Asus MAXIMUS IX APEX

Performance Results


Gaming 126% UFO	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 110% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (90th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 10 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 93.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	132% 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.
Boot Drive	240% 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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX APEX (all builds)
Memory	13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	7.2 Days
Run Date	Sep 09 '18 at 02:49
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing way above expectations (90^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-$241 712,312 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 (97^th percentile)	93.6% Outstanding	Memory 98.3 1-Core 143 2-Core 282 97% 174 Pts	4-Core 478 8-Core 792 78% 635 Pts	64-Core 803 50% 803 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 93.6% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 3752) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 399.7 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	132% Outstanding	Lighting 185 Reflection 205 Parallax 182 151% 191 fps	MRender 130 Gravity 180 Splatting 129 118% 146 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 132% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$250 40,327 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 98GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 914 874 843 831 827 786 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	240% Outstanding	Read 2,093 Write 907 Mixed 739 SusWrite 846 253% 1,146 MB/s	4K Read 51.2 4K Write 170 4K Mixed 60.8 245% 93.9 MB/s	DQ Read 1,050 DQ Write 325 DQ Mixed 373 357% 583 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 240% Great: 243%
Samsung 850 EVO M.2 500GB 25,072 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 59GB free Firmware: EMT21B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 471 482 483 489 490 467 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	134% Outstanding	Read 508 Write 493 Mixed 421 SusWrite 480 107% 475 MB/s	4K Read 47 4K Write 120 4K Mixed 65.1 218% 77.4 MB/s	DQ Read 385 DQ Write 346 DQ Mixed 362 272% 364 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 134% Great: 131%
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 63GB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 441 306 305 306 306 306 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	123% Outstanding	Read 519 Write 492 Mixed 466 SusWrite 328 101% 451 MB/s	4K Read 44.7 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 62 211% 75.9 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 344 DQ Mixed 357 270% 362 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 129%

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 (70^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	MC Read 42.6 MC Write 44.6 MC Mixed 30.3 112% 39.2 GB/s	SC Read 24.8 SC Write 38.6 SC Mixed 34.2 93% 32.5 GB/s	Latency 44.7 89% 44.7 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 121%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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 $107Bench 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