Asus MAXIMUS IX APEX

Performance Results


Gaming 120% UFO	Desktop 103% UFO	Workstation 100% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (89th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 11 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 98.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	119% 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	222% 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.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX APEX (all builds)
Memory	13.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 03 '19 at 21:10
Run Duration	209 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	6%

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PC Performing way above expectations (89^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-$241 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	98.6% Outstanding	Memory 96.5 1-Core 143 2-Core 281 96% 174 Pts	4-Core 554 8-Core 722 81% 638 Pts	64-Core 700 43% 700 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 98.6% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super)-$210 663,603 User benchmarks, average bench 115% Asus(1043 8728) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.41 Performing below potential (76^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	119% Outstanding	Lighting 158 Reflection 147 Parallax 149 129% 152 fps	MRender 181 Gravity 134 Splatting 108 112% 141 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 123%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 177GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1190 418 307 309 311 311 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	222% Outstanding	Read 1,813 Write 1,455 Mixed 570 SusWrite 474 239% 1,078 MB/s	4K Read 42.5 4K Write 168 4K Mixed 57 226% 89.1 MB/s	DQ Read 1,081 DQ Write 1,260 DQ Mixed 710 662% 1,017 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 222% Great: 236%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 38GB free Firmware: 60AABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 130 133 130 134 132 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	76.4% Very good	Read 392 Write 153 Mixed 194 SusWrite 131 48% 218 MB/s	4K Read 27.5 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 37.5 146% 57.2 MB/s	DQ Read 204 DQ Write 152 DQ Mixed 154 121% 170 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 76.4% Great: 73%
Intel 660p NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$74 163,917 User benchmarks, average bench 191% 948GB free Firmware: 002C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1431 1400 1394 1412 1404 1369 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	270% Outstanding	Read 1,396 Write 1,446 Mixed 996 SusWrite 1,402 295% 1,310 MB/s	4K Read 61.3 4K Write 192 4K Mixed 85.7 304% 113 MB/s	DQ Read 636 DQ Write 914 DQ Mixed 270 345% 606 MB/s
Poor: 127% ↑ This bench: 270% Great: 255%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB 30,943 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	95.5% Outstanding	MC Read 37.2 MC Write 36.5 MC Mixed 26.9 96% 33.5 GB/s	SC Read 21.9 SC Write 37.4 SC Mixed 30.3 85% 29.9 GB/s	Latency 52.2 77% 52.2 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 95.5% Great: 103%

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

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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 $241Bench 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 $107Bench 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: $814

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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 $40	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