Asus MAXIMUS IX APEX

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 65% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	85.3% 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	58% 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.

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	29.1 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 21:53
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	SAU-User
Background CPU	10%

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PC Performing as expected (53^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 way above expectations (97^th percentile)	84.1% Excellent	Memory 93.7 1-Core 125 2-Core 218 84% 146 Pts	4-Core 403 8-Core 591 62% 497 Pts	64-Core 672 42% 672 Pts
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 84.1% Great: 84%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$273 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% Zotac(19DA 4520) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 441.66 Performing below potential (22^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	85.3% Excellent	Lighting 108 Reflection 104 Parallax 99 88% 104 fps	MRender 132 Gravity 93.2 Splatting 78 80% 101 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 85.3% 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: 210 208 55 74 82 27 MB/s Performing below potential (38^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	58% Above average	Read 198 Write 97.3 Mixed 202 SusWrite 109 34% 152 MB/s	4K Read 23.4 4K Write 71.4 4K Mixed 28.7 110% 41.2 MB/s	DQ Read 226 DQ Write 212 DQ Mixed 117 116% 185 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 58% Great: 100%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 997GB 8,393 User benchmarks, average bench 99% 291GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 415 429 444 450 454 446 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	88.9% Excellent	Read 437 Write 402 Mixed 347 SusWrite 440 92% 406 MB/s	4K Read 22.4 4K Write 45.6 4K Mixed 28.2 94% 32.1 MB/s	DQ Read 366 DQ Write 323 DQ Mixed 276 225% 321 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 88.9% Great: 134%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$37 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 188GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 139 137 139 137 139 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	75.3% Very good	Read 125 Write 121 Mixed 73.2 SusWrite 137 84% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.6 128% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 75.3% 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: 5.2 6.3 6.4 6.4 6.4 6.1 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	10.8% Very poor	Read 13 Write 8.5 Mixed 9.8 SusWrite 6.1 12% 9.35 MB/s	4K Read 3.4 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0 87% 1.87 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 10.8% 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 (92^nd percentile)	91% Outstanding	MC Read 34.1 MC Write 36 MC Mixed 28.8 94% 33 GB/s	SC Read 17.4 SC Write 31.9 SC Mixed 24.7 70% 24.7 GB/s	Latency 60.5 66% 60.5 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 91% Great: 94%

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Desktop 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 $103Bench 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 $35Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	23x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	13x

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Value: 108% - Outstanding

Total price: $594

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