Asus MAXIMUS IX APEX

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 101% UFO	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (92nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 8 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 97.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	62.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	131% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX APEX (all builds)
Memory	29.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180314
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 11 '18 at 03:02
Run Duration	198 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing way above expectations (92^nd 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 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	97.9% Outstanding	Memory 97.9 1-Core 149 2-Core 284 99% 177 Pts	4-Core 527 8-Core 834 84% 680 Pts	64-Core 821 51% 821 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 97.9% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% EVGA(3842 6267) CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2031 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	62.3% Good	Lighting 77 Reflection 83.7 Parallax 70.4 63% 77 fps	MRender 69 Gravity 74.7 Splatting 79.4 62% 74.4 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 62.3% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$90 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 259GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 493 492 492 493 492 492 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	131% Outstanding	Read 504 Write 489 Mixed 335 SusWrite 492 102% 455 MB/s	4K Read 43.4 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 63.8 207% 73.4 MB/s	DQ Read 384 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 361 272% 363 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 131% Great: 134%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 180 191 190 187 189 191 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 188 Write 146 Mixed 83.5 SusWrite 188 111% 152 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 135% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 189 199 201 201 199 200 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 196 Write 156 Mixed 84.5 SusWrite 198 116% 159 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 1 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 114%
WDC WD50 00LPVX-22V0TT0 500GB 30 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 341GB free, PID 2338 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 40 40 39 40 40 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	20.5% Poor	Read 38.5 Write 37.8 Mixed 31 SusWrite 39.6 50% 36.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 97% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 20.5% Great: 20%
178 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 58GB free, PID 6300 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 112 Write 75 Mixed 45.3 89% 77.4 MB/s	4K Read 3.7 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.4 48% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 7% Great: 28%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3200 C14 2x16GB 119 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 2 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3395 MHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	110% Outstanding	MC Read 41.1 MC Write 42.1 MC Mixed 32.6 110% 38.6 GB/s	SC Read 23.9 SC Write 44.8 SC Mixed 32.8 97% 33.8 GB/s	Latency 46.6 86% 46.6 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 110%

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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	42x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	56x
GTX 1080Nvidia $195Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	55x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	39x

SSD
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung $45Bench 199%, 240,629 samples	16x
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $96Bench 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 $37Bench 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: $797

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16