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 way below expectations (18th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 82 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 79.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	196% 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.

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Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX APEX (all builds)
Memory	7.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 5802 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170322
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 12 '20 at 15:07
Run Duration	131 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	30%

PC Performing way below expectations (18^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 4.55 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	79.8% Very good	Memory 80 1-Core 131 2-Core 238 83% 150 Pts	4-Core 427 8-Core 793 73% 610 Pts	64-Core 699 43% 699 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 79.8% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 630 (Desktop Kaby Lake) FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Asus(1043 872F) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 27.20.100.8681 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 7.57 Reflection 171 Parallax 7.72 6% 62 fps	Gravity 0.1 Splatting 0.09 0% 0.09 fps
Poor: 3% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 203GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 810 554 542 521 499 485 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	196% Outstanding	Read 1,772 Write 1,578 Mixed 719 SusWrite 568 258% 1,160 MB/s	4K Read 35.6 4K Write 92.2 4K Mixed 48.3 165% 58.7 MB/s	DQ Read 970 DQ Write 805 DQ Mixed 814 630% 863 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 196% Great: 254%
Kingston SA2000M8500G 500GB 87,883 User benchmarks, average bench 197% 34GB free Firmware: S5Z42105 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,080 Write 773 Mixed 78.6 140% 644 MB/s	4K Read 22.2 4K Write 26.1 4K Mixed 27.8 83% 25.4 MB/s	DQ Read 218 DQ Write 55.3 DQ Mixed 81.3 74% 118 MB/s
Poor: 118% Great: 277%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Dominator DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB-$201 13,611 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3000 MHz Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	61.7% Good	MC Read 24.4 MC Write 23.7 MC Mixed 18.3 63% 22.1 GB/s	SC Read 16.5 SC Write 16.7 SC Mixed 17.9 49% 17 GB/s	Latency 80.5 50% 80.5 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 61.7% Great: 103%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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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 $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 $261	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