Asus MAXIMUS IX APEX

Performance Results


Gaming 47% Yacht	Desktop 109% UFO	Workstation 42% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 107%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	35.8% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	298% 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX APEX (all builds)
Memory	13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 4.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170731
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Oct 13 '17 at 01:16
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (81^st 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-$235 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Memory 99.1 1-Core 156 2-Core 311 104% 189 Pts	4-Core 623 8-Core 869 94% 746 Pts	64-Core 870 54% 870 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4995) CLim: 1673 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 387.92 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	35.8% Below average	Lighting 11.2 Reflection 128 Parallax 128 9% 89.2 fps	MRender 108 Gravity 109 Splatting 105 88% 107 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 35.8% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 480GB 11,256 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 225GB free Firmware: 1.0.00 Max speed: Unknown Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	122% Outstanding	Read 907 Write 566 Mixed 711 161% 728 MB/s	4K Read 36.9 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 32.5 159% 62 MB/s	DQ Read 36.7 DQ Write 123 DQ Mixed 20.6 33% 60.2 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 182%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 59GB 14 User benchmarks, average bench 279% 29GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0.00 Max speed: Unknown Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	298% Outstanding	Read 2,536 Write 558 Mixed 933 290% 1,342 MB/s	4K Read 191 4K Write 135 4K Mixed 102 491% 142 MB/s	DQ Read 213 DQ Write 534 DQ Mixed 102 155% 283 MB/s
Poor: 254% ↑ This bench: 298% Great: 330%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 853GB free Firmware: JB0OA3T0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 120 100 98784247810 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 613 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 593 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 507 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 458752 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 53 455082016 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 34 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 5374034 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 18156 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	67.5% Good	Read 117 Write 118 Mixed 116 88% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.44 4K Mixed 0.15 64% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 67.5% Great: 75%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 750GB (2010)-$70 21,848 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 550GB free Firmware: 0001SDM5 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 109 99 24797656 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10759 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 31587716 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 13649 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5382 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 6 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 47 589168674 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 218 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 448 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 214088 (C2) HDA temperature 34 53 47244640290 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 109 99 24797656 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -116170275418519 (F1) Unknown 100 253 41141951 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2313627242 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	58.3% Above average	Read 103 Write 100 Mixed 93.2 74% 98.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 0.79 4K Mixed 0.27 67% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 58.3% Great: 62%

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 @ 4216 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	MC Read 42 MC Write 48.2 MC Mixed 33.6 118% 41.3 GB/s	SC Read 18 SC Write 50.1 SC Mixed 36.9 100% 35 GB/s	Latency 40.5 99% 40.5 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 125%

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Gaming 107%

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Desktop 94%

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Workstation 91%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS IX APEX

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $235Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	275x
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
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $86Bench 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 $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: 79% - Very good

Total price: $854

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	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