EVGA E685

Performance Results


Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 55% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (93rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 7 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 94.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	70.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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 8.1 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

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	EVGA E685 (all builds)
Memory	6.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1280 x 720 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20111003
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 16 '19 at 00:48
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-2500K 213 User benchmarks, average bench 77% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 5.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	94.5% Outstanding	Memory 96.4 1-Core 135 2-Core 269 93% 167 Pts	4-Core 536 8-Core 531 71% 533 Pts	64-Core 533 33% 533 Pts
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 94.5% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% EVGA(3842 1982) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1586 MHz, MLim: 1809 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 417.71 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	70.1% Very good	Lighting 89.1 Reflection 92 Parallax 88.5 73% 89.8 fps	MRender 87.3 Gravity 81.6 Splatting 73.2 65% 80.7 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 70.1% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Volume0 480GB 49 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 413GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 584 588 239 163 130 169 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 41% Great: 104%
Nvme PCIe SSD 256GB 566 User benchmarks, average bench 155% 191GB free Firmware: ECFM Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 782 301 300 302 301 302 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	194% Outstanding	Read 1,287 Write 851 Mixed 1,000 SusWrite 382 196% 880 MB/s	4K Read 47.7 4K Write 186 4K Mixed 72.2 263% 102 MB/s	DQ Read 708 DQ Write 995 DQ Mixed 721 582% 808 MB/s
Poor: 85% ↑ This bench: 194% Great: 208%
Volume0:1 2TB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 2TB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 210 210 210 212 214 212 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
Poor: 16% Great: 133%
Lexar USB Flash Drive 16GB 1,307 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 8GB free, PID a815 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 5.6 5.8 6.3 5.9 6.1 6 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	5.91% Terrible	Read 22.3 Write 3.5 Mixed 4.5 SusWrite 5.9 9% 9.05 MB/s	4K Read 5.9 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 22% 1.97 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 5.91% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair XMS3 DDR3 1600 C9 4x2GB 1,822 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 4 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	64.2% Good	MC Read 21.7 MC Write 22.9 MC Mixed 20.2 62% 21.6 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 23.2 SC Mixed 20.3 59% 20.6 GB/s	Latency 52.5 76% 52.5 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 64.2% Great: 63%

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Desktop 77%

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Workstation 47%

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Motherboard: EVGA E685

CPU
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	10x
Core i5-2500KIntelBench 77%, 213 samples	4x
Core i7-2700KIntelBench 76%, 81 samples	4x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	6x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	3x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	3x

SSD
MKNSSDRE250GB-LT 250GBMushkinBench 76%, 642 samples	3x
CS900 240GBPNY $20Bench 73%, 61,417 samples	2x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	2x

RAM
Vengeance DDR3 1600 C9 4x4GBCorsairBench 53%, 34,385 samples	2x
1866 CL10 Series 2x8GBUnknownBench 54%, 7,244 samples	2x
Sniper DDR3 2133 C11 2x4GBG.SKILLBench 55%, 791 samples	2x

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

Value: 90% - Excellent

Total price: $451

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