Gigabyte GA-EP45-DS3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing CPU, RAM
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Graphics	51.4% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	48.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	4GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and although it's sufficient for most games, some will benefit from up to 8GB of RAM. 4GB is also enough for modest file and system caches which allow for a responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Very high background CPU (44%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-EP45-DS3 (all builds)
Memory	1.6 GB free of 4 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20080723
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 13 '15 at 21:59
Run Duration	105 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	44%

PC Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core2 Quad Q6600-$100 59,658 User benchmarks, average bench 42% Socket 775, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3 GHz Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		1-Core 27.2 2-Core 63.7 20% 45.5 Pts	4-Core 121 8-Core 122 16% 122 Pts	64-Core 119 7% 119 Pts
Poor: 29% Great: 50%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 390-$325 82,117 User benchmarks, average bench 50% Sapphire(174B E324) Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1004 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	51.4% Above average	Lighting 60.8 Reflection 62.2 Parallax 88.3 50% 70.4 fps	MRender 60.4 Gravity 59 Splatting 77.8 55% 65.8 fps
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 51.4% Great: 52%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M4 128GB-$116 34,516 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 13GB free (System drive) Firmware: 000F Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (12^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 11958 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1492 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 97 97 111 (AE) Unknown 100 100 30 (B5) Unknown 100 100 9861315626176 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 99 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (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 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 97 97 3 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0	48.1% Average	Read 262 Write 179 Mixed 203 48% 215 MB/s	4K Read 23.4 4K Write 58.2 4K Mixed 6.94 75% 29.5 MB/s	DQ Read 138 DQ Write 116 DQ Mixed 7.92 38% 87.1 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 48.1% Great: 72%
WD Blue 640GB (2008)-$33 94,563 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 72GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 164 161 4775 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3432 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 71 71 21525 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3363 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 162 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3432 (C2) HDA temperature 115 105 32 (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	51.4% Above average	Read 89.4 Write 89.6 Mixed 80.7 65% 86.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 1.91 4K Mixed 0.41 105% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 51.4% Great: 62%

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Gaming 7%

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Desktop 46%

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Workstation 6%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-EP45-DS3

CPU
Core2 Duo E8400Intel $89Bench 40%, 68,540 samples	16x
Core2 Quad Q9650Intel $170Bench 51%, 16,719 samples	13x
Core2 Duo E8500Intel $110Bench 42%, 18,841 samples	10x

GPU
HD 4870ATIBench 9%, 22,563 samples	12x
GeForce GT 730NvidiaBench 5%, 164,888 samples	10x
GeForce 9800 GTNvidiaBench 5%, 19,550 samples	8x

SSD
SSDNow UV400 240GBKingston $89Bench 71%, 105,079 samples	8x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $37Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	7x
SSDSC2BW080A4 80GBIntelBench 60%, 450 samples	4x

RAM
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 183,252 samples	48x
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples	21x
4x1GBUnknownBench 18%, 54,972 samples	10x

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Value: 32% - Below average

Total price: $178

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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

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Performance Results

PC Performing as expected (52nd percentile)

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PC Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)