Asus MAXIMUS IX APEX

Performance Results


Gaming 104% UFO	Desktop 105% UFO	Workstation 90% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall 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.
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 106%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	95.5% 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	86.8% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX APEX (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 4.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 08 '18 at 20:18
Run Duration	192 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (78^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 4.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Memory 99.3 1-Core 159 2-Core 316 105% 192 Pts	4-Core 602 8-Core 878 92% 740 Pts	64-Core 866 54% 866 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Gigabyte(1458 36DD) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1652 MHz, MLim: 2006 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 416.64 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.5% Outstanding	Lighting 124 Reflection 127 Parallax 114 101% 122 fps	MRender 108 Gravity 111 Splatting 92.7 84% 104 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 95.5% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SM2280S3G2120G 120GB 4,240 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 20GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM01.W SusWrite @10s intervals: 151 135 120 117 113 110 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	86.8% Excellent	Read 519 Write 197 Mixed 235 SusWrite 124 59% 269 MB/s	4K Read 32.9 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 40.3 166% 64.8 MB/s	DQ Read 316 DQ Write 45.9 DQ Mixed 134 110% 165 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 86.8% Great: 89%
Crucial M500 240GB-$54 31,779 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 39GB free Firmware: MU03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 257 173 129 123 117 106 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	90% Excellent	Read 445 Write 266 Mixed 305 SusWrite 151 65% 292 MB/s	4K Read 27.5 4K Write 133 4K Mixed 41.1 165% 67.3 MB/s	DQ Read 308 DQ Write 260 DQ Mixed 179 163% 249 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 90% Great: 91%
SanDisk Ultra Plus 256GB-$139 17,545 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 92GB free Firmware: X2306RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 402 437 450 452 452 452 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 500 Write 450 Mixed 231 SusWrite 441 91% 405 MB/s	4K Read 34.7 4K Write 126 4K Mixed 39.8 170% 66.7 MB/s	DQ Read 326 DQ Write 216 DQ Mixed 126 133% 223 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 99%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 50GB free Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,052 Write 1,789 Mixed 817 343% 1,553 MB/s	4K Read 45.7 4K Write 235 4K Mixed 66.2 278% 116 MB/s	DQ Read 1,015 DQ Write 1373 DQ Mixed 1,046 832% 1,145 MB/s
Poor: 153% Great: 254%
WD Red 2TB (2012)-$82 64,359 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 428GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 82 83 84 84 84 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	58.1% Above average	Read 119 Write 111 Mixed 81 SusWrite 83.1 73% 98.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 197% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 58.1% Great: 86%
WD Red 2TB (2012)-$82 64,359 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 305GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 83 84 84 84 85 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	47.8% Average	Read 82.5 Write 87.2 Mixed 67.3 SusWrite 83.7 59% 80.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 176% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 47.8% Great: 86%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 4133 C19 2x8GB 567 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 4133 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	132% Outstanding	MC Read 51.1 MC Write 52.6 MC Mixed 36.4 133% 46.7 GB/s	SC Read 27.8 SC Write 53.5 SC Mixed 38.3 114% 39.9 GB/s	Latency 39.1 102% 39.1 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 132% Great: 131%

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

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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 $90Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	16x
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $107Bench 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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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