Asus MAXIMUS IX APEX

Performance Results


Gaming 100% UFO	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 86% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (89th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 11 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 101%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	95.4% 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	89.1% 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX APEX (all builds)
Memory	14.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 4.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 18 '17 at 23:29
Run Duration	106 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	9%

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PC Performing way above expectations (89^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 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Memory 98.9 1-Core 145 2-Core 289 99% 178 Pts	4-Core 557 8-Core 810 85% 683 Pts	64-Core 810 50% 810 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Zotac(19DA 1435) CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2202 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 385.41 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	95.4% Outstanding	Lighting 122 Reflection 122 Parallax 105 100% 116 fps	MRender 106 Gravity 106 Splatting 107 88% 107 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 95.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vertex 3 240GB-$80 4,893 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 187GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 104 104 9260158 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 67 67 -44083544296677 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3308 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 2624 (B1) Unknown 0 0 6 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 9260158 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 9260158 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 9260158 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 98 98 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 34605 (EA) Unknown 0 0 35864 (F1) Unknown 0 0 35864 (F2) Unknown 0 0 47109	89.1% Excellent	Read 503 Write 218 Mixed 286 74% 336 MB/s	4K Read 37.1 4K Write 126 4K Mixed 24.1 154% 62.5 MB/s	DQ Read 232 DQ Write 257 DQ Mixed 65.1 99% 185 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 89.1% Great: 91%
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80 85,620 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 1.5TB free Firmware: MX6OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 140 140 69 (03) Spinup time 187 187 21493907778 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1040 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3786 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 627 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 3444 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 3444 (C2) HDA temperature 171 171 201864380451 (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 200 200 0	90.9% Outstanding	Read 157 Write 160 Mixed 162 120% 159 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 1.95 4K Mixed 0.22 88% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 90.9% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 4266 C19 2x8GB 3,530 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 4268 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	124% Outstanding	MC Read 48.1 MC Write 49.9 MC Mixed 33.9 126% 44 GB/s	SC Read 25.3 SC Write 51.9 SC Mixed 37.5 109% 38.2 GB/s	Latency 41.6 96% 41.6 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 123%

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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 $104Bench 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