Gigabyte GA-EP43-DS3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 59% Gunboat	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (86th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 14 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 56.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	18.9% 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	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	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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-EP43-DS3 (all builds)
Memory	2.7 GB free of 4 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20091105
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 14 '17 at 20:29
Run Duration	120 Seconds
Run User	IRN-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing way above expectations (86^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 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	56.5% Above average	Memory 80.1 1-Core 48.7 2-Core 97.4 49% 75.4 Pts	4-Core 194 8-Core 190 26% 192 Pts	64-Core 194 12% 194 Pts
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 56.5% Great: 57%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 750-Ti-$92 309,423 User benchmarks, average bench 17% Asus(1043 84BB) CLim: 1346 MHz, MLim: 1350 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.31 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	18.9% Very poor	Lighting 23.7 Reflection 17.7 Parallax 21.1 19% 20.8 fps	MRender 26.1 Gravity 24 Splatting 17.7 18% 22.6 fps
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 18.9% Great: 19%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda Green 1TB-$580 15,105 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 915GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC3C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 105 99 360 (03) Spinup time 94 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 89 89 11709 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 73 60 60498321222 (09) Power-on hours count 71 71 25964 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 92 92 8945 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 93 51540394691 (BD) vendor-specific 95 95 5 (BE) vendor-specific 58 41 305650008106 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 524 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 13085 (C2) HDA temperature 42 59 90194313258 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 39 13 360 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 186 53754 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -99398428111101 (F1) Unknown 100 253 259054829 (F2) Unknown 100 253 4024454391	59.9% Above average	Read 103 Write 106 Mixed 93.3 76% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 1.02 4K Mixed 0.47 94% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 59.9% Great: 75%
Maxtor STM3250310AS 250GB 13,068 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 232GB free Firmware: 4.AAA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 253 0 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 84 84 16862 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 90 60 981351716 (09) Power-on hours count 69 69 27893 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 88 88 13060 (BB) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 56 36 593780408364 (C2) HDA temperature 44 64 77309411372 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 74 54 103798188 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 174 13360 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	53.5% Above average	Read 90.3 Write 96 Mixed 38.8 55% 75 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 1.19 4K Mixed 0.44 99% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 53.5% Great: 53%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x2GB 446,702 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 2 of 4 slots used 4GB DIMM Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	24.9% Poor	MC Read 8.2 MC Write 7.9 MC Mixed 7.6 23% 7.9 GB/s	SC Read 6.4 SC Write 7.5 SC Mixed 7.2 20% 7.03 GB/s	Latency 80.4 50% 80.4 ns
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 24.9% Great: 44%

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Gaming 7%

Tree trunk

Desktop 49%

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Workstation 6%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-EP43-DS3

CPU
Core2 Quad Q9550Intel $161Bench 49%, 34,093 samples	7x
Core2 Quad Q9650Intel $170Bench 51%, 16,719 samples	5x
Core2 Quad Q8400Intel $150Bench 45%, 18,432 samples	5x

GPU
GeForce GT 640NvidiaBench 6%, 34,519 samples	4x
GTX 750-TiNvidia $92Bench 17%, 309,423 samples	3x
GeForce GT 440NvidiaBench 4%, 14,286 samples	3x

SSD
S3 500G 500GBSandiskBench 92%, 12,292 samples	4x
840 Evo 120GBSamsung $85Bench 91%, 104,444 samples	3x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	2x

RAM
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 183,252 samples	14x
6GBUnknownBench 25%, 111,301 samples	8x
3x2GBUnknownBench 30%, 45,030 samples	5x

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Value: 57% - Above average

Total price: $161

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) $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