Gigabyte GA-EP45-DS3

Performance Results


Gaming 4% Tree trunk	Desktop 37% Jet ski	Workstation 3% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (37th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 63 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 40.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	1.36% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	21.5% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-EP45-DS3 (all builds)
Memory	5.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20080723
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Sep 14 '17 at 22:37
Run Duration	180 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing below expectations (37^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 Q6600-$100 59,658 User benchmarks, average bench 42% Socket 775, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.4 GHz, turbo 2.3 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	40.4% Average	Memory 64.7 1-Core 27.5 2-Core 55.3 34% 49.2 Pts	4-Core 96.3 8-Core 96.1 13% 96.2 Pts	64-Core 95.9 6% 95.9 Pts
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 40.4% Great: 50%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce 7800 GTX 207 User benchmarks, average bench 1% Nvidia(10DE 02F8) 256MB Ram: 256MB, Driver: 306.23 Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	1.36% Terrible	Lighting 2.53 Reflection 1.81 Parallax 0.31 2% 1.55 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1.36% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 120GB-$35 80,916 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 91GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3J96R9 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (0^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 28 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 6 (64) Unknown 100 100 48576 (65) Unknown 100 100 8240 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 4 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 28 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 627 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 37 100 158915297317 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 89 (EA) Unknown 100 100 48 (F1) Unknown 100 100 71 (F2) Unknown 100 100 33 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 0	21.5% Poor	Read 249 Write 32.7 Mixed 53.7 24% 112 MB/s	4K Read 22 4K Write 1.37 4K Mixed 1.16 36% 8.19 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 21.5% Great: 82%
Seagate ST9160821AS 160GB-$60 3,340 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 148GB free Firmware: 3.ALD Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 253 0 (03) Spinup time 99 99 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1194 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 85 60 379374219 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6477 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1229 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 58 44 706609194 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 290 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 256076 (C2) HDA temperature 42 56 94489280554 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 70 58 89119097 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	25% Poor	Read 42.2 Write 44.8 Mixed 41 32% 42.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.57 4K Mixed 0.3 65% 0.46 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 25% Great: 24%
Maxtor 7L250S0 250GB-$91 574 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 92GB free Firmware: BANC1G10 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (03) Spinup time 181 177 26490 (04) Start/Stop count 253 253 189 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 253 0 (06) Read channel margin 253 253 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 237 54271 (09) Power-on hours count 221 221 13073 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 253 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 253 253 193 (C0) Power-off retract count 253 253 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 253 253 0 (C2) HDA temperature 35 253 41 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 253 252 2005 (C4) Reallocation count 253 253 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 253 253 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 253 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 199 199 0 (C8) Write error rate 253 252 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 252 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 253 252 0 (CB) Run out cancel 253 252 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 253 252 0 (CD) Thermal asperity rate(TAR) 253 252 0 (CF) Spin high current 253 252 0 (D0) Spin buzz 253 252 0 (D1) Offline seek performance 234 234 228 (D2) Unknown 253 252 0 (D3) Unknown 253 252 0 (D4) Unknown 253 252 0	25.9% Poor	Read 43.8 Write 45.2 Mixed 57.6 37% 48.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 4.36 4K Mixed 0.65 177% 1.86 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 25.9% Great: 36%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x2GB 183,252 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 4 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM Performing below potential (23^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	16.6% Very poor	MC Read 6.8 MC Write 4.5 MC Mixed 4.6 15% 5.3 GB/s	SC Read 4.4 SC Write 4 SC Mixed 4.6 12% 4.33 GB/s	Latency 114 35% 114 ns
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 16.6% Great: 45%

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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 $184	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) $33	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