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<blockquote data-quote="plat" data-source="post: 895642" data-attributes="member: 74969">Well, what answer was expected?.&nbsp; How about:&nbsp; &quot;any day now.&quot;&nbsp; <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite135" alt=":giggle:" title="Giggle&nbsp; &nbsp; :giggle:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":giggle:" />&nbsp; I have a Samsung 970 EVO Plus with almost double the read speeds of the Western Digital nvm-e but with 96% drive expected life instead of the 100% the WD shows via HWiNFO64.&nbsp; I want to see how this will affect the Passmark results.My gpu actually surprised me no end.&nbsp; I thought it was dead.&nbsp; Real quick:&nbsp; I had taken off the CPU cooler to clean and re-paste and to my horror, I couldn&#039;t remount it to the brackets.&nbsp; I found that all four threads to hold the cooler in place had fallen and lodged behind the motherboard, which also at that point wasn&#039;t delivering power to the gpu&#039;s PCIe slot either.&nbsp;&nbsp; But re-placed in my new build,&nbsp; the benchmarks indicated that even though this gpu is over 4 years old, it performs surprisingly well.&nbsp; It retailed at the time for 699 USD.With this ASUS board, you can only &quot;upgrade&quot; to an i9 9900K, which around here, costs only 20 dollars more than my 9900.&nbsp; I can undervolt but don&#039;t have the magic touch to overclock.&nbsp; So, aside from exchanging an nvm-e which I already have, I have no intentions to upgrade anytime soon, only if there&#039;s a failure somewhere.&nbsp; To me, it&#039;s paramount that the machine is &quot;capable.&quot;&nbsp; I leave terminology like &quot;high end&quot; and &quot;low end&quot; to those who place value on those terms.&nbsp; No mad desire to Keep up With The Joneses.<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite119" alt=":rolleyes:" title="Roll eyes&nbsp; &nbsp; :rolleyes:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":rolleyes:" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="plat, post: 895642, member: 74969"] Well, what answer was expected?. How about: "any day now." :giggle: I have a Samsung 970 EVO Plus with almost double the read speeds of the Western Digital nvm-e but with 96% drive expected life instead of the 100% the WD shows via HWiNFO64. I want to see how this will affect the Passmark results. My gpu actually surprised me no end. I thought it was dead. Real quick: I had taken off the CPU cooler to clean and re-paste and to my horror, I couldn't remount it to the brackets. I found that all four threads to hold the cooler in place had fallen and lodged behind the motherboard, which also at that point wasn't delivering power to the gpu's PCIe slot either. But re-placed in my new build, the benchmarks indicated that even though this gpu is over 4 years old, it performs surprisingly well. It retailed at the time for 699 USD. With this ASUS board, you can only "upgrade" to an i9 9900K, which around here, costs only 20 dollars more than my 9900. I can undervolt but don't have the magic touch to overclock. So, aside from exchanging an nvm-e which I already have, I have no intentions to upgrade anytime soon, only if there's a failure somewhere. To me, it's paramount that the machine is "capable." I leave terminology like "high end" and "low end" to those who place value on those terms. No mad desire to Keep up With The Joneses.:rolleyes: [/QUOTE]

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