Gigabyte GA-EP31-DS3L

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU, SSD
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (38th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 62 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 relatively low single core score, this CPU can handle email, light web browsing and basic audio/video playback, but it will struggle to handle CPU intensive tasks. Finally, with a gaming score of 31.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
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.

Very high background CPU (78%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-EP31-DS3L (all builds)
Memory	0.8 GB free of 4 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20090522
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 29 '17 at 14:17
Run Duration	411 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	78%

PC Performing below expectations (38^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 E7400-$130 14,354 User benchmarks, average bench 38% Socket 775, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 2.6 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	31.6% Below average	Memory 54.1 1-Core 26.3 2-Core 43.5 29% 41.3 Pts	4-Core 53.1 8-Core 67.8 8% 60.5 Pts	64-Core 63.4 4% 63.4 Pts
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 31.6% Great: 45%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
ATI Radeon HD 4550 3,005 User benchmarks, average bench 1% Gigabyte(1458 21AE) 512MB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 8.970.100.9001 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 1% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD WD10EURX 1TB-$25 53,598 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 421GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 38 (03) Spinup time 134 130 4258 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 618 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 58 58 31307 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 584 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 228 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2498 (C2) HDA temperature 107 83 36 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	43.9% Average	Read 72.7 Write 80.3 Mixed 70.6 56% 74.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.48 4K Mixed 0.21 69% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 43.9% Great: 87%
WD Green 500GB (2009)-$23 63,281 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 154GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 184 175 6783 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4698 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5510 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1919 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 853 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 184 184 48253 (C2) HDA temperature 111 90 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	50.7% Above average	Read 90.2 Write 86.2 Mixed 62 59% 79.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 1.61 4K Mixed 0.28 85% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 50.7% Great: 54%
WD WD6400AACS-00G8B1 640GB 9,045 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 148GB free Firmware: 05.04C05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 197 3111 (03) Spinup time 139 134 6025 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10228 (05) Reallocated sector count 198 198 10 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 57 57 31505 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 92 92 8727 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1279 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 10227 (C2) HDA temperature 114 86 33 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 199 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 199 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	34.5% Below average	Read 59.5 Write 60.4 Mixed 27.1 36% 49 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.81 4K Mixed 0.25 80% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 34.5% Great: 49%
Kingston DataTraveler 2.0 8GB 14,254 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 0GB free, PID 1665 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	4.68% Terrible	Read 21.5 Write 3.42 Mixed 6.23 10% 10.4 MB/s	4K Read 3.28 4K Write 0.02 4K Mixed 0.02 13% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 4.68% Great: 7%

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 below expectations (16^th percentile)	11.9% Very poor	MC Read 5 MC Write 3.7 MC Mixed 3.3 11% 4 GB/s	SC Read 1.3 SC Write 2.8 SC Mixed 1.2 5% 1.77 GB/s	Latency 146 27% 146 ns
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 11.9% Great: 44%

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Gaming 2%

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Desktop 39%

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Workstation 2%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-EP31-DS3L

CPU
Core2 Quad Q6600Intel $100Bench 42%, 59,658 samples	16x
Pentium E5200Intel $50Bench 36%, 13,848 samples	14x
Core2 Duo E7400Intel $130Bench 38%, 14,354 samples	10x

GPU
GeForce 9400 GTNvidiaBench 1%, 12,718 samples	16x
GeForce 9500 GTNvidiaBench 2%, 27,834 samples	11x
GeForce 210NvidiaBench 1%, 98,254 samples	9x

SSD
SSD 120GBGigabyte $31Bench 70%, 13,685 samples	5x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $37Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	4x
Green 240GB (2018)WD $35Bench 45%, 156,194 samples	3x

RAM
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples	81x
3GBUnknownBench 14%, 81,553 samples	12x
2x1GBUnknownBench 14%, 68,489 samples	7x

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Value: 45% - Average

Total price: $131

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 $15	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