Asus MAXIMUS IX APEX

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 56%
Gunboat
Desktop
Desktop 78%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 44%
Speed boat
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics70.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive66.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Very high background CPU (100%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardAsus MAXIMUS IX APEX  (all builds)
Memory8.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20161222
Uptime0.3 Days
Run DateAug 31 '22 at 14:50
Run Duration279 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 100%
Watch Gameplay: 1660S + 9600K How to compare your gameplay

 PC Performing as expected (51st percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-6500-$67
LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
73.5% Very good
Memory 78.4
1-Core 105
2-Core 179
70% 121 Pts
4-Core 399
8-Core 387
53% 393 Pts
64-Core 398
25% 398 Pts
Poor: 43%
This bench: 73.5%
Great: 73%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$195
CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 516.94
Performing below potential (52nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide
70.9% Very good
Lighting 88
Reflection 88.2
Parallax 81.5
72% 85.9 fps
MRender 112
Gravity 78.3
Splatting 71.1
69% 87.1 fps
Poor: 65%
This bench: 70.9%
Great: 76%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WDS120G2G0B-00EPWP 120GB
36GB free (System drive)
Firmware: T0311A0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 38 26 57 43 40 MB/s
Performing above expectations (71st percentile)
66.9% Good
Read 414
Write 400
Mixed 374
SusWrite 48.9
69% 309 MB/s
4K Read 30.1
4K Write 75.4
4K Mixed 30.3
124% 45.3 MB/s
DQ Read 131
DQ Write 301
DQ Mixed 1.2
62% 145 MB/s
Poor: 34%
This bench: 66.9%
Great: 86%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$26
331GB free
Firmware: MS2OA750
SusWrite @10s intervals: 28 27 27 28 28 29 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (8th percentile)
54.4% Above average
Read 162
Write 27.1
Mixed 46.2
SusWrite 27.9
48% 65.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 0.6
4K Mixed 0.6
107% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 47%
This bench: 54.4%
Great: 107%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$20
146GB free
Firmware: KC48
SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 84 85 85 86 87 MB/s
Performing below expectations (28th percentile)
49.8% Average
Read 88.5
Write 91.4
Mixed 57.1
SusWrite 85.2
59% 80.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.1
4K Mixed 0.7
127% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 27%
This bench: 49.8%
Great: 88%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Adata G.SKILL F4-2400C15-8GNT 16GB
2400, 2133 MHz
8192, 8192 MB
Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
70.8% Very good
MC Read 26.2
MC Write 28.7
MC Mixed 22.4
74% 25.8 GB/s
SC Read 14.9
SC Write 24.1
SC Mixed 19
55% 19.3 GB/s
Latency 83.5
48% 83.5 ns
Poor: 56%
This bench: 70.8%
Great: 71%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical MAXIMUS IX APEX Builds (Compare 492 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 90%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 94%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 77%
Battleship

Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS IX APEX

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 110% - Outstanding Total price: $565
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