System Builder Marathon Q3 2014: System Value Compared

Results: File Compression

WinRAR, 7-Zip, and WinZip’s less taxing CPU-switched compression routine all appear to love the extra cache and logical cores on my Core i7-4790K. WinZip’s OpenCL-based workload, on the other hand, scales the three machines in order of graphics power, while its –EZ switch sets up a strange phenomenon in Don’s $1300 build that hammers performance.

Thomas Soderstrom is a Senior Staff Editor at Tom's Hardware US. He tests and reviews cases, cooling, memory and motherboards.