Gigabyte GA-EP35-DS4

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 2% Tree trunk	Desktop 41% Speed boat	Workstation 2% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 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 41%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	5.49% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
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	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 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-EP35-DS4 (all builds)
Memory	5.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20090619
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 15 '17 at 20:50
Run Duration	484 Seconds
Run User	SRB-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core2 Duo E7500-$109 39,897 User benchmarks, average bench 39% Socket 775, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads Base clock 2.95 GHz Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	41% Average	Memory 70.2 1-Core 39.7 2-Core 79.1 41% 63 Pts	4-Core 72.8 8-Core 69.8 10% 71.3 Pts	64-Core 74.6 5% 74.6 Pts
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 41% Great: 45%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce 9600 GT 20,826 User benchmarks, average bench 4% Gigabyte(1458 34C4) 1GB Ram: 1GB, Driver: 342.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	5.49% Terrible	Lighting 6.67 Reflection 9.58 Parallax 2.09 5% 6.11 fps	MRender 9.67 Gravity 4.53 Splatting 6.61 6% 6.94 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.49% Great: 5%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$65 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 183GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 170 0 (03) Spinup time 160 157 6966 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1755 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 4816 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 265 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 45 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1755 (C2) HDA temperature 115 105 35 (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	35.4% Below average	Read 61.7 Write 61.3 Mixed 21.5 35% 48.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.61 4K Mixed 0.28 80% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 35.4% Great: 57%
WD Black 500GB (2008)-$95 28,095 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 42GB free (System drive) Firmware: 05.00K05 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 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 220 218 9000 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2607 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 50 50 36684 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2576 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 159 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2607 (C2) HDA temperature 114 98 36 (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	32.8% Below average	Read 66.5 Write 47.6 Mixed 26 34% 46.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.22 4K Write 1.69 4K Mixed 0.2 62% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 32.8% Great: 69%
Maxtor STM3250820A 250GB 322 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 2GB free Firmware: 3.AAE Max speed: UDMA 100 100 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 110 82 26561919 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6261 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 413236421185 (09) Power-on hours count 59 59 36457 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 3005 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 50 538705952 (C2) HDA temperature 32 50 68719476768 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 72 63 142998111 (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	29.4% Poor	Read 55.1 Write 47.1 Mixed 35.7 34% 46 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.01 4K Mixed 0.34 77% 0.61 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 29.4% Great: 42%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 1GB free Firmware: 12.01C02 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 176 6166 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5667 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 40 40 44443 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2871 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 544 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5994 (C2) HDA temperature 119 97 31 (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 47 0	25.2% Poor	Read 39.9 Write 47.8 Mixed 39.7 32% 42.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.28 4K Mixed 0.21 66% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 25.2% Great: 69%
Patriot Memory 8GB 132 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 7GB free, PID 3e00 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	4.69% Terrible	Read 21.2 Write 3.19 Mixed 5.07 9% 9.82 MB/s	4K Read 3.83 4K Write 0.006 4K Mixed 0.005 15% 1.28 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.69% Great: 7%

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	16.8% Very poor	MC Read 5.8 MC Write 5.1 MC Mixed 5.1 15% 5.33 GB/s	SC Read 4.4 SC Write 4.4 SC Mixed 2.4 11% 3.73 GB/s	Latency 101 40% 101 ns
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 16.8% Great: 45%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Typical GA-EP35-DS4 Builds (Compare 38 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 4%

Tree trunk

Desktop 43%

Speed boat

Workstation 4%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-EP35-DS4

CPU
Core2 Duo E8500Intel $110Bench 42%, 18,841 samples	8x
Core2 Quad Q6600Intel $100Bench 42%, 59,658 samples	5x
Core2 Duo E8400Intel $89Bench 40%, 68,540 samples	4x

GPU
GeForce GT 610NvidiaBench 2%, 62,458 samples	6x
GeForce GT 710NvidiaBench 3%, 187,161 samples	4x
R9 280XAMD $500Bench 35%, 94,130 samples	3x

SSD
Ultra II 480GBSanDisk $39Bench 86%, 62,883 samples	5x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $37Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	4x
PX-128M6S+ 128GBPlextorBench 82%, 299 samples	4x

RAM
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 183,252 samples	21x
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples	8x
3x2GBUnknownBench 30%, 45,030 samples	2x

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Total price: $149

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