Asus MAXIMUS IX APEX

Performance Results


Gaming 56% Gunboat	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 49% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (33rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 67 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	69% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	53.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Very high background CPU (64%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

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	23.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 26 '19 at 21:44
Run Duration	239 Seconds
Run User	SAU-User
Background CPU	64%

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PC Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700-$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 below expectations (24^th percentile)	73.1% Very good	Memory 91.7 1-Core 104 2-Core 190 76% 128 Pts	4-Core 294 8-Core 566 51% 430 Pts	64-Core 626 39% 626 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 73.1% 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: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 441.66 Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	69% Good	Lighting 79 Reflection 102 Parallax 105 64% 95.2 fps	MRender 130 Gravity 90.8 Splatting 74.7 78% 98.5 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 69% Great: 97%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 81GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFKB1D1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 195 92 31 132 12 13 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	53.2% Above average	Read 317 Write 184 Mixed 211 SusWrite 79.1 44% 198 MB/s	4K Read 17.4 4K Write 54 4K Mixed 22.4 84% 31.3 MB/s	DQ Read 230 DQ Write 222 DQ Mixed 114 116% 188 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 53.2% Great: 100%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 997GB 8,393 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 291GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 393 393 403 399 409 401 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	83.7% Excellent	Read 439 Write 409 Mixed 344 SusWrite 400 90% 398 MB/s	4K Read 18.3 4K Write 39.9 4K Mixed 27.2 84% 28.5 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 315 DQ Mixed 245 211% 313 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 83.7% Great: 134%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$37 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 188GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 141 143 146 145 140 141 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	76.6% Very good	Read 124 Write 54.7 Mixed 75.2 SusWrite 143 73% 99.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.7 135% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 76.6% 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 2.5 5.8 5.9 5.9 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	9.87% Terrible	Read 9.2 Write 8.7 Mixed 10.7 SusWrite 4.8 11% 8.35 MB/s	4K Read 3.1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 2.5 171% 2.6 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 9.87% 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 above expectations (80^th percentile)	85.5% Excellent	MC Read 32.3 MC Write 34.3 MC Mixed 27.8 90% 31.5 GB/s	SC Read 16.4 SC Write 25.8 SC Mixed 20.5 60% 20.9 GB/s	Latency 64.5 62% 64.5 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 85.5% Great: 94%

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

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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