Asus MAXIMUS IX APEX

Performance Results


Gaming 97% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 88% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 94.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	98.6% 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	106% 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	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

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX APEX (all builds)
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 13 '20 at 09:24
Run Duration	135 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (70^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-$230 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 5.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	94.9% Outstanding	Memory 99.1 1-Core 162 2-Core 319 106% 193 Pts	4-Core 488 8-Core 878 82% 683 Pts	64-Core 870 54% 870 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 94.9% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85AA) CLim: 2088 MHz, MLim: 2750 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 457.30 Performing below potential (26^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	98.6% Outstanding	Lighting 123 Reflection 132 Parallax 123 101% 126 fps	MRender 113 Gravity 129 Splatting 107 94% 116 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 98.6% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 77GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 259 275 297 299 297 294 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	106% Outstanding	Read 468 Write 434 Mixed 384 SusWrite 287 88% 393 MB/s	4K Read 36.6 4K Write 97.2 4K Mixed 52 174% 61.9 MB/s	DQ Read 375 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 351 266% 356 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 124%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 672GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 152 150 151 152 150 151 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	99.5% Outstanding	Read 196 Write 208 Mixed 103 SusWrite 151 120% 164 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 1 208% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 99.5% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 790GB free Firmware: CC47 SusWrite @10s intervals: 170 180 185 185 185 187 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 174 Write 180 Mixed 85.5 SusWrite 182 114% 155 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.7 152% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C14 2x8GB 20,017 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 4000 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	125% Outstanding	MC Read 47.2 MC Write 51.3 MC Mixed 33.6 126% 44 GB/s	SC Read 26.3 SC Write 53.8 SC Mixed 36.6 111% 38.9 GB/s	Latency 40.7 98% 40.7 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 122%

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Gaming 106%

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Desktop 92%

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Workstation 90%

Nuclear submarine

Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS IX APEX

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $230Bench 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 $102Bench 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: $803

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $45	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