EVGA X58 SLI FTW3

Performance Results


Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 65% Battle cruiser	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	1.6% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	14.8% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 8 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	EVGA X58 SLI FTW3 (all builds)
Memory	8.7 GB free of 12 GB @ 1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8
BIOS Date	20100630
Uptime	2.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 16 '16 at 01:07
Run Duration	349 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7 X 980-$148 8,133 User benchmarks, average bench 76% Socket 423, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 3.35 GHz, turbo 3.35 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	77.5% Very good	Memory 92.8 1-Core 86.5 2-Core 173 70% 118 Pts	4-Core 336 8-Core 543 54% 440 Pts	64-Core 528 33% 528 Pts
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 85%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce 9800 GTX 3,983 User benchmarks, average bench 8% EVGA(3842 C879) 512MB Ram: 512MB, Driver: 342.0 Relative performance (0^th percentile)	1.6% Terrible	Lighting 1.6 Reflection 0.69 Parallax 4.06 1% 2.12 fps	MRender 0.24 Gravity 7.9 Splatting 0.48 2% 2.87 fps
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 1.6% Great: 8%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial C300-MTFDDAC128MAG 128GB 70 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 25GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0002 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 34147 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 368 (AA) Unknown 100 100 8819 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 94 94 340 (AE) Unknown 100 100 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 17557826307947 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 195 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (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 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 94 94 6 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0	14.8% Very poor	Read 61.9 Write 71.1 Mixed 58.4 14% 63.8 MB/s	4K Read 10.7 4K Write 8.41 4K Mixed 3.46 25% 7.52 MB/s	DQ Read 14.4 DQ Write 19.8 DQ Mixed 3.33 6% 12.5 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 14.8% Great: 62%
WD WD1600JD-22HBB0 160GB 2,425 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 11GB free Firmware: 08.02D08 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 167 164 4191 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3326 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 59 59 30369 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3269 (C2) HDA temperature 109 97 41 (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 200 253 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	24.6% Poor	Read 44.9 Write 40.4 Mixed 39.1 31% 41.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.57 4K Mixed 0.39 97% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 24.6% Great: 32%
JetFlash Transcend 16GB 14,782 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 10GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	5.31% Terrible	Read 19.2 Write 6.78 Mixed 10.1 13% 12 MB/s	4K Read 4.39 4K Write 0.003 4K Mixed 0.003 16% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 5.31% Great: 33%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 6x2GB 38,297 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 6 of 6 slots used 12GB DIMM DDR2 Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	44.1% Average	MC Read 15.5 MC Write 15 MC Mixed 14 42% 14.8 GB/s	SC Read 12.3 SC Write 12.4 SC Mixed 12.4 35% 12.4 GB/s	Latency 62.4 64% 62.4 ns
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 44.1% Great: 59%

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Gaming 16%

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Desktop 72%

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Workstation 13%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: EVGA X58 SLI FTW3

CPU
Core i7 960Intel $220Bench 68%, 16,233 samples	19x
Core i7-950Intel $100Bench 66%, 36,389 samples	14x
Core i7-920Intel $90Bench 62%, 69,074 samples	7x

GPU
GTX 560 TiNvidia $188Bench 16%, 42,397 samples	8x
RX 580AMD $130Bench 52%, 360,351 samples	7x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	6x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	4x
MX500 500GBCrucial $54Bench 106%, 237,241 samples	4x
Agility 3 120GBOCZ $102Bench 49%, 38,562 samples	3x

RAM
6x4GBUnknownBench 47%, 28,320 samples	16x
3x4GBUnknownBench 42%, 39,448 samples	14x
6x2GBUnknownBench 46%, 38,297 samples	11x

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Value: 45% - Average

Total price: $488

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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 $40	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