Gigabyte GA-EP35-DS3L

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 55% Gunboat	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 51%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	40.3% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-EP35-DS3L (all builds)
Memory	3.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20080716
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 06 '18 at 07:32
Run Duration	448 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing as expected (56^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 Q9550-$161 34,093 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Socket 775, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.85 GHz, turbo 2.65 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	51% Above average	Memory 76.1 1-Core 38.3 2-Core 80.2 43% 64.9 Pts	4-Core 152 8-Core 155 20% 154 Pts	64-Core 152 9% 152 Pts
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 51% Great: 57%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280X-$500 94,130 User benchmarks, average bench 35% Sapphire(174B 3001) CLim: 1150 MHz, MLim: 1600 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 18.2.3 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	40.3% Average	Lighting 51.8 Reflection 36.4 Parallax 69 42% 52.4 fps	MRender 34.1 Gravity 53.2 Splatting 45.4 37% 44.2 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 40.3% Great: 39%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 67GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 7976 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1538 (B1) Unknown 98 98 35 (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 50 49 50 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 49 (F1) Unknown 99 99 14160175866
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
WD Blue 3TB (2015)-$80 75,644 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 181 180 5908 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 178 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1610 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 178 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 10 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 6070 (C2) HDA temperature 107 106 43 (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	47.5% Average	Read 80.3 Write 84.6 Mixed 81.9 62% 82.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.83 4K Write 2.22 4K Mixed 0.27 106% 1.11 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 47.5% Great: 96%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 213GB free Firmware: CC37 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 105919693 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10757 (05) Reallocated sector count 85 85 622 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 34933133115 (09) Power-on hours count 69 69 27478 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5189 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 8590524467 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 56 52 740098092 (C2) HDA temperature 44 48 42949673004 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 35 27 105919693 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 12 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -75131862867286 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2674383271 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3865741842	56.5% Above average	Read 111 Write 85.5 Mixed 85.2 71% 94 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.56 108% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 56.5% Great: 68%
MSFT Mobile Memory 1GB 47 User benchmarks, average bench 1% 1GB free, PID 072b Operating at USB 1.1 Speed Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Read 0.94 1% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 0% Great: 1%

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 as expected (49^th percentile)	21% Poor	MC Read 7.1 MC Write 6.2 MC Mixed 6.6 19% 6.63 GB/s	SC Read 5.5 SC Write 5.8 SC Mixed 5.6 16% 5.63 GB/s	Latency 88.2 45% 88.2 ns
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 21% Great: 45%

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Desktop 48%

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Workstation 7%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-EP35-DS3L

CPU
Core2 Quad Q6600Intel $100Bench 42%, 59,658 samples	15x
Core2 Duo E8400Intel $89Bench 40%, 68,540 samples	12x
Core2 Quad Q9650Intel $170Bench 51%, 16,719 samples	9x

GPU
GT 1030NvidiaBench 14%, 185,384 samples	11x
GeForce 8400 GSNvidiaBench 1%, 18,254 samples	6x
GTX 650Nvidia $112Bench 8%, 69,673 samples	4x

SSD
SU750 256GBAdataBench 82%, 3,130 samples	7x
SSD 120GBGigabyte $31Bench 70%, 13,685 samples	3x
830 64GBSamsungBench 53%, 4,094 samples	2x

RAM
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 183,252 samples	40x
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples	16x
6GBUnknownBench 25%, 111,301 samples	5x

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Value: 55% - Above average

Total price: $100

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 $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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