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Gaming 13% Tree trunk	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (32nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 68 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	6.72% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
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.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX APEX (all builds)
Memory	9.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 07 '21 at 20:44
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	CHE-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing below expectations (32^nd 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-$148 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.55 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	77.6% Very good	Memory 83.7 1-Core 139 2-Core 243 87% 155 Pts	4-Core 385 8-Core 706 65% 545 Pts	64-Core 695 43% 695 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 77.6% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake) 153,031 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 872F) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 30.0.100.9559 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	6.72% Terrible	Lighting 7.3 Reflection 7.1 Parallax 8.5 6% 7.63 fps	MRender 9.9 Gravity 7.9 Splatting 11.7 8% 9.83 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.72% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Supermicro SSD 127GB 38 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 63GB free (System drive) Firmware: SOB20R SusWrite @10s intervals: 36 44 42 44 46 46 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 60% Great: 87%
Samsung 970 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$170 93,447 User benchmarks, average bench 322% 841GB free Firmware: 1B2QEXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1732 452 542 501 583 518 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	242% Outstanding	Read 2,459 Write 2,105 Mixed 1,680 SusWrite 721 389% 1,741 MB/s	4K Read 45.4 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 63.5 206% 71.5 MB/s	DQ Read 831 DQ Write 737 DQ Mixed 784 588% 784 MB/s
Poor: 195% ↑ This bench: 242% Great: 393%

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 @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	65.6% Good	MC Read 26.1 MC Write 26 MC Mixed 19.9 69% 24 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 19.8 SC Mixed 13.8 45% 15.8 GB/s	Latency 74 54% 74 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 65.6% Great: 131%

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Typical MAXIMUS IX APEX Builds (Compare 508 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 107%

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Desktop 94%

Nuclear submarine

Workstation 91%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS IX APEX

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $148Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	287x
Core i7-6700KIntel $147Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	46x
Core i7-7700Intel $121Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	44x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $499Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	60x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	57x
GTX 1070Nvidia $170Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	41x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $75Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	17x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung $75Bench 199%, 240,629 samples	16x
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $90Bench 385%, 327,441 samples	14x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $42Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	28x
Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $33Bench 84%, 287,720 samples	23x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $48Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	13x

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