Gigabyte GA-EP45-DS4P

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 60% Gunboat	Workstation 15% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 52.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	34.6% 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	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 (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-EP45-DS4P (all builds)
Memory	6.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20090903
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 13 '18 at 22:11
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing as expected (51^st 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 2.85 GHz Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	52.1% Above average	Memory 77.7 1-Core 40.7 2-Core 81 44% 66.5 Pts	4-Core 156 8-Core 158 21% 157 Pts	64-Core 156 10% 156 Pts
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 52.1% Great: 57%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280X-$500 94,130 User benchmarks, average bench 35% AMD(1002 0B00) 3GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 22.19.662.4 Performing below potential (58^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	34.6% Below average	Lighting 45.2 Reflection 30.1 Parallax 57.2 37% 44.1 fps	MRender 28.8 Gravity 44 Splatting 37.1 30% 36.6 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 34.6% Great: 39%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 220GB free Firmware: EMT0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3145 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1371 (B1) Unknown 99 99 1 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 57 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 4 (F1) Unknown 99 99 1536306831	70.5% Very good	Read 264 Write 212 Mixed 219 52% 232 MB/s	4K Read 37.6 4K Write 62.8 4K Mixed 35 135% 45.2 MB/s	DQ Read 195 DQ Write 62.5 DQ Mixed 94.1 78% 117 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 70.5% Great: 134%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 80GB 21 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 23GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 314 Write 84 Mixed 139 133% 179 MB/s	4K Read 21.4 4K Write 3.17 4K Mixed 9.61 2,017% 11.4 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 126%
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C 1TB-$40 97,793 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 2GB free Firmware: JP4O Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 97 97 262146 (02) Throughput performance 133 133 105 (03) Spinup time 118 118 25790710080 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 31421 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 11 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 130 130 35 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 32948 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2529 (C0) Power-off retract count 74 74 31989 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 74 74 31989 (C2) HDA temperature 187 187 231929151520 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 18 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 5 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 19	57.1% Above average	Read 94.5 Write 105 Mixed 103 76% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.62 4K Mixed 0.3 74% 0.54 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 57.1% Great: 74%

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 above expectations (60^th percentile)	22.5% Poor	MC Read 7.5 MC Write 6.7 MC Mixed 6.8 20% 7 GB/s	SC Read 6.3 SC Write 6.6 SC Mixed 7.5 19% 6.8 GB/s	Latency 84.9 47% 84.9 ns
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 22.5% Great: 45%

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

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Gaming 17%

Surfboard

Desktop 59%

Gunboat

Workstation 13%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-EP45-DS4P

CPU
Core2 Quad Q9650Intel $170Bench 51%, 16,719 samples	3x
Core2 Quad Q9550Intel $161Bench 49%, 34,093 samples	2x
Core2 Quad Q6600Intel $100Bench 42%, 59,658 samples	2x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	4x
GeForce GT 610NvidiaBench 2%, 62,458 samples	1x
Radeon HD 3450ATIBench 1%, 4,621 samples	1x

SSD
SUV500960G 960GBKingstonBench 79%, 810 samples	4x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	1x
128GB 128GBSSDBench 65%, 7,332 samples	1x

RAM
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 183,252 samples	6x
3x2GBUnknownBench 30%, 45,030 samples	2x
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples	1x

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Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $229

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