Asus MAXIMUS IX APEX

Performance Results


Gaming 132% UFO	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 114% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (86th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 14 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 97.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	133% 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	266% 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

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX APEX (all builds)
Memory	10.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 22 '18 at 14:51
Run Duration	212 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing way above expectations (86^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 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	97.2% Outstanding	Memory 97.5 1-Core 144 2-Core 268 96% 170 Pts	4-Core 521 8-Core 794 82% 658 Pts	64-Core 798 49% 798 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 97.2% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 3752) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 398.11 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	133% Outstanding	Lighting 187 Reflection 210 Parallax 182 152% 193 fps	MRender 133 Gravity 182 Splatting 131 120% 149 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 133% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Optane+5.4TBHDD 3.5TB free Firmware: 16.0 Max speed: Unknown Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples

Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 283GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	266% Outstanding	Read 2,895 Write 1,398 Mixed 1,432 419% 1,908 MB/s	4K Read 53.2 4K Write 91.9 4K Mixed 43.6 185% 62.9 MB/s	DQ Read 256 DQ Write 165 DQ Mixed 89.3 99% 170 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 266% Great: 254%
Samsung 750 EVO 500GB 31,052 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 207GB free Firmware: MAT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 11983 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1212 (B1) Unknown 98 98 7 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 99 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 49 28 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 157 (EB) Unknown 99 99 163 (F1) Unknown 99 99 7817343143
Poor: 77% Great: 123%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 614GB free Firmware: CC52 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 108 99 19268224 (03) Spinup time 93 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6668 (05) Reallocated sector count 88 88 16152 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 8526030 (09) Power-on hours count 68 68 28086 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2511 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BC) Unknown 100 98 34360262664 (BD) vendor-specific 97 97 3 (BE) vendor-specific 65 50 9178906659 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 422 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 81 81 38433 (C2) HDA temperature 35 50 -140737488355293 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 16 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 16 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 46351287071199 (F1) Unknown 100 253 23517338298 (F2) Unknown 100 253 47473184694	79.4% Very good	Read 153 Write 124 Mixed 110 97% 129 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.06 4K Mixed 0.18 58% 0.56 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 79.4% Great: 96%
ASMT 2115 4TB 452 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 2.5TB free, PID 1153 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	60.5% Good	Read 145 Write 141 Mixed 114 168% 133 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 2.83 4K Mixed 0.35 110% 1.24 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 60.5% Great: 75%
ASMT 2115 4TB 34 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 2.5TB free, PID null Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	80% Very good	Read 172 Write 187 Mixed 101 193% 154 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 4.57 4K Mixed 0.41 172% 1.88 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 80%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB 1,518 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	MC Read 39.4 MC Write 40.6 MC Mixed 29.1 104% 36.4 GB/s	SC Read 23.3 SC Write 43.8 SC Mixed 33.4 96% 33.5 GB/s	Latency 48.2 83% 48.2 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 108%

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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 $35Bench 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