EVGA E679

Performance Results


Gaming 55% Yacht	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 44% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 74.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	70% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

14 months ago, 14 months ago.

Motherboard	EVGA E679 (all builds)
Memory	2.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20111003
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 19 '23 at 14:16
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	19%

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PC Performing as expected (55^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-2600-$182 185,630 User benchmarks, average bench 67% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	74.9% Very good	Memory 94.6 1-Core 97.1 2-Core 174 73% 122 Pts	4-Core 301 8-Core 425 46% 363 Pts	64-Core 434 27% 434 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 74.9% Great: 74%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-$200 230,793 User benchmarks, average bench 68% Gigabyte(1458 3FC8) CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 528.24 Performing below potential (74^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	70% Good	Lighting 94.9 Reflection 90 Parallax 77.1 77% 87.3 fps	MRender 49 Gravity 80.1 Splatting 71.8 56% 67 fps
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 70% Great: 73%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 330 Series 120GB-$188 11,188 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 5GB free (System drive) Firmware: 300i Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable		Read 245 Write 101 Mixed 145 36% 163 MB/s	4K Read 26.2 4K Write 66 4K Mixed 25.8 108% 39.3 MB/s	DQ Read 140 DQ Write 87.7 DQ Mixed 111 83% 113 MB/s
Poor: 53% Great: 80%
WDC WDS100T2B0A-00SM50 1TB 74,123 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 47GB free Firmware: 411040WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 161 134 116 132 153 115 MB/s Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	59.4% Above average	Read 151 Write 223 Mixed 102 SusWrite 135 34% 153 MB/s	4K Read 28.3 4K Write 70.4 4K Mixed 31.3 120% 43.3 MB/s	DQ Read 206 DQ Write 164 DQ Mixed 84.4 91% 152 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 59.4% Great: 117%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$44 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 443GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 104 105 105 106 103 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	55.5% Above average	Read 91.3 Write 99.5 Mixed 85 SusWrite 102 70% 94.4 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 193% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 55.5% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 4x2GB 503 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 4 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	57% Above average	MC Read 19.3 MC Write 20.8 MC Mixed 18.3 56% 19.5 GB/s	SC Read 15.2 SC Write 17.9 SC Mixed 17.5 48% 16.9 GB/s	Latency 58.3 69% 58.3 ns
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 57% Great: 64%

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

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Typical E679 Builds (Compare 21 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 24%

Surfboard

Desktop 75%

Battleship

Workstation 20%

Surfboard

Motherboard: EVGA E679

CPU
Core i7-2600Intel $182Bench 67%, 185,630 samples	9x
Core i7-2600KIntel $319Bench 71%, 147,533 samples	6x
Core i5-2500IntelBench 63%, 82,538 samples	2x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	5x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples	3x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	2x

SSD
WDS100T2B0A-00SM50 1TBWDCBench 98%, 74,123 samples	4x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $140Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	2x
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBSamsung $107Bench 394%, 276,089 samples	2x

RAM
RipjawsX DDR3 1600 C9 4x2GBG.SKILLBench 56%, 503 samples	3x
RipjawsX DDR3 1866 C9 2x4GBG.SKILLBench 52%, 7,844 samples	2x
1600 CL9 Series 2x8GBUnknownBench 55%, 7,092 samples	2x

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Value: 86% - Excellent

Total price: $241

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16