Mesh Elite Game Changer 980 Gaming PC Review

The Mesh system was running Windows 8.1. Here are the CPU-Z and GPU-Z readings showing the hardware configuration.

We will be outlining the Mesh Elite Game Changer 980 against the Chillblast Fusion Barbarian, and our standard Z97 test system, although not for all the software used.

Chillblast Fusion Barbarian
Corsair SPEC-03 Case
Intel Core i5 4690K overclocked to 4.2GHz
H75 Water Cooler
Gigabyte G1 Gaming GTX 970 4GB Video Card
Gigabyte Z97X-Gaming 5 Motherboard
16GB 1600 DDR3 Memory
120GB Samsung 850 EVO SSD
2000 GB 7200rpm HDD
Corsair CX 750W PSU
24 x DVD RW
Windows 8.1 64 bit

Z97 Comparison Test System
Processor: Intel Core i7 4790K ES (4.4GHz forced turbo).
Motherboard: Asus Maximus VII Impact.
Memory: 16GB (2x 8GB) Corsair Vengeance Pro 2400MHz CL10.
Graphics Card: Asus R9 280X Matrix Platinum 3GB.
System Drive: 240GB SanDisk Extreme II SSD.
CPU Cooler: Corsair H100i.
Case: NZXT Phantom 630.
Power Supply: Seasonic Platinum 1000W.
Operating System: Windows 7 Professional with SP1 64-bit.

Tests:
3DMark 1.5.915 – Fire Strike 1.1
SiSoft Sandra 2014 SP2 – Processor arithmetic, memory bandwidth
Cinebench R15 – All-core CPU and OpenGL graphics benchmark
Crystal DiskMark 3.0.4 – SATA 6Gbps transfer rates
Tomb Raider – 1920 x 1080, ultimate quality
GTA V – 1920 x 1200, high quality