EVGA X58 SLI FTW3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 65% Battle cruiser	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 72.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	9.05% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	EVGA X58 SLI FTW3 (all builds)
Memory	20.7 GB free of 24 GB @ 1 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors, 4800 x 900 - 32 Bit colors, 1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110825
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 06 '16 at 16:58
Run Duration	386 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing as expected (50^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-950-$100 36,389 User benchmarks, average bench 66% Socket 423, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.05 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	72.6% Very good	Memory 92.3 1-Core 80.6 2-Core 159 67% 111 Pts	4-Core 292 8-Core 389 43% 341 Pts	64-Core 397 25% 397 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 72.6% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GTS 450 25,436 User benchmarks, average bench 7% EVGA(3842 1450) 1GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6472 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	9.05% Terrible	Lighting 10.7 Reflection 12.5 Parallax 8.62 9% 10.6 fps	MRender 12.5 Gravity 11.3 Splatting 11.9 10% 11.9 fps
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 9.05% Great: 8%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$32 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 571GB free (System drive) Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 178 171 4091 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3279 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 66 66 25063 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1874 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1212 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2066 (C2) HDA temperature 109 102 38 (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	62% Good	Read 107 Write 109 Mixed 33.7 61% 83.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 1.67 4K Mixed 0.3 91% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 62% Great: 76%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$32 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 228GB free Firmware: 05.00K05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 226 225 8691 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5186 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 64 64 26968 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2057 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 226 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5184 (C2) HDA temperature 109 102 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 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	42.9% Average	Read 76.2 Write 72.8 Mixed 15.8 40% 55 MB/s	4K Read 0.79 4K Write 2.17 4K Mixed 0.4 118% 1.12 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 42.9% Great: 76%
Hitachi HDT725040VLA360 400GB 1,414 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 87GB free Firmware: V5COA7BA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 93 0 (02) Throughput performance 162 100 190 (03) Spinup time 102 95 38686753254 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 4945 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 65542 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 132 100 33 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 41231 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3930 (C0) Power-off retract count 95 95 6259 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 6259 (C2) HDA temperature 157 92 283468759078 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 1 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 253 0	26.1% Poor	Read 47.7 Write 42.6 Mixed 20.7 27% 37 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 1.75 4K Mixed 0.29 95% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 26.1% Great: 37%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$32 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 3GB free Firmware: 05.00K05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 232 230 8400 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5593 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 63 63 27161 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2059 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 222 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5591 (C2) HDA temperature 109 102 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 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	59.6% Above average	Read 111 Write 96.9 Mixed 76.2 71% 94.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 2.23 4K Mixed 0.34 105% 1.06 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 59.6% Great: 76%
Sony Card_R/W -SD 16GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 16GB free, PID 01bd Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	3.77% Terrible	Read 10.6 Write 4.4 Mixed 5.99 8% 7 MB/s	4K Read 5.2 4K Write 0.02 4K Mixed 0.01 20% 1.74 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 3.77% Great: 15%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 6x4GB 28,320 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 6 of 6 slots used 24GB DIMM DDR2 Performing below potential (31^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	41.9% Average	MC Read 15.8 MC Write 11.9 MC Mixed 15.8 41% 14.5 GB/s	SC Read 8.5 SC Write 8.9 SC Mixed 10.8 27% 9.4 GB/s	Latency 63.5 63% 63.5 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 41.9% Great: 61%

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Gaming 16%

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Desktop 72%

Battleship

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 $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	4x
MX500 500GBCrucial $44Bench 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: $484

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16