EVGA 134-KS-E279

Performance Results


Gaming 44% Speed boat	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 35% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	44.1% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	102% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	EVGA Default string
Motherboard	EVGA 134-KS-E279 (all builds)
Memory	10.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171206
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Feb 18 '18 at 16:53
Run Duration	586 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	20%

PC Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7600K-$190 195,006 User benchmarks, average bench 76% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	90.9% Outstanding	Memory 95 1-Core 128 2-Core 256 90% 160 Pts	4-Core 501 8-Core 502 67% 502 Pts	64-Core 485 30% 485 Pts
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 90.9% Great: 89%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% EVGA(3842 3975) Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 23.21.13.9077 Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	44.1% Average	Lighting 53 Reflection 58.5 Parallax 51.9 43% 54.5 fps	MRender 63.5 Gravity 56.9 Splatting 50.4 46% 56.9 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 44.1% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 106GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 15356 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 252 (B1) Unknown 96 96 83 (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 61 45 39 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 157 (F1) Unknown 99 99 47275074386	102% Outstanding	Read 515 Write 398 Mixed 401 97% 438 MB/s	4K Read 44.8 4K Write 94.9 4K Mixed 38.4 167% 59.4 MB/s	DQ Read 47.2 DQ Write 271 DQ Mixed 113 101% 144 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 134%
Seagate Archive HDD 8TB (2015)-$137 2,225 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 2.5TB free Firmware: RT17 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 99 1977288 (03) Spinup time 94 90 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 147 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 62 55 459752422770 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6882 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 68 68 33106 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 4784202 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 59 44 198275760169 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 76 76 49643 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 73 73 55042 (C2) HDA temperature 41 56 77309411369 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 99 1977288 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -92444876070172 (F1) Unknown 100 253 387334227541 (F2) Unknown 100 253 25750781110
Poor: 21% Great: 87%
Seagate Archive HDD 8TB (2015)-$137 2,225 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 2.5TB free Firmware: AR17 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 131345720 (03) Spinup time 93 90 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 142 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 64 56 365275122936 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 12364 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 219 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 327685 (BD) vendor-specific 90 90 10 (BE) vendor-specific 57 43 2105291702315 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 76 76 48802 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 73 73 54754 (C2) HDA temperature 43 57 81604378667 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 117 99 131345720 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 18202071409361 (F1) Unknown 100 253 37440713258 (F2) Unknown 100 253 387409092529
Poor: 21% Great: 87%
Seagate Desktop HDD 4TB (2013)-$52 67,711 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC52 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 226166960 (03) Spinup time 94 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 88 88 12313 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 18649281 (09) Power-on hours count 74 74 23248 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 906 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032834 (BD) vendor-specific 91 91 9 (BE) vendor-specific 74 50 1014066970650 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 352 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 60 60 80783 (C2) HDA temperature 26 50 -140737488355302 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 131 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 45204530799770 (F1) Unknown 100 253 34141762212 (F2) Unknown 100 253 170143853237	68.9% Good	Read 126 Write 114 Mixed 119 90% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 0.93 4K Mixed 0.17 60% 0.55 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 68.9% Great: 96%
Seagate Expansion Desk 1TB 429 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 761GB free Firmware: 9401 Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	49.9% Average	Read 87.6 Write 86.3 Mixed 69.1 61% 81 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 1.38 4K Mixed 0.2 65% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 49.9% Great: 108%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 574GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 179 173 2008 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4083 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 75 75 18940 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 197 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 166 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3937 (C2) HDA temperature 106 90 37 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	102% Outstanding	Read 193 Write 162 Mixed 162 130% 172 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.35 4K Mixed 0.28 104% 1.11 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Ripjaws V DDR4 3200 C16 1x16GB 11,534 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 1 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 2133 MHz clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	58.4% Above average	MC Read 21.1 MC Write 20.5 MC Mixed 17.3 56% 19.6 GB/s	SC Read 16.4 SC Write 20.8 SC Mixed 19.1 54% 18.8 GB/s	Latency 57.1 70% 57.1 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 58.4% Great: 64%

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Gaming 106%

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Desktop 90%

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Workstation 90%

Nuclear submarine

Motherboard: EVGA 134-KS-E279

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $242Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	42x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	7x
Core i7-7700Intel $167Bench 76%, 256,717 samples	4x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	12x
RTX 2070Nvidia $200Bench 104%, 478,117 samples	7x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	6x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	7x
980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 2TBSamsung $168Bench 416%, 138,083 samples	6x
850 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 110%, 154,399 samples	5x

RAM
Trident Z DDR4 3000 C14 2x16GBG.SKILLBench 87%, 913 samples	6x
CMW32GX4M2D3600C18 4x16GBCorsairBench 94%, 11,909 samples	5x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 2133 C13 2x16GBCorsairBench 69%, 3,147 samples	4x

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Value: 63% - Good

Total price: $836

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