Asus MAXIMUS IX APEX

Performance Results


Gaming 102% UFO	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 88% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 98.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	99% 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	192% 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.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX APEX (all builds)
Memory	13.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171226
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 06 '18 at 01:55
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd 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 (100^th percentile)	98.9% Outstanding	Memory 98.4 1-Core 144 2-Core 288 98% 177 Pts	4-Core 536 8-Core 801 83% 669 Pts	64-Core 802 50% 802 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 98.9% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX Vega-64-$400 91,676 User benchmarks, average bench 87% AMD(1002 6B76) CLim: 1630 MHz, MLim: 945 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 18.2.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	99% Outstanding	Lighting 124 Reflection 93.1 Parallax 170 101% 129 fps	MRender 90 Gravity 120 Splatting 131 95% 114 fps
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 99% Great: 94%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 87GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	192% Outstanding	Read 1,933 Write 884 Mixed 1,058 284% 1,292 MB/s	4K Read 48.9 4K Write 150 4K Mixed 30.4 192% 76.4 MB/s	DQ Read 50.6 DQ Write 181 DQ Mixed 30.3 48% 87.3 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 192% Great: 243%
OCZ Vector 180 480GB-$140 1,103 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 82GB free Firmware: 1.01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 0 0 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 7007 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 900 (AB) Unknown 100 100 162810192 (AE) Unknown 100 100 106 (BE) vendor-specific 100 100 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (D0) Spin buzz 100 100 56 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 1 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 99 99 99 (F1) Unknown 100 100 15166 (F2) Unknown 100 100 5315 (F9) Unknown 100 100 509875243	110% Outstanding	Read 521 Write 505 Mixed 502 114% 509 MB/s	4K Read 25.9 4K Write 110 4K Mixed 34.9 142% 57 MB/s	DQ Read 369 DQ Write 303 DQ Mixed 20.4 101% 231 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 110%
Samsung 850 EVO M.2 500GB 25,072 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 78GB free Firmware: EMT21B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2205 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 297 (B1) Unknown 99 99 11 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 45 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 80 (F1) Unknown 99 99 11389434381	105% Outstanding	Read 521 Write 414 Mixed 427 101% 454 MB/s	4K Read 45.5 4K Write 93.9 4K Mixed 48.5 181% 62.6 MB/s	DQ Read 47.9 DQ Write 106 DQ Mixed 128 83% 94 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 131%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 3733 C17 2x8GB 206 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3733 MHz Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	MC Read 43.3 MC Write 44.8 MC Mixed 30.3 113% 39.5 GB/s	SC Read 24.8 SC Write 46.9 SC Mixed 36.4 103% 36 GB/s	Latency 44.3 90% 44.3 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 121%

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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 $106Bench 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