Gigabyte GA-EP45C-DS3R

Performance Results


Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 60% Gunboat	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 51.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	31.2% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	43.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB 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.

High background CPU (25%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-EP45C-DS3R (all builds)
Memory	3.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20090903
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 13 '17 at 08:42
Run Duration	210 Seconds
Run User	HRV-User
Background CPU	25%

PC Performing as expected (49^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core2 Quad Q9550-$161 34,093 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Socket 775, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.85 GHz, turbo 2.65 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	51.7% Above average	Memory 80.7 1-Core 40.6 2-Core 81.8 45% 67.7 Pts	4-Core 131 8-Core 149 18% 140 Pts	64-Core 153 10% 153 Pts
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 51.7% Great: 57%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 270X-$199 77,943 User benchmarks, average bench 27% Sapphire(174B E270) 2GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 22.19.662.4 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	31.2% Below average	Lighting 39.6 Reflection 35.5 Parallax 48 32% 41 fps	MRender 31.4 Gravity 32.8 Splatting 40 29% 34.8 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 31.2% Great: 29%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 335 Series 180GB-$169 2,872 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 103GB free (System drive) Firmware: 335u Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 9955734196278 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 114 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 86 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 230593 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 230593 (F2) Unknown 100 100 226506 (F9) Unknown 100 100 7892	43.4% Average	Read 249 Write 159 Mixed 243 48% 217 MB/s	4K Read 15.3 4K Write 34.5 4K Mixed 16.7 63% 22.2 MB/s	DQ Read 114 DQ Write 87.8 DQ Mixed 50.5 52% 84.3 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 43.4% Great: 88%
Hitachi HTS725050A7E630 500GB-$125 56,661 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 186GB free Firmware: GH2OA440 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 220 100 77309411329 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1537 (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 29 29 31287 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 471 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 90 77315899405 (BC) Unknown 100 100 8590327809 (BE) vendor-specific 68 44 522911776 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 13 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1966110 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 78 78 228967 (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 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	46.2% Average	Read 78.6 Write 82.4 Mixed 87.4 63% 82.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 0.43 4K Mixed 0.2 54% 0.4 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 46.2% Great: 72%
HGST Travelstar 7K750 2.5" 500GB-$59 9,994 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 141GB free Firmware: JF3OA0E0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 99 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 240 100 94489280514 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1737 (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 22 22 34473 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 492 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 1803998330880 (BC) Unknown 100 99 8590589960 (BE) vendor-specific 71 41 472055837 (BF) G-sense error rate 99 99 470 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 2031647 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 1066839 (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 4 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	39.5% Below average	Read 69.9 Write 67.8 Mixed 73.2 53% 70.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 1.01 4K Mixed 0.21 60% 0.55 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 39.5% Great: 59%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 500GB-$49 47,332 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 127GB free Firmware: 0003HPM1 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 109 75 24242536 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2166 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 37573067 (09) Power-on hours count 57 57 38160 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 569 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 2670 (BC) Unknown 100 99 7 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 37 -3604938718 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 13 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 190 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 73 73 54293 (C2) HDA temperature 34 34 85899345954 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 109 99 24242536 (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 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	41.4% Average	Read 95.1 Write 49.5 Mixed 44.4 47% 63 MB/s	4K Read 0.31 4K Write 0.45 4K Mixed 0.2 43% 0.32 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 41.4% Great: 58%
HGST Travelstar 7K750 2.5" 500GB-$59 9,994 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 122GB free Firmware: JF3OA0E0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 95 0 (02) Throughput performance 160 100 109 (03) Spinup time 240 100 94489280514 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1802 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 94 94 58 (09) Power-on hours count 27 27 32114 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 474 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 1498951974912 (BC) Unknown 100 63 65575 (BE) vendor-specific 70 42 488964126 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 194 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1900573 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 85 85 151044 (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 100 100 212 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	49.5% Average	Read 95.1 Write 77.6 Mixed 84.6 65% 85.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.13 4K Mixed 0.19 61% 0.59 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 49.5% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x4GB 424,126 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM Performing below potential (25^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	23.7% Poor	MC Read 8.6 MC Write 6.7 MC Mixed 6.8 21% 7.37 GB/s	SC Read 7.2 SC Write 6.9 SC Mixed 6.6 20% 6.9 GB/s	Latency 79.3 50% 79.3 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 23.7% Great: 65%

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Gaming 3%

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Desktop 44%

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Workstation 2%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-EP45C-DS3R

CPU
Core2 Quad Q9400Intel $170Bench 46%, 24,176 samples	5x
Core2 Duo E8400Intel $89Bench 40%, 68,540 samples	5x
Xeon X5460Intel $190Bench 52%, 10,360 samples	4x

GPU
GeForce 9600 GTNvidiaBench 4%, 20,826 samples	3x
GeForce GT 640NvidiaBench 6%, 34,519 samples	3x
HD 5870AMDBench 19%, 10,176 samples	2x

SSD
SSD Plus 120GBSanDisk $42Bench 58%, 87,912 samples	2x
Blue 250GBWD $90Bench 79%, 26,761 samples	2x
860 Evo 250GBSamsung $52Bench 104%, 296,814 samples	2x

RAM
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples	11x
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	7x
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 183,252 samples	4x

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Value: 44% - Average

Total price: $212

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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