6104000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 342 216 134 173 137 125 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Read 466 Write 425 Mixed 333 SusWrite 188 79% 353 MB/s	4K Read 35.8 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 50.4 179% 66.6 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 316 DQ Mixed 278 227% 324 MB/s
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 119%
Atto RAID00 2TB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 122% 599GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 242 193 190 186 185 187 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	146% Outstanding	Read 2,034 Write 200 Mixed 158 SusWrite 197 138% 647 MB/s	4K Read 113 4K Write 10.1 4K Mixed 1.6 178% 41.5 MB/s	DQ Read 142 DQ Write 107 DQ Mixed 4.3 36% 84.5 MB/s
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 146% Great: 146%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 249GB free Firmware: CC46 SusWrite @10s intervals: 179 178 178 173 178 173 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	87% Excellent	Read 127 Write 103 Mixed 71 SusWrite 176 87% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 1 176% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 87% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 387GB free Firmware: CC44 SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 97 97 94 99 94 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	59.4% Above average	Read 112 Write 110 Mixed 65.5 SusWrite 95.7 70% 95.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.9 154% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 59.4% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT16G4DFD824A.C16FDD 2x16GB 563 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	79.6% Very good	MC Read 27.8 MC Write 31 MC Mixed 25.7 80% 28.2 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 31.8 SC Mixed 24.1 69% 24.2 GB/s	Latency 65.3 61% 65.3 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 79.6% Great: 85%

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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