ASUS ROG Maximus IX Apex (Z270) Motherboard Review

1. Introduction2. ASUS ROG Maximus IX Apex: Packaging and Bundle3. ASUS ROG Maximus IX Apex: Board Layout and Features4. ASUS ROG Maximus IX Apex: UEFI5. ASUS ROG Maximus IX Apex: Software6. Testing Methodology7. Tests: CPU Related8. Tests: Memory Related9. Tests: Gaming Related10. Overclocking & Power Consumption11. Tests: Motherboard Features Performance12. Closing Thoughts13. View All Pages

ATTO Disk Benchmark

The ATTO disk benchmark is a Windows-based utility for testing storage performance of any storage drive or controller. We use the default benchmark setup.

M.2 PCIe Performance

For M.2 testing we use a Toshiba OCZ RD400 256GB M.2 PCIe NVMe SSD.

USB Performance

We test USB 3.0 and 3.1 performance using a pair of Transcend SSD370S 512GB SSDs in RAID 0 connected to an Icy Box RD2253-U31 2-bay USB 3.1 enclosure powered by an ASMedia ASM1352R controller.

SATA 6Gbps Performance

For SATA 6Gbps testing we use an OCZ Trion 150 480GB SSD.

Storage performance is consistent across M.2, SATA and USB for the controllers used.

Audio

Rightmark Audio Analyser is a freeware benchmarking utility designed to objectively test the performance characteristics of audio solutions. We setup a line-in line-out loop and execute the record/playback test before generating the results report you see below. A sampling mode of 24-bit, 192 kHz was tested.

The audio performance of the Maximus IX Apex aligns very closely with the Maximus IX Formula. Rightmark summary report scores the Apex as Excellent in 6/8 categories, Good in 1/8 and Very Good in 1/8 for an overall result of Very Good.

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