EVGA 121-BL-E756

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


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 77.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	54.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	EVGA 121-BL-E756 (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 12 GB @ 1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110420
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Sep 12 '17 at 15:18
Run Duration	119 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	11%

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 960-$220 16,233 User benchmarks, average bench 68% Socket 423, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	77.2% Very good	Memory 91.2 1-Core 95.2 2-Core 184 73% 124 Pts	4-Core 357 8-Core 415 50% 386 Pts	64-Core 404 25% 404 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 76%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 780-Ti-$410 30,815 User benchmarks, average bench 53% Asus(1043 84A9) 3GB CLim: 1333 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 385.41 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 47% Great: 59%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 413GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 47 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 111 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 59 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 26 (F1) Unknown 99 99 278635644	54.1% Above average	Read 232 Write 182 Mixed 184 44% 200 MB/s	4K Read 32.8 4K Write 52.5 4K Mixed 21.8 105% 35.7 MB/s	DQ Read 33 DQ Write 68.4 DQ Mixed 21 24% 40.8 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 54.1% Great: 134%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 1.5TB-$121 40,945 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 970GB free Firmware: CC1H Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 173325087 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 180 (05) Reallocated sector count 89 89 458 (07) Seek error rate 80 60 4400604495 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 14952 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 170 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 8590065667 (BD) vendor-specific 41 41 59 (BE) vendor-specific 58 51 707264554 (C2) HDA temperature 42 49 55834574890 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 42 21 173325087 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 5 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 5 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 54881092123141 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3405730131 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3635129071	62.9% Good	Read 109 Write 110 Mixed 103 81% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.59 4K Mixed 0.47 110% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 62.9% Great: 70%

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 below potential (29^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	36.2% Below average	MC Read 13 MC Write 11.9 MC Mixed 10.6 34% 11.8 GB/s	SC Read 9.7 SC Write 10.4 SC Mixed 11.3 30% 10.5 GB/s	Latency 65.4 61% 65.4 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 36.2% Great: 57%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 8%

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Desktop 64%

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Workstation 7%

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Motherboard: EVGA 121-BL-E756

CPU
Core i7-920Intel $90Bench 62%, 69,074 samples	8x
Core i7 930Intel $199Bench 64%, 19,497 samples	6x
Core i7-950Intel $100Bench 66%, 36,389 samples	3x

GPU
GTX 460Nvidia $203Bench 12%, 31,648 samples	3x
GeForce GTS 250NvidiaBench 7%, 14,881 samples	2x
GTX 580Nvidia $450Bench 23%, 15,395 samples	2x

SSD
HyperX Predator AHCI PCIe M.2 240GBKingston $141Bench 131%, 6,458 samples	2x
Neutron GTX 120GBCorsair $79Bench 78%, 2,261 samples	2x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	2x

RAM
3x2GBUnknownBench 30%, 45,030 samples	8x
6x2GBUnknownBench 46%, 38,297 samples	5x
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	3x

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Value: 28% - Poor

Total price: $434

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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 $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16