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Key Differences

In short, we have a clear winner — Cost Plus - Essential Tier outperforms the more expensive Skytech Shadow 3.0 on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck!

Advantages of Cost Plus Gaming - Essential Tier Gaming PC

  • Performs up to 42% better in Need For Speed Unbound than Skytech Shadow 3.0 - 85 vs 60 FPS
  • Up to 38% cheaper than Skytech Shadow 3.0 - $799.99 vs $1299.99
  • Up to 57% better value when playing Need For Speed Unbound than Skytech Shadow 3.0 - $9.41 vs $21.67 per FPS
This is a free version of Need For Speed Unbound.
Need For Speed Unbound

Need For Speed Unbound

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

Skytech Gaming Shadow 3.0 Gaming PC Image
Skytech Gaming Shadow 3.0 Gaming PC

Sep 22nd, 2021 • 2nd Variation


FPS

60

71%

Value, $/FPS

$21.67/FPS

43%

Price, $

$1299.99

61%

Skytech Gaming Shadow 3.0 Gaming PC Desktop - Intel Core-i5 10400F 2.9GHz, RTX 3060 12GB GDDR6, 16GB DDR4 3000, 1TB SSD, Z490 Motherboard, 600W Gold PSU, AC WiFi, Windows 11 Home 64-bit

Buy for $1,299.99 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 3 minutes ago


FPS

85

100%

Value, $/FPS

$9.41/FPS

100%

Price, $

$799.99

100%

FPS and Value Winner

Cost Plus Gaming - Essential Tier Gaming PC Desktop - AMD Ryzen 5 5600X 3.7GHz, RTX 4060, 1TB NVME SSD, 16GB DDR4-3200, 600W+ Gold PSU, Windows 11 Home 64-bit

Buy for $799.99 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 251 minutes ago

Trending Games

Using the selected game parameters

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

GPU Comparison

Compared by selected game FPS and theoretical performance

Full GPU Comparison
Skytech Gaming Shadow 3.0 Gaming PC Image
Skytech Gaming Shadow 3.0 Gaming PC

Sep 22nd, 2021 • 2nd Variation


NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Logo
GeForce RTX 3060

12 GB GDDR6 | 192-bit

Pixel Fillrate

85.3 GPixel/s

72%

Texel Fillrate

199 GTexel/s

84%


NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Logo
GeForce RTX 4060

8 GB GDDR6 | 128-bit

Pixel Fillrate

118.1 GPixel/s

100%

Texel Fillrate

236.2 GTexel/s

100%

GPU Winner

CPU Comparison

Compared by selected game FPS and Geekbench 5 benchmark scores

Full CPU Comparison
Skytech Gaming Shadow 3.0 Gaming PC Image
Skytech Gaming Shadow 3.0 Gaming PC

Sep 22nd, 2021 • 2nd Variation


Intel Core i5-10400F Logo
Core i5-10400F

2.9 GHz | 6-core

Single-Core

1438

69%

Multi-Core

5751

66%

Skytech Gaming Shadow 3.0 Gaming PC Image

Skytech Gaming Shadow 3.0 Gaming PC

vs
Cost Plus Gaming - Essential Tier Gaming PC Image

Cost Plus Gaming - Essential Tier Gaming PC

Sep 22nd, 2021Release DateUnknown
Core i5-10400FCPURyzen 5 5600X
GeForce RTX 3060GPUGeForce RTX 4060
16 GBRAM16 GB
1 TB SSDStorage1 TB SSD

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