Category: Core i7-4790k

Core i7-4790K Performance Testing (HDD & SSD)

December 27, 2014

A friend of mine let me use his computer for some testing. We first ran the tests using a Western Digital Black hard drive, then using a Samsung 840 Evo solid state drive.

System Specs:

Core i7-4790K

16GB Corsair Vengeance

Asus Z97-E Motherboard

EVGA GTX 760 Superclocked 2GB

Thermaltake 750W Modular Power Supply

First using the Hard Drive and the ASUS Bios setting of normal, the tests were as shown below (PassMark, FurMark, 3dMark):

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Then using the preset optimal mode in the BIOS the following performance test was completed:

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Once the SSD was installed, the overall PassMark Rating was boosted by a hefty amount to 5743 from 3837:

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