Asus MAXIMUS IX APEX

Performance Results


Gaming 139% UFO	Desktop 105% UFO	Workstation 122% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 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 102%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	136% 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	116% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX APEX (all builds)
Memory	13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170731
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 12 '17 at 09:57
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing above expectations (84^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 5.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Memory 99.2 1-Core 162 2-Core 324 107% 195 Pts	4-Core 562 8-Core 895 90% 728 Pts	64-Core 896 55% 896 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6696) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 384.94 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	136% Outstanding	Lighting 194 Reflection 207 Parallax 189 158% 197 fps	MRender 131 Gravity 185 Splatting 129 120% 148 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 136% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 1TB-$210 25,365 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 926GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 236 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 245 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 60 49 40 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 133 (F1) Unknown 99 99 1501926432	116% Outstanding	Read 512 Write 487 Mixed 508 112% 502 MB/s	4K Read 28.1 4K Write 133 4K Mixed 41 166% 67.5 MB/s	DQ Read 363 DQ Write 343 DQ Mixed 167 176% 291 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 124%
Corsair Force LE 240GB-$85 14,954 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 202GB free Firmware: SAFC12.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4593 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2261 (A2) Unknown 100 100 208 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1114142 (AE) Unknown 100 100 911 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 911 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 99 (F1) Unknown 100 100 6305 (F2) Unknown 100 100 7395	74.9% Very good	Read 504 Write 339 Mixed 360 89% 401 MB/s	4K Read 26.7 4K Write 87.7 4K Mixed 9.85 100% 41.4 MB/s	DQ Read 28.8 DQ Write 243 DQ Mixed 43.2 61% 105 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 74.9% Great: 97%
Seagate ST500LM012 HN-M500MBB 500GB 47,588 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 411GB free Firmware: 2AR10002 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 6269 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 90 62 3049 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5762 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 18175 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 83 83 17396 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4149 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 383 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 62 42 253403594790 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 1 (C8) Write error rate 1 1 39150 (DF) Load/unload retry count 83 83 17396 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 77 77 240719	58.9% Above average	Read 102 Write 104 Mixed 97.9 76% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.61 4K Mixed 0.35 88% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 58.9% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 4266 C19 2x8GB 738 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 4000 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	126% Outstanding	MC Read 49.2 MC Write 48.9 MC Mixed 34.9 127% 44.3 GB/s	SC Read 27.2 SC Write 50.6 SC Mixed 37.8 110% 38.5 GB/s	Latency 39.9 100% 39.9 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 125%

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Gaming 106%

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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 $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