Gigabyte GA-EP45-DS3R

Performance Results


Gaming 1% Tree trunk	Desktop 11% Tree trunk	Workstation 1% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 41.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	4.96% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	39.3% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	The RAM on this system should be upgraded to at least 2GB although on 32bit systems 1GB will suffice as a bare minimum.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-EP45-DS3R (all builds)
Memory	0.2 GB free of 1 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20080723
Uptime	2.2 Days
Run Date	Jan 30 '18 at 18:00
Run Duration	346 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (57^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 E7300-$28 7,475 User benchmarks, average bench 39% Socket 775, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads Base clock 2.65 GHz, turbo 2.65 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	41.7% Average	Memory 71.1 1-Core 37.9 2-Core 71.8 40% 60.3 Pts	4-Core 75.3 8-Core 72.9 10% 74.1 Pts	64-Core 72.9 4% 72.9 Pts
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 41.7% Great: 45%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce 9600 GT 20,826 User benchmarks, average bench 4% Gigabyte(1458 3481) 512MB Ram: 512MB, Driver: 342.1 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	4.96% Terrible	Lighting 5.63 Reflection 7.96 Parallax 2.09 5% 5.23 fps	MRender 9.81 Gravity 4.53 Splatting 6.74 6% 7.03 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.96% Great: 5%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HyperX Fury 120GB-$160 11,403 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 44GB free (System drive) Firmware: 608ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 15803289 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 68582037783861 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 536 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 366 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 32 49 77312622624 (C2) HDA temperature 32 49 77312622624 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 15803289 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 15803289 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 15803289 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 68719476736 (E9) Unknown 0 0 2587 (EA) Unknown 0 0 2161 (F1) Unknown 0 0 2161 (F2) Unknown 0 0 4244 (F4) Unknown 100 100 3473427	39.3% Below average	Read 209 Write 122 Mixed 161 36% 164 MB/s	4K Read 21.5 4K Write 42.9 4K Mixed 13 72% 25.8 MB/s	DQ Read 29.6 DQ Write 76.1 DQ Mixed 12.6 21% 39.4 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 39.3% Great: 75%
Generic USB SD Reader 8GB 293 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 5GB free, PID 6362 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	1.91% Terrible	Read 4.35 Write 3.46 Mixed 4.04 5% 3.95 MB/s	4K Read 1.99 4K Write 0.02 4K Mixed 0.01 8% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 1.91% Great: 11%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x0.5GB 3,675 User benchmarks, average bench 10% 2 of 4 slots used 1GB DIMM Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	17.2% Very poor	MC Read 6.1 MC Write 5.3 MC Mixed 5 16% 5.47 GB/s	SC Read 4.1 SC Write 4.5 SC Mixed 3.3 11% 3.97 GB/s	Latency 98.8 40% 98.8 ns
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 17.2% Great: 15%

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

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Gaming 9%

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Desktop 51%

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Workstation 7%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-EP45-DS3R

CPU
Core2 Duo E8400Intel $89Bench 40%, 68,540 samples	12x
Core2 Quad Q9550Intel $161Bench 49%, 34,093 samples	9x
Core2 Quad Q6600Intel $100Bench 42%, 59,658 samples	6x

GPU
GTX 650-TiNvidia $152Bench 14%, 36,698 samples	6x
GTX 750-TiNvidia $92Bench 17%, 309,423 samples	3x
GTX 750Nvidia $120Bench 15%, 66,662 samples	3x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	3x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	3x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $95Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	2x

RAM
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 183,252 samples	27x
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples	10x
6GBUnknownBench 25%, 111,301 samples	6x

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Value: 32% - Below average

Total price: $321

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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