Asus MAXIMUS IX APEX

Performance Results


Gaming 139% UFO	Desktop 103% UFO	Workstation 124% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (86th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 14 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 98.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	140% 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	74.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX APEX (all builds)
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 4.3 GHz
Display	11720 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors, 11720 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161228
Uptime	2.8 Days
Run Date	Jul 23 '17 at 08:55
Run Duration	123 Seconds
Run User	JPN-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing way above expectations (86^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-$230 712,312 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)	98.8% Outstanding	Memory 97.5 1-Core 162 2-Core 324 106% 195 Pts	4-Core 538 8-Core 912 88% 725 Pts	64-Core 916 57% 916 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 98.8% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Titan X Pascal-$286 8,692 User benchmarks, average bench 121% Nvidia(10DE 119A) CLim: 2126 MHz, MLim: 2802 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 382.53 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	140% Outstanding	Lighting 201 Reflection 218 Parallax 210 164% 209 fps	MRender 141 Gravity 188 Splatting 133 124% 154 fps
Poor: 108% ↑ This bench: 140% Great: 132%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Z400s 256GB-$221 10,770 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 69GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z2201000 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 100 98 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1253 (A6) Unknown 100 100 4 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 58 (A9) Unknown 100 100 409 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 51 (AE) Unknown 100 100 825 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 60 100 223338299432 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 7590 (F1) Unknown 253 253 3598 (F2) Unknown 253 253 7183	74.3% Very good	Read 490 Write 324 Mixed 388 89% 401 MB/s	4K Read 22.5 4K Write 94.2 4K Mixed 4.24 89% 40.3 MB/s	DQ Read 183 DQ Write 286 DQ Mixed 28.2 79% 165 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 74.3% Great: 84%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 160 4166 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1047 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1018 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 998 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 584 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4668 (C2) HDA temperature 120 111 27 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	86.3% Excellent	Read 151 Write 150 Mixed 147 112% 149 MB/s	4K Read 0.79 4K Write 2.16 4K Mixed 0.29 105% 1.08 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 86.3% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 4266 C19 2x8GB 144 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 4268 MHz Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	124% Outstanding	MC Read 46.9 MC Write 51.4 MC Mixed 34.1 126% 44.1 GB/s	SC Read 25.3 SC Write 52.2 SC Mixed 36.1 108% 37.9 GB/s	Latency 48.2 83% 48.2 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 124% Great: 133%

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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	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 $106Bench 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: $803

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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