ECS X58B-A3 SLI

Performance Results


Gaming 13% Tree trunk	Desktop 70% Battleship	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	13.1% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	48% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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.

Motherboard	ECS X58B-A3 SLI (all builds)
Memory	2.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20100504
Uptime	2.8 Days
Run Date	Oct 21 '17 at 09:46
Run Duration	114 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-950-$100 36,389 User benchmarks, average bench 66% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.05 GHz, turbo 3.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	72.5% Very good	Memory 89.9 1-Core 77.8 2-Core 156 65% 108 Pts	4-Core 309 8-Core 380 44% 344 Pts	64-Core 393 24% 393 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 72.5% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 5970 (Crossfire Disabled) 1,620 User benchmarks, average bench 17% AMD(1002 2042) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	13.1% Very poor	Lighting 18.3 Reflection 9.92 Parallax 16.5 15% 14.9 fps	MRender 8.48 Gravity 13.7 Splatting 12.4 10% 11.5 fps
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 13.1% Great: 19%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 41GB free (System drive) Firmware: 605ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 33918488 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 61 61 -39840116603046 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 416 (0D) Soft read error rate 95 95 33918488 (64) Unknown 0 0 5538 (AA) Unknown 0 0 3360 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 178 (B1) Unknown 0 0 5 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 27 55 73018048539 (C2) HDA temperature 27 55 73018048539 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 33918488 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 120 120 -125241246351360 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 33918488 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 33918488 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 95 95 0 (E8) Unknown 0 0 13 (E9) Unknown 0 0 30962 (EA) Unknown 0 0 7064 (F1) Unknown 0 0 7064 (F2) Unknown 0 0 8047	48% Average	Read 240 Write 160 Mixed 193 44% 198 MB/s	4K Read 13.1 4K Write 46.1 4K Mixed 20.6 71% 26.6 MB/s	DQ Read 153 DQ Write 145 DQ Mixed 8.77 45% 103 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 48% Great: 73%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$40 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 880GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 185 171 3708 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1272 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 5081 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 813 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 127 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1144 (C2) HDA temperature 114 104 33 (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	70% Good	Read 119 Write 124 Mixed 123 92% 122 MB/s	4K Read 1.24 4K Write 2.48 4K Mixed 0.42 144% 1.38 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 70% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x2GB 183,252 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 4 of 6 slots used 8GB DIMM Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	35.4% Below average	MC Read 12.7 MC Write 11.5 MC Mixed 10.6 33% 11.6 GB/s	SC Read 10.1 SC Write 9 SC Mixed 11.1 29% 10.1 GB/s	Latency 67.4 59% 67.4 ns
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 35.4% Great: 45%

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

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Gaming 39%

Jet ski

Desktop 69%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 31%

Sail boat

Motherboard: ECS X58B-A3 SLI

CPU
Core i7-920Intel $90Bench 62%, 69,074 samples	6x
Core i7-950Intel $100Bench 66%, 36,389 samples	3x
Core i7 960Intel $220Bench 68%, 16,233 samples	2x

GPU
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	5x
GTX 760Nvidia $209Bench 26%, 161,132 samples	2x
GeForce GT 730NvidiaBench 5%, 164,888 samples	2x

SSD
240GB 240GBSSDBench 64%, 5,968 samples	2x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	1x
Green 120GB (2018)WD $59Bench 43%, 69,933 samples	1x

RAM
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	3x
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples	2x
1x8GBUnknownBench 38%, 168,538 samples	2x

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Value: 101% - Outstanding

Total price: $207

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