Asus MAXIMUS IX APEX

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 102% UFO	Desktop 100% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 81% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 97.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	104% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

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Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX APEX (all builds)
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 22 '18 at 08:59
Run Duration	136 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	100%

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PC Performing above expectations (80^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-$250 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	97.7% Outstanding	Memory 98 1-Core 160 2-Core 332 106% 196 Pts	4-Core 543 8-Core 657 78% 600 Pts	64-Core 537 33% 537 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 97.7% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% MSI(1462 3360) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.1 Performing below potential (71^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	104% Outstanding	Lighting 134 Reflection 149 Parallax 139 109% 141 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 134 Splatting 111 98% 120 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 255GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 9787 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1110 (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 55 47 45 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 293 (F1) Unknown 99 99 24232460384
Poor: 80% Great: 133%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2016)-$114 34,353 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 3TB free Firmware: 0001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 70 64 9171147 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1582 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 77 60 51014419 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 566935689930 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 847 (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 63 46 623181861 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 917 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 12268 (C2) HDA temperature 37 54 64424509477 (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 -38564511345509 (F1) Unknown 100 253 4639523564 (F2) Unknown 100 253 8737589747	96.9% Outstanding	Read 187 Write 151 Mixed 122 114% 153 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.83 4K Mixed 0.21 80% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 96.9% Great: 105%
Seagate Expansion 4TB 22,017 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0707 Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	52.1% Above average	Read 75.9 Write 104 Mixed 58 59% 79.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 6.2 4K Mixed 0.38 184% 2.41 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 52.1% Great: 66%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair CMU32GX4M4C3400C16 2x8GB 150 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3403 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	MC Read 39.3 MC Write 45.3 MC Mixed 32.4 111% 39 GB/s	SC Read 24.8 SC Write 43 SC Mixed 33.1 96% 33.6 GB/s	Latency 46.1 87% 46.1 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 110%

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Gaming 106%

UFO

Desktop 92%

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Workstation 90%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS IX APEX

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 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: $823

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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