Asus MAXIMUS IX APEX

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 78%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 94%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 68%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 94.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics80.4% 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 DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardAsus MAXIMUS IX APEX  (all builds)
Memory11.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170731
Uptime0.1 Days
Run DateOct 11 '17 at 22:33
Run Duration206 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU8%
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 PC Performing above expectations (78th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-7700K-$241
LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
94.3% Outstanding
Memory 97.3
1-Core 143
2-Core 282
97% 174 Pts
4-Core 492
8-Core 781
78% 636 Pts
64-Core 784
48% 784 Pts
Poor: 71%
This bench: 94.3%
Great: 92%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 385.69
Performing below potential (58th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
80.4% Excellent
Lighting 100
Reflection 111
Parallax 94.1
82% 102 fps
MRender 95.7
Gravity 92.1
Splatting 97.5
78% 95.1 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 80.4%
Great: 88%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$40
577GB free (System drive)
Firmware: MX4OABS0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing as expected (52nd percentile)
89.6% Excellent
Read 160
Write 152
Mixed 148
116% 154 MB/s
4K Read 0.67
4K Write 1.46
4K Mixed 0.2
78% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 49%
This bench: 89.6%
Great: 108%
CENTON 16GB
10GB free, PID 1000
Operating at USB 2.0 Speed
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
7.64% Terrible
Read 28.1
Write 7.77
Mixed 10.3
16% 15.4 MB/s
4K Read 7.85
4K Write 0.007
4K Mixed 0.006
30% 2.62 MB/s
Poor: 4%
This bench: 7.64%
Great: 7%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$55
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz
Performing above expectations (82nd percentile)
98.3% Outstanding
MC Read 37.5
MC Write 37.2
MC Mixed 28.3
98% 34.3 GB/s
SC Read 22.5
SC Write 39.3
SC Mixed 31.9
89% 31.2 GB/s
Latency 49.2
81% 49.2 ns
Poor: 60%
This bench: 98.3%
Great: 107%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical MAXIMUS IX APEX Builds (Compare 483 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 106%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 92%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 90%
Nuclear submarine

Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS IX APEX

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 73% - Very good Total price: $814
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