Asus MAXIMUS IX APEX

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (24th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 76 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 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	94% 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	210% 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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB 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 (46%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX APEX (all builds)
Memory	43.5 GB free of 64 GB @ 3.6 GHz
Display	720 x 1280 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Apr 05 '22 at 21:43
Run Duration	350 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	46%

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PC Performing below expectations (24^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 below expectations (10^th percentile)	74.9% Very good	Memory 93.3 1-Core 123 2-Core 192 81% 136 Pts	4-Core 306 8-Core 487 49% 396 Pts	64-Core 483 30% 483 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 74.9% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Gigabyte(1458 377E) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 511.79 Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	94% Outstanding	Lighting 114 Reflection 128 Parallax 120 93% 121 fps	MRender 105 Gravity 135 Splatting 112 96% 117 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 94% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 367,854 User benchmarks, average bench 276% 109GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 801 477 461 461 459 452 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	210% Outstanding	Read 1,884 Write 1,705 Mixed 1,401 SusWrite 518 308% 1,377 MB/s	4K Read 43 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 62.7 202% 70.5 MB/s	DQ Read 1,088 DQ Write 710 DQ Mixed 787 617% 862 MB/s
Poor: 178% ↑ This bench: 210% Great: 355%
FCCT256M4SSD1 256GB 628 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 315GB free Firmware: 070H SusWrite @10s intervals: 266 276 281 284 292 302 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	52.9% Above average	Read 371 Write 301 Mixed 156 SusWrite 284 62% 278 MB/s	4K Read 15.4 4K Write 29.5 4K Mixed 12.7 55% 19.2 MB/s	DQ Read 122 DQ Write 62.4 DQ Mixed 38.2 43% 74 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 52.9% Great: 75%
Intel 660p NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$74 163,917 User benchmarks, average bench 191% 330GB free Firmware: 002C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 696 101 134 102 100 101 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	149% Outstanding	Read 1,111 Write 1,114 Mixed 898 SusWrite 206 186% 832 MB/s	4K Read 41.2 4K Write 132 4K Mixed 56.6 205% 76.6 MB/s	DQ Read 622 DQ Write 683 DQ Mixed 267 308% 524 MB/s
Poor: 127% ↑ This bench: 149% Great: 255%
Intel 660p NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$74 163,917 User benchmarks, average bench 191% 623GB free Firmware: 002C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 978 1087 1074 1079 1043 825 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	191% Outstanding	Read 1,120 Write 1,162 Mixed 868 SusWrite 1,014 234% 1,041 MB/s	4K Read 39.1 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 52.2 182% 65.4 MB/s	DQ Read 513 DQ Write 744 DQ Mixed 269 304% 509 MB/s
Poor: 127% ↑ This bench: 191% Great: 255%
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$95 455,997 User benchmarks, average bench 310% 875GB free Firmware: 3B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1567 1659 1647 1531 1654 1651 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	275% Outstanding	Read 1,842 Write 1,520 Mixed 1,727 SusWrite 1618 378% 1,677 MB/s	4K Read 52.2 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 60 211% 71.9 MB/s	DQ Read 985 DQ Write 693 DQ Mixed 775 596% 818 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 275% Great: 410%
FCR-HS3 -0 4GB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 4GB free, PID 6348 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 1.8 1.9 2.2 2.3 3 3 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	7.71% Terrible	Read 24.3 Write 4.2 Mixed 4.2 SusWrite 2.3 8% 8.75 MB/s	4K Read 3.9 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 1.4 93% 2.07 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 7.71% Great: 22%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMW64GX4M2D3600C18 2x31.5GB 4,599 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 2 of 4 slots used 63GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3600 MHz Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	85.3% Excellent	MC Read 26.7 MC Write 36.1 MC Mixed 30.5 89% 31.1 GB/s	SC Read 15 SC Write 28.4 SC Mixed 22 62% 21.8 GB/s	Latency 61.4 65% 61.4 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 85.3% Great: 127%

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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	42x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	56x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	55x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	39x

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 $106Bench 394%, 276,089 samples	14x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $48Bench 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: 72% - Very good

Total price: $808

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	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