EVGA X58 SLI FTW3

Performance Results


Gaming 50% Yacht	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 40% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 73.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	66.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	EVGA X58 SLI FTW3 (all builds)
Memory	19.6 GB free of 12 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110825
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 22 '19 at 06:13
Run Duration	174 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing above expectations (66^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 960-$220 16,233 User benchmarks, average bench 68% Socket 423, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	73.2% Very good	Memory 94.5 1-Core 93.3 2-Core 175 72% 121 Pts	4-Core 283 8-Core 406 43% 344 Pts	64-Core 441 27% 441 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 73.2% Great: 76%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% MSI(1462 3170) CLim: 1505 MHz, MLim: 1802 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 419.35 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	66.4% Good	Lighting 84.9 Reflection 85.7 Parallax 72.6 69% 81.1 fps	MRender 79.7 Gravity 77.2 Splatting 68.4 61% 75.1 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 66.4% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 86GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 35 35 38 36 43 49 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
Corsair Force 3 60GB 4,789 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 25GB free Firmware: 5.05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 74 76 73 70 69 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	40.8% Average	Read 152 Write 82.5 Mixed 108 SusWrite 72.9 23% 104 MB/s	4K Read 22.4 4K Write 50.2 4K Mixed 24.3 92% 32.3 MB/s	DQ Read 25.8 DQ Write 68.8 DQ Mixed 28.7 27% 41.1 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 40.8% Great: 52%
WD Black 2TB (2010)-$107 47,617 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 890GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 98 102 100 104 100 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	63.4% Good	Read 119 Write 121 Mixed 83.7 SusWrite 101 78% 106 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 197% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 63.4% Great: 85%
WD My Book Essentials 1TB 3,704 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 340GB free, PID 1110 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 21 20 21 20 20 20 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	14.1% Very poor	Read 32 Write 19 Mixed 21.5 SusWrite 20.4 30% 23.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.6 77% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 14.1% Great: 20%
PNY USB 2.0 FD 124GB 360 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 28GB free, PID 00d4 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 21 9.6 8 8.4 20 8.1 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	8.53% Terrible	Read 29.3 Write 6.5 Mixed 3.7 SusWrite 12.5 14% 13 MB/s	4K Read 5.3 4K Write 0.1 4K Mixed 0.1 26% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 8.53% Great: 10%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 3x4GB 39,448 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 3 of 6 slots used 12GB DIMM DDR2 Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	48% Average	MC Read 16.9 MC Write 17 MC Mixed 15.5 47% 16.5 GB/s	SC Read 11 SC Write 11.9 SC Mixed 13.3 34% 12.1 GB/s	Latency 58.6 68% 58.6 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 48% Great: 57%

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Gaming 16%

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Desktop 72%

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Workstation 13%

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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 $46Bench 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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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