Gigabyte GA-EP35C-DS3R

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 0% Tree trunk	Desktop 39% Jet ski	Workstation 0% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 47.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	0.48% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	5GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 5GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (37%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-EP35C-DS3R (all builds)
Memory	3.2 GB free of 5 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20090618
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	May 20 '17 at 04:47
Run Duration	227 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	37%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core2 Quad Q9650-$170 16,719 User benchmarks, average bench 51% Socket 775, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 2.8 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	47.9% Average	Memory 68.2 1-Core 42.4 2-Core 85.7 42% 65.4 Pts	4-Core 162 8-Core 160 22% 161 Pts	64-Core 152 9% 152 Pts
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 47.9% Great: 58%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Quadro FX 3450/4000 SDI 416 User benchmarks, average bench 0% Nvidia(10DE 029B) 256MB Ram: 256MB, Driver: 267.79 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	0.48% Terrible	Lighting 0.9 Reflection 0.92 Parallax 0.16 1% 0.66 fps
Poor: 0% ↑ This bench: 0.48% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate ST1000LM035-1RK172 1TB 452,134 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 917GB free (System drive) Firmware: LVM1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 82 68 155939374 (03) Spinup time 99 99 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 22 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 699305 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 48825188220940 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 19 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 54 588775458 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 2 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 12 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 381 (C2) HDA temperature 34 46 94489280546 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 -31348966293497 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	58.7% Above average	Read 111 Write 93.5 Mixed 76.1 70% 93.5 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 1.53 4K Mixed 0.12 104% 1.05 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 58.7% Great: 71%
WD WD1200JB-00EVA0 120GB 639 User benchmarks, average bench 22% 875GB free Firmware: 20.00K20 Max speed: UDMA 100 100 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 182 93 3875 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2156 (05) Reallocated sector count 105 105 759 (07) Seek error rate 200 199 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3247 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1914 (C2) HDA temperature 108 78 39 (C4) Reallocation count 150 150 50 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 58 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	58.9% Above average	Read 105 Write 99.8 Mixed 97.6 76% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 2.02 4K Mixed 0.34 104% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 58.9% Great: 32%
WD Blue 320GB (2008)-$39 64,707 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 875GB free Firmware: 02.03E02 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 12216 (03) Spinup time 136 134 4191 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2633 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 16627 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2333 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 465 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2633 (C2) HDA temperature 104 92 39 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 80 80 15290 (F1) Unknown 200 200 37730122790 (F2) Unknown 200 200 42071634232	56.1% Above average	Read 101 Write 94.2 Mixed 101 75% 98.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.49 120% 1.08 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 56.1% Great: 60%
Hitachi HDT725050VLAT80 500GB 77 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 875GB free Firmware: V56OA4EA Max speed: UDMA 133 133 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 186 186 38674694374 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 377 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 182 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 334 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 377 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 377 (C2) HDA temperature 157 157 206159740966 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	56.4% Above average	Read 101 Write 95.3 Mixed 99 74% 98.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.12 4K Mixed 0.42 116% 1.08 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 56.4% Great: 63%
Lexar USB Flash Drive 8GB 5,796 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 3GB free, PID a81d Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Read 21 Write 6.85 Mixed 9.14 13% 12.3 MB/s
Poor: 4% Great: 9%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 5GB 14,654 User benchmarks, average bench 18% null MHz 2048, 1024, 1024, 1024 MB Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	18.1% Very poor	MC Read 6 MC Write 6.4 MC Mixed 5.1 17% 5.83 GB/s	SC Read 3.7 SC Write 5 SC Mixed 4.4 12% 4.37 GB/s	Latency 106 38% 106 ns
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 18.1% Great: 34%

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Gaming 6%

Tree trunk

Desktop 42%

Speed boat

Workstation 6%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-EP35C-DS3R

CPU
Core2 Quad Q6600Intel $100Bench 42%, 59,658 samples	17x
Core2 Duo E8400Intel $89Bench 40%, 68,540 samples	11x
Core2 Quad Q9550Intel $161Bench 49%, 34,093 samples	6x

GPU
GeForce GT 240NvidiaBench 4%, 11,020 samples	7x
GeForce GT 730NvidiaBench 5%, 164,888 samples	5x
GT 1030NvidiaBench 14%, 185,384 samples	3x

SSD
SKC600512G 512GBKingstonBench 109%, 5,390 samples	7x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	4x
QXSSD-512GB 512GBBench 81%, 6 samples	3x

RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	13x
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 183,252 samples	13x
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples	11x

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Value: 55% - Above average

Total price: $100

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16