Gigabyte GA-EP45C-DS3

Performance Results


Gaming 22% Surfboard	Desktop 65% Battle cruiser	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (38th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 62 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 a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 58.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	35% 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	37.8% 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.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-EP45C-DS3 (all builds)
Memory	5.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20090903
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 30 '16 at 15:14
Run Duration	303 Seconds
Run User	RUS-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon X5492 69 User benchmarks, average bench 53% Socket 775, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	58.9% Above average	Memory 79 1-Core 58.4 2-Core 116 53% 84.5 Pts	4-Core 227 8-Core 221 30% 224 Pts	64-Core 218 14% 218 Pts
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 58.9% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280X-$500 94,130 User benchmarks, average bench 35% Gigabyte(1458 3001) Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 16.150.2211.0 Performing below potential (58^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	35% Below average	Lighting 45.9 Reflection 30.5 Parallax 56.7 37% 44.4 fps	MRender 28.5 Gravity 44.1 Splatting 37.7 30% 36.7 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 35% Great: 39%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 520 Series 120GB-$199 19,348 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 48GB free Firmware: 400i Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below potential (14^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 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 19851339742807 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1696 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 1323 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 3463750 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1323 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 40769 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 52 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 40769 (F2) Unknown 100 100 44300 (F9) Unknown 100 100 1936	60.8% Good	Read 264 Write 175 Mixed 210 48% 216 MB/s	4K Read 30.2 4K Write 59.5 4K Mixed 23.2 107% 37.6 MB/s	DQ Read 184 DQ Write 156 DQ Mixed 59.8 75% 133 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 60.8% Great: 88%
OCZ Agility 3 120GB-$102 38,562 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 28GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.25 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 106 106 14248912 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 119786637899309 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1938 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 361 (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 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 14248912 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 14248912 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 14248912 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 14939 (EA) Unknown 0 0 11162 (F1) Unknown 0 0 11162 (F2) Unknown 0 0 12475	37.8% Below average	Read 203 Write 91.4 Mixed 102 29% 132 MB/s	4K Read 18.2 4K Write 57.3 4K Mixed 9.5 70% 28.3 MB/s	DQ Read 85.6 DQ Write 93.5 DQ Mixed 28.9 38% 69.3 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 37.8% Great: 61%
Seagate ST31000340NS 1TB-$95 7,250 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 604GB free Firmware: SN06 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 76 63 47334266 (03) Spinup time 99 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 105 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 82 60 22327955904 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 21326 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 37 95 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 65538 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 54 53 773259310 (C2) HDA temperature 46 47 12884901934 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 47 40 47334266 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	50.8% Above average	Read 81.4 Write 95.3 Mixed 51.2 56% 76 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 1.81 4K Mixed 0.5 119% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 50.8% Great: 60%
Seagate ST31000340NS 1TB-$95 7,250 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 599GB free Firmware: SN06 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 82 63 180299636 (03) Spinup time 99 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 103 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 89 60 838228648 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 21325 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 37 94 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 65537 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 59 56 689373225 (C2) HDA temperature 41 44 12884901929 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 56 41 180299636 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	52.8% Above average	Read 96.2 Write 87.6 Mixed 68.4 63% 84 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 1.73 4K Mixed 0.51 121% 1 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 52.8% Great: 60%
WD WD3201ABYS-01B9A0 320GB 396 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 1GB free Firmware: 13.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 153 145 5350 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2301 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 57 57 31446 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2263 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 947 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2302 (C2) HDA temperature 103 75 44 (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	22.7% Poor	Read 35.2 Write 43.5 Mixed 51 33% 43.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.77 4K Mixed 0.26 80% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 22.7% Great: 43%
WD RE4 1TB (2010)-$54 23,775 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 0GB free Firmware: 01.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 172 172 4391 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 866 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 5917 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 832 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 36 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 842 (C2) HDA temperature 114 102 33 (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	32.6% Below average	Read 76.8 Write 36.4 Mixed 45.2 40% 52.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 2.27 4K Mixed 0.28 86% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 32.6% Great: 76%
Samsung SSD 850 EVO mSAT 1TB 930GB free, PID 0888 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	144% Outstanding	Read 134 Write 95 Mixed 111 140% 113 MB/s	4K Read 24.6 4K Write 32.1 4K Mixed 17.7 1,785% 24.8 MB/s	DQ Read 28.3 DQ Write 38.7 DQ Mixed 17.7 2,025% 28.2 MB/s

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 (30^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	26% Poor	MC Read 8.7 MC Write 8.6 MC Mixed 7.9 24% 8.4 GB/s	SC Read 6.7 SC Write 8.1 SC Mixed 7.1 21% 7.3 GB/s	Latency 82.4 48% 82.4 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 26% Great: 65%

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Desktop 58%

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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