Gigabyte GA-EQ45M-S2

Performance Results


Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 41% Speed boat	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 43.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	3.5% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	31.8% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
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-EQ45M-S2 (all builds)
Memory	1.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20091211
Uptime	2.8 Days
Run Date	Oct 19 '17 at 17:38
Run Duration	685 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing as expected (45^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 2.4 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	43.3% Average	Memory 70.4 1-Core 26.5 2-Core 53.5 36% 50.1 Pts	4-Core 97.8 8-Core 93.5 13% 95.7 Pts	64-Core 98.1 6% 98.1 Pts
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 43.3% Great: 50%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 430 22,369 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Zotac(19DA 1167) 1GB CLim: 700 MHz, MLim: 400 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 387.92 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	3.5% Terrible	Lighting 4.33 Reflection 4.92 Parallax 3.44 4% 4.23 fps	MRender 5.81 Gravity 4.27 Splatting 3.09 4% 4.39 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 3.5% Great: 4%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force 120GB 1,958 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 17GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 109 105 26035173 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 8727373552007 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 859 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 77 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 31 50 64427786271 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 109 105 26035173 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 7296 (EA) Unknown 0 0 7936 (F1) Unknown 0 0 7936 (F2) Unknown 0 0 11648	31.8% Below average	Read 193 Write 76.5 Mixed 112 28% 127 MB/s	4K Read 17 4K Write 46.2 4K Mixed 9.38 62% 24.2 MB/s	DQ Read 19.7 DQ Write 43.7 DQ Mixed 25.5 21% 29.6 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 31.8% Great: 56%
Intel Raid 5 Volume 893GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 4GB free Firmware: 1.0. Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	25.6% Poor	Read 83.1 Write 6.09 Mixed 21.3 27% 36.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 0.17 4K Mixed 0.1 42% 0.31 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 25.6% Great: 26%
Intel Raid 5 Volume 107GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 3GB free Firmware: 1.0. Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	43.6% Average	Read 143 Write 9.08 Mixed 24.1 43% 58.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.85 4K Write 0.28 4K Mixed 0.27 71% 0.47 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 43.6% Great: 187%
Generic- USB3.0 CRW -SD 32GB 262 User benchmarks, average bench 22% 19GB free, PID 0326 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	19.4% Very poor	Read 88.1 Write 12.5 Mixed 24 39% 41.5 MB/s	4K Read 8.14 4K Write 0.65 4K Mixed 0.66 75% 3.15 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 19.4% Great: 42%
SanDisk SDDR-113 32GB 70 User benchmarks, average bench 9% 11GB free, PID a7a8 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	4.32% Terrible	Read 17.5 Write 6.23 Mixed 8.3 12% 10.7 MB/s	4K Read 1.71 4K Write 0.006 4K Mixed 0.06 9% 0.59 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 4.32% Great: 15%
Generic- USB3.0 CRW -SD 16GB 136 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 1GB free, PID 0326 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	19.2% Very poor	Read 45 Write 27.3 Mixed 35.5 44% 35.9 MB/s	4K Read 5.46 4K Write 1.77 4K Mixed 1.36 127% 2.86 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 19.2% Great: 26%

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 (17^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	15.6% Very poor	MC Read 5.7 MC Write 4.2 MC Mixed 4 13% 4.63 GB/s	SC Read 4.8 SC Write 4.1 SC Mixed 4.7 13% 4.53 GB/s	Latency 101 40% 101 ns
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 15.6% Great: 45%

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Gaming 4%

Tree trunk

Desktop 44%

Speed boat

Workstation 4%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-EQ45M-S2

CPU
Core2 Quad Q9550Intel $161Bench 49%, 34,093 samples	4x
Core2 Quad Q6600Intel $100Bench 42%, 59,658 samples	4x
Core2 Duo E8400Intel $89Bench 40%, 68,540 samples	2x

GPU
Q45/Q43 Express ChipsetIntelBench 0%, 16,152 samples	4x
GT 1030NvidiaBench 14%, 185,384 samples	3x
GeForce GT 730NvidiaBench 5%, 164,888 samples	2x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	2x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	1x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	1x

RAM
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 183,252 samples	12x
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples	4x
6GBUnknownBench 25%, 111,301 samples	3x

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Value: 52% - Above average

Total price: $189

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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