Asus MAXIMUS IX APEX

Performance Results


Gaming 47% Yacht	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 42% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 95.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	42.1% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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.

Very high background CPU (34%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS IX APEX (all builds)
Memory	13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.9 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170731
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 25 '17 at 16:26
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	34%

PC Performing above expectations (79^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, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	95.2% Outstanding	Memory 95.4 1-Core 155 2-Core 302 101% 184 Pts	4-Core 511 8-Core 834 82% 673 Pts	64-Core 884 55% 884 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 95.2% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4995) CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 385.41 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	42.1% Average	Lighting 47.6 Reflection 54.9 Parallax 44.6 39% 49 fps	MRender 68 Gravity 47.6 Splatting 62 49% 59.2 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 42.1% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Agility 3 240GB-$199 10,165 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 223GB free Firmware: 2.25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 2767858 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 42030549971527 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3664 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 1166 (B1) Unknown 0 0 4 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 2767858 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 2767858 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 2767858 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 19745 (EA) Unknown 0 0 19914 (F1) Unknown 0 0 19914 (F2) Unknown 0 0 19276	60.4% Good	Read 213 Write 166 Mixed 147 39% 176 MB/s	4K Read 26.8 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 14.5 120% 52.1 MB/s	DQ Read 149 DQ Write 187 DQ Mixed 35.9 64% 124 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 60.4% Great: 66%
Intel Optane+223G 240GB 16 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 203GB free (System drive) Firmware: 15.7 Max speed: Unknown Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 41% Great: 102%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 926GB free Firmware: JB0OA3T0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 120 100 98784247810 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 271 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 100 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 167 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 458752 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 53 438042651 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 26 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 3604535 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 3702 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	71.2% Very good	Read 126 Write 123 Mixed 123 93% 124 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.18 75% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 71.2% Great: 75%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 750GB (2010)-$70 21,848 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 540GB free Firmware: 0001SDM5 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 105 99 10415024 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 10077 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 31260356 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 13140 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 5041 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 6 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 47 488308764 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 218 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 428 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 209586 (C2) HDA temperature 28 53 47244640284 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 105 99 10415024 (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 -33754147975649 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2348310382 (F2) Unknown 100 253 4062921547 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	58.4% Above average	Read 103 Write 101 Mixed 86.9 73% 96.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 0.73 4K Mixed 0.28 66% 0.51 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 58.4% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 4266 C19 2x8GB 738 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	91.7% Outstanding	MC Read 35 MC Write 36 MC Mixed 26.3 93% 32.4 GB/s	SC Read 20.4 SC Write 35.3 SC Mixed 27.8 80% 27.8 GB/s	Latency 55.8 72% 55.8 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 91.7% Great: 125%

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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