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Legit Reviews Test System

Before getting into doing some benchmarks, let’s take a look at the test system and process used in today’s tests. All testing will be done using a fresh install of Windows 8.1 Pro 64-bit with all updates, on a Samsung 850 Pro 128GB SSD. Each of the various benchmarks are completed with no additional software running.

Intel Test Platform:

This is what CPU-Z tells us about the test system.

Here is a quick look at the test system we will be testing on.

Here is a quick overview of the eVGA GTX 970.

Let’s get to running some benchmarks.