Asus MAXIMUS IX APEX

Performance Results


Gaming 88% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 76% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 90%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	92.5% 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	64.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX APEX (all builds)
Memory	29.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 03 '19 at 11:32
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	SAU-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700-$167 256,717 User benchmarks, average bench 76% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	90% Outstanding	Memory 95.7 1-Core 136 2-Core 263 92% 165 Pts	4-Core 455 8-Core 724 72% 589 Pts	64-Core 731 45% 731 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 90% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$287 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% Zotac(19DA 4520) CLim: 2250 MHz, MLim: 4050 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 441.20 Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	92.5% Outstanding	Lighting 116 Reflection 112 Parallax 119 94% 116 fps	MRender 154 Gravity 99.7 Splatting 85.7 89% 113 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 92.5% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 89GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFKB1D1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 202 153 33 133 33 120 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	64.9% Good	Read 336 Write 130 Mixed 216 SusWrite 112 44% 199 MB/s	4K Read 24.3 4K Write 79.4 4K Mixed 28 115% 43.9 MB/s	DQ Read 225 DQ Write 214 DQ Mixed 119 117% 186 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 64.9% Great: 100%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 997GB 8,393 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 350GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 442 382 461 471 466 472 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 451 Write 404 Mixed 352 SusWrite 449 93% 414 MB/s	4K Read 31.7 4K Write 70.9 4K Mixed 40 137% 47.5 MB/s	DQ Read 376 DQ Write 326 DQ Mixed 273 226% 325 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 134%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$37 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 188GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 136 138 139 139 139 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	77.3% Very good	Read 132 Write 124 Mixed 81 SusWrite 138 87% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.6 128% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 77.3% Great: 113%
SanDisk Cruzer Blade 8GB 30,139 User benchmarks, average bench 10% 7GB free, PID 5567 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 2.5 4 4.9 5.6 6.4 6 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	10.5% Very poor	Read 13 Write 6.7 Mixed 10.2 SusWrite 4.9 11% 8.7 MB/s	4K Read 3.3 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 2.6 176% 2.7 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 10.5% Great: 13%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 2666 C16 2x16GB-$74 29,684 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3007 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	98.9% Outstanding	MC Read 37.1 MC Write 37.8 MC Mixed 29.7 100% 34.9 GB/s	SC Read 22.1 SC Write 41.9 SC Mixed 29.7 89% 31.2 GB/s	Latency 54.9 73% 54.9 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 98.9% Great: 94%

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Workstation 77%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS IX APEX

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $248Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	278x
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 $93Bench 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 $107Bench 394%, 276,089 samples	14x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	26x
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: 109% - Outstanding

Total price: $584

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16