System Specs & Memory Performance
The Budget Box Specs
AMD A8-7650K MSI A68HM-E33 G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB DDR3-2133 Integrated Graphics or Radeon R7 260X Crucial BX100 120GB WD Green 2TB Cooler Master Elite 500w Windows 8.1 Pro 64-bit
The Entry-Level Rig Specs
Intel Core i3-4330 Asrock H97M Pro4 G.Skill Ripjaws X Series 8GB DDR3-2133 Zotac GeForce GTX 960 Crucial MX200 250GB WD Red 2TB FSP Group AURUM S 400W Windows 8.1 Pro 64-bit
The Enthusiast's PC Specs
Intel Core i5-4690K Asrock Z97 Extreme6 G.Skill Sniper Series 8GB DDR3-2400 HIS Radeon R9 290 iPower IceQ X² OC Crucial BX100 500GB WD Red 2TB Corsair CX series CX750M Windows 8.1 Pro 64-bit
The Luxury System Specs
Intel Core i7-4790K Asrock Fatal1ty Z97X Killer/3.1 G.Skill Sniper Series 16GB DDR3-2400 Gigabyte GTX 980 Gaming G1 Samsung SSD 850 Pro 512GB Western Digital Black 4TB Silverstone Strider Gold S 850W Windows 8.1 Pro 64-bit
The Extreme Machine Specs
Intel Core i7-5960X Asrock X99 WS-E/10G Crucial Ballistix Elite 32GB DDR4-2666 GeForce GTX Titan X 2-way SLI Samsung SM951 NVMe 512GB Western Digital Red 6TB Corsair AX1500i Windows 8.1 Pro 64-bit
The Budget Box is limited to a memory bandwidth of almost 16GB/s using the A8-7650K and DDR3-2133 combo while the Entry-Level Rig was good for 23GB/s with its Intel Core i3-4330 processor and DDR3-2133 memory.
Both the Enthusiast's PC and Luxury System managed 30GB/s while the Extreme Machine was considerably faster reaching 52GB/s.
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