EVGA 142-SX-E297

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 81% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	86.6% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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	48GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 48GB 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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	EVGA Default string
Motherboard	EVGA 142-SX-E297 (all builds)
Memory	43.5 GB free of 48 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 1024 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171214
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	May 25 '20 at 16:54
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-9900X-$590 3,521 User benchmarks, average bench 84% CPU0, 1 CPU, 10 cores, 20 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	86.8% Excellent	Memory 76.1 1-Core 130 2-Core 258 84% 155 Pts	4-Core 522 8-Core 1,013 91% 768 Pts	64-Core 1,807 112% 1,807 Pts
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 86.8% Great: 96%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4996) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1582 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 445.87 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	86.6% Excellent	Lighting 111 Reflection 121 Parallax 117 91% 116 fps	MRender 95 Gravity 101 Splatting 93 79% 96.5 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 1TB-$56 127,507 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 658GB free (System drive) Firmware: SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 58 61 82 85 83 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	48.2% Average	Read 93.3 Write 99 Mixed 55.8 SusWrite 74.1 59% 80.6 MB/s	4K Read 1.6 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1.1 226% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 48.2% Great: 70%
Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 2TB-$79 71,106 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 2TB free Firmware: SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 109 115 122 112 117 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	64.3% Good	Read 109 Write 69.8 Mixed 103 SusWrite 114 74% 99.1 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 3.7 4K Mixed 3.6 527% 2.9 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 64.3% Great: 68%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$61 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 1.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 121 124 132 127 127 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	70.7% Very good	Read 122 Write 112 Mixed 69.5 SusWrite 125 78% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1 191% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 70.7% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 4000 C19 6x8GB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 6 of 8 slots used 48GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	55.5% Above average	MC Read 18.2 MC Write 26 MC Mixed 16.8 58% 20.3 GB/s	SC Read 8.6 SC Write 20.9 SC Mixed 9.9 38% 13.1 GB/s	Latency 88.2 45% 88.2 ns
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 55.5% Great: 111%

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

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Gaming 67%

Battle cruiser

Desktop 87%

Aircraft carrier

Workstation 63%

Destroyer

Motherboard: EVGA 142-SX-E297

CPU
Core i7-7800XIntel $216Bench 78%, 22,334 samples	11x
Core i9-7940XIntel $654Bench 83%, 4,560 samples	8x
Core i7-7820XIntel $375Bench 80%, 28,524 samples	7x

GPU
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	5x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples	4x
RX 590AMD $200Bench 57%, 122,060 samples	4x

SSD
970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 2TBSamsung $148Bench 336%, 200,600 samples	8x
970 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsung $170Bench 322%, 93,447 samples	4x
660p NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBIntel $60Bench 156%, 162,275 samples	3x

RAM
4x8GBUnknownBench 70%, 41,916 samples	13x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	10x
2x16GBUnknownBench 91%, 46,387 samples	6x

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Value: 120% - Outstanding

Total price: $496

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16