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 (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 102%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Boot Drive	275% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX APEX (all builds)
Memory	5.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Jun 09 '18 at 21:21
Run Duration	209 Seconds
Run User	TUR-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing above expectations (71^st 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-$241 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Memory 98.1 1-Core 159 2-Core 319 105% 192 Pts	4-Core 576 8-Core 800 87% 688 Pts	64-Core 883 55% 883 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85AA) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 397.93 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 93% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 409GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	275% Outstanding	Read 2,515 Write 1,844 Mixed 1,984 470% 2,114 MB/s	4K Read 38.2 4K Write 135 4K Mixed 37.9 178% 70.3 MB/s	DQ Read 56.8 DQ Write 312 DQ Mixed 161 131% 177 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 275% Great: 340%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 232GB free Firmware: EXT0BB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 11180 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 3217 (B1) Unknown 96 96 45 (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 67 53 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 2 (EB) Unknown 99 99 1070 (F1) Unknown 99 99 29208829490	86.1% Excellent	Read 497 Write 230 Mixed 354 80% 361 MB/s	4K Read 36.2 4K Write 84.8 4K Mixed 25.8 133% 49 MB/s	DQ Read 355 DQ Write 227 DQ Mixed 84.1 118% 222 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 86.1% Great: 118%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 227GB free Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 6069 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1511 (B1) Unknown 99 99 6 (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 66 50 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 84 (F1) Unknown 99 99 3515433209	111% Outstanding	Read 508 Write 408 Mixed 421 99% 446 MB/s	4K Read 38.5 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 45 173% 63.8 MB/s	DQ Read 324 DQ Write 260 DQ Mixed 27.4 92% 204 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 931GB free Firmware: JC4B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 153448909 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6870 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 4305241546 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 11594 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 6495 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 57 488177693 (C2) HDA temperature 29 43 77309411357 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 34 22 153448909 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -74247099635249 (F1) Unknown 100 253 337617103 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1530698070	63.7% Good	Read 113 Write 109 Mixed 101 81% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.82 4K Write 0.89 4K Mixed 0.4 95% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 63.7% Great: 68%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 887GB free Firmware: JC4B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 175282827 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7279 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 30755419 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 11263 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 6557 (B7) Unknown 1 1 214 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 90 30065361425 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 54 488177693 (C2) HDA temperature 29 46 77309411357 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 41 22 175282827 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 323 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -91963839717656 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2655899458 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3539773791	68.2% Good	Read 120 Write 118 Mixed 112 88% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 1.35 4K Mixed 0.5 112% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 68.2% Great: 68%
WD My Book 25EE 8TB 12,029 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 4.5TB free, PID 25ee Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	67.9% Good	Read 153 Write 146 Mixed 145 189% 148 MB/s	4K Read 1.35 4K Write 4.44 4K Mixed 0.75 182% 2.18 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 67.9% Great: 98%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 1x8GB 6,789 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	56.5% Above average	MC Read 21.6 MC Write 19.1 MC Mixed 14.2 52% 18.3 GB/s	SC Read 16.9 SC Write 20.1 SC Mixed 17.7 52% 18.2 GB/s	Latency 45.8 87% 45.8 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 56.5% Great: 62%

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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 $95Bench 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 $37Bench 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 $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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