Gigabyte GA-EP45C-DS3

Performance Results


Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 48% Yacht	Workstation 4% 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 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 53.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	3.32% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	35.7% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-EP45C-DS3 (all builds)
Memory	4.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kolorów
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20090903
Uptime	1.9 Days
Run Date	Feb 17 '18 at 20:00
Run Duration	298 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	8%

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 Quad Q9650-$170 16,719 User benchmarks, average bench 51% Socket 775, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 2.8 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	53.3% Above average	Memory 79.2 1-Core 42.4 2-Core 85 46% 68.9 Pts	4-Core 163 8-Core 155 22% 159 Pts	64-Core 157 10% 157 Pts
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 53.3% Great: 58%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 730 164,888 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Gigabyte(1458 365B) 2GB CLim: 700 MHz, MLim: 400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	3.32% Terrible	Lighting 4 Reflection 4.96 Parallax 3.5 3% 4.15 fps	MRender 5.81 Gravity 4.3 Splatting 3.09 4% 4.4 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.32% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX200 240GB-$36 36,559 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 39GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU02.6 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 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 515 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 787 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 28 (A3) Unknown 100 100 263 (94) Unknown 100 100 119744 (95) Unknown 100 100 1636 (96) Unknown 100 100 1473 (97) Unknown 100 100 1618 (A4) Unknown 100 100 44858 (A5) Unknown 100 100 84 (A6) Unknown 100 100 4 (A7) Unknown 100 100 35 (A9) Unknown 100 100 97 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 50 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 45261055852577 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 158887 (F2) Unknown 100 100 218986 (F5) Unknown 100 100 264942 (F6) Unknown 100 100 239488 (F7) Unknown 100 100 0	35.7% Below average	Read 212 Write 117 Mixed 118 33% 149 MB/s	4K Read 24.9 4K Write 23 4K Mixed 10.5 63% 19.5 MB/s	DQ Read 31.6 DQ Write 43 DQ Mixed 11.7 16% 28.8 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 35.7% Great: 91%
Samsung HD502HJ 500GB-$50 72,924 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 440GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 362 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 82 73 5462 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2403 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 17199 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2389 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 7 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 57 184683921438 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 9 (DF) Load/unload retry count 252 252 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 81 81 192503	74.2% Very good	Read 124 Write 134 Mixed 83.4 85% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 2.44 4K Mixed 0.44 116% 1.14 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 74.2% Great: 77%
WD WD2500JB-00REA0 250GB-$150 998 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 219GB free Firmware: 20.00K20 Max speed: UDMA 100 100 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 188 54 5558 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 996 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 4432 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 992 (C2) HDA temperature 99 84 51 (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 5 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	32.7% Below average	Read 55.8 Write 57.9 Mixed 54.4 42% 56 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 1.63 4K Mixed 0.43 101% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 32.7% Great: 33%
Seagate Expansion 1TB 60,540 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 82GB free Firmware: 9300 Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	19.2% Very poor	Read 32.6 Write 33.9 Mixed 33.7 25% 33.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.81 4K Mixed 0.35 94% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 19.2% Great: 66%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 1TB-$100 65,786 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 107GB free Firmware: 1AA01118 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 66 66 11020 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7193 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 13987 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 4623 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 77 51 386793495 (C2) HDA temperature 71 49 487456797 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 26471 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	42.4% Average	Read 75.8 Write 71.9 Mixed 27.3 43% 58.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.61 4K Mixed 0.39 94% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 42.4% Great: 62%
WD Green 500GB (2009)-$23 63,281 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 18GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 149 147 3550 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2913 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 9106 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1545 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 182 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 192 192 24548 (C2) HDA temperature 112 91 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 2 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	40% Average	Read 73.1 Write 66 Mixed 23.4 40% 54.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 2.14 4K Mixed 0.33 101% 1.02 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 40% Great: 54%
Seagate Desktop 1TB 4,684 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 13GB free, PID 3300 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	11.4% Very poor	Read 32.2 Write 11.3 Mixed 26.9 28% 23.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.35 4K Mixed 0.36 60% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 11.4% Great: 21%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x4GB 424,126 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM Performing below potential (22^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	22.3% Poor	MC Read 7.8 MC Write 6.4 MC Mixed 6.4 20% 6.87 GB/s	SC Read 6.6 SC Write 6.6 SC Mixed 6.8 19% 6.67 GB/s	Latency 82.1 49% 82.1 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 22.3% Great: 65%

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Workstation 13%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-EP45C-DS3

CPU
Core2 Quad Q9550Intel $161Bench 49%, 34,093 samples	5x
Xeon E5450Intel $195Bench 51%, 10,801 samples	4x
Xeon X5470IntelBench 54%, 1,638 samples	3x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	4x
GTX 1070-TiNvidia $299Bench 94%, 412,133 samples	4x
GeForce 210NvidiaBench 1%, 98,254 samples	4x

SSD
Burst 120GBPatriotBench 66%, 15,567 samples	4x
SSD 240GBBench 75%, 38,401 samples	3x
Vertex 4 128GBOCZ $215Bench 88%, 19,372 samples	3x

RAM
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 183,252 samples	8x
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	3x
4GBUnknownBench 26%, 42,830 samples	3x

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Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $220

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