EVGA 142-SS-E178

Performance Results


Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 62% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (24th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 76 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	95.8% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB 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.

Very high background CPU (41%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	EVGA Default string
Motherboard	EVGA 142-SS-E178 (all builds)
Memory	8.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160802
Uptime	7.7 Days
Run Date	Nov 18 '21 at 03:59
Run Duration	237 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	41%

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PC Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	72.4% Very good	Memory 78.7 1-Core 104 2-Core 209 74% 131 Pts	4-Core 357 8-Core 554 56% 455 Pts	64-Core 631 39% 631 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 72.4% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6583) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 496.49 Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	95.8% Outstanding	Lighting 117 Reflection 134 Parallax 122 95% 124 fps	MRender 108 Gravity 131 Splatting 115 97% 118 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 95.8% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 16GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 422 Write 438 Mixed 296 86% 385 MB/s	4K Read 30 4K Write 79.5 4K Mixed 42 141% 50.5 MB/s	DQ Read 275 DQ Write 279 DQ Mixed 150 148% 235 MB/s
Poor: 63% Great: 108%
Nvme PLEXTOR PX-512M8 512GB 329 User benchmarks, average bench 178% 40GB free Firmware: 1.01 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 188 118 96 153 174 114 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	133% Outstanding	Read 1,040 Write 304 Mixed 190 SusWrite 140 91% 419 MB/s	4K Read 37.5 4K Write 97 4K Mixed 50.8 173% 61.8 MB/s	DQ Read 1,054 DQ Write 258 DQ Mixed 259 293% 523 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 133% Great: 248%
Samsung 870 EVO 1TB-$89 129,044 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 362GB free Firmware: SVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 392 410 416 449 429 417 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 455 Write 413 Mixed 435 SusWrite 419 97% 430 MB/s	4K Read 40.4 4K Write 98.9 4K Mixed 54.4 183% 64.6 MB/s	DQ Read 382 DQ Write 330 DQ Mixed 354 266% 355 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 137%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 16GB free Firmware: RVT01B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 438 Write 436 Mixed 407 96% 427 MB/s	4K Read 34 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 51.1 171% 62.4 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 335 DQ Mixed 349 264% 355 MB/s
Poor: 81% Great: 133%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GB-$40 98,777 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	60.9% Good	MC Read 23.1 MC Write 22.6 MC Mixed 19.9 62% 21.9 GB/s	SC Read 13.6 SC Write 18.4 SC Mixed 18.5 48% 16.8 GB/s	Latency 82.9 48% 82.9 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 60.9% Great: 88%

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 73%

Battleship

Motherboard: EVGA 142-SS-E178

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	67x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	6x
Core i7-6700Intel $180Bench 72%, 282,363 samples	3x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	11x
RTX 3060Nvidia $270Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	5x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	4x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	7x
870 EVO 1TBSamsung $89Bench 112%, 129,044 samples	4x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $95Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	3x

RAM
Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILLBench 90%, 5,376 samples	4x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	3x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	3x

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Value: 63% - Good

Total price: $689

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) $35	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