Asus MAXIMUS IX APEX

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 99.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Boot Drive	245% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX APEX (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	5760 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171226
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 28 '18 at 18:15
Run Duration	106 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600K-$190 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	99.8% Outstanding	Memory 97.1 1-Core 160 2-Core 318 104% 191 Pts	4-Core 587 8-Core 613 80% 600 Pts	64-Core 609 38% 609 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 99.8% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6598) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2980 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 390.77 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 169 Reflection 180 Parallax 183 138% 177 fps	Gravity 162 Splatting 128 126% 145 fps
Poor: 109% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Team M8FP2 240GB 330 User benchmarks, average bench 156% 93GB free (System drive) Firmware: E7FM04.3 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	245% Outstanding	Read 2,364 Write 1,318 Mixed 1,305 366% 1,662 MB/s	4K Read 31.9 4K Write 95 4K Mixed 42.9 154% 56.6 MB/s	DQ Read 664 DQ Write 364 DQ Mixed 154 211% 394 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 245% Great: 232%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$40 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: CC29 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 116271384 (03) Spinup time 93 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4683 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 77 60 54081858 (09) Power-on hours count 81 81 17205 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2685 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 159 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 97 97 3 (BE) vendor-specific 75 49 4732485657 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 656 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 78 78 45872 (C2) HDA temperature 25 51 -140737488355303 (C5) Current pending sector count 99 99 240 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 99 99 240 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 83356725293886 (F1) Unknown 100 253 13424513826 (F2) Unknown 100 253 38733590099	93.1% Outstanding	Read 176 Write 149 Mixed 140 116% 155 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 1.46 4K Mixed 0.2 65% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 93.1% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$57 31,641 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	99.5% Outstanding	MC Read 33.9 MC Write 42.7 MC Mixed 30.1 102% 35.6 GB/s	SC Read 21.9 SC Write 34.3 SC Mixed 28.1 80% 28.1 GB/s	Latency 49.8 80% 49.8 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 99.5% Great: 107%

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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 $241Bench 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 $92Bench 310%, 455,997 samples	16x
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $98Bench 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: $814

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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