Gigabyte GA-EP45C-DS3R

Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 57% Gunboat	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 49.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	29.4% 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	29% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-EP45C-DS3R (all builds)
Memory	5.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1768 x 992 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20081216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 14 '18 at 11:51
Run Duration	136 Seconds
Run User	LTU-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (61^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 3.4 GHz Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	49.1% Average	Memory 68 1-Core 48.4 2-Core 97.1 45% 71.2 Pts	4-Core 175 8-Core 185 24% 180 Pts	64-Core 185 11% 185 Pts
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 49.1% Great: 57%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-$101 269,381 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Gigabyte(1458 372B) 2GB CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	29.4% Poor	Lighting 36.8 Reflection 25.7 Parallax 32.5 30% 31.7 fps	MRender 38.2 Gravity 34.2 Splatting 32.2 28% 34.9 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 29.4% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Trion 100 240GB-$95 9,561 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 68GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM11.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1448 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 602 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 198 198 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 164 (C2) HDA temperature 67 53 201864380449	29% Poor	Read 227 Write 24.7 Mixed 104 26% 119 MB/s	4K Read 23.5 4K Write 30.3 4K Mixed 6.74 60% 20.2 MB/s	DQ Read 21.6 DQ Write 41.7 DQ Mixed 6.82 12% 23.4 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 29% Great: 83%
OCZ VERTEX2 160GB 104 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 8GB free Firmware: 1.27 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 120 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 83184926604612 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1645 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 233 (B1) Unknown 0 0 6 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 129 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 99 99 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 13120 (EA) Unknown 0 0 7680 (F1) Unknown 0 0 7680 (F2) Unknown 0 0 15616	31.4% Below average	Read 127 Write 77.1 Mixed 86.9 21% 96.9 MB/s	4K Read 20.3 4K Write 51.2 4K Mixed 8.73 69% 26.7 MB/s	DQ Read 20.6 DQ Write 63.3 DQ Mixed 7.76 16% 30.6 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 31.4% Great: 45%

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 (56^th percentile)	22.1% Poor	MC Read 7 MC Write 7.7 MC Mixed 6.8 20% 7.17 GB/s	SC Read 5.5 SC Write 7.7 SC Mixed 6.5 19% 6.57 GB/s	Latency 106 38% 106 ns
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 22.1% Great: 45%

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Gaming 3%

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Desktop 44%

Speed boat

Workstation 2%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-EP45C-DS3R

CPU
Core2 Quad Q9400Intel $170Bench 46%, 24,176 samples	5x
Core2 Duo E8400Intel $89Bench 40%, 68,540 samples	5x
Xeon X5460Intel $190Bench 52%, 10,360 samples	4x

GPU
GeForce 9600 GTNvidiaBench 4%, 20,826 samples	3x
GeForce GT 640NvidiaBench 6%, 34,519 samples	3x
HD 5870AMDBench 19%, 10,176 samples	2x

SSD
SSD Plus 120GBSanDisk $42Bench 58%, 87,912 samples	2x
Blue 250GBWD $90Bench 79%, 26,761 samples	2x
860 Evo 250GBSamsung $52Bench 104%, 296,814 samples	2x

RAM
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples	11x
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	7x
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 183,252 samples	4x

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Value: 44% - Average

Total price: $212

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 $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 $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