Gigabyte GA-EP45C-DS3R

Performance Results


Gaming 31% Sail boat	Desktop 61% Destroyer	Workstation 23% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 54.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	54.8% 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)
Boot Drive	39.2% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-EP45C-DS3R (all builds)
Memory	6 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20090903
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 17 '16 at 17:18
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	PRT-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon X5460-$190 10,360 User benchmarks, average bench 52% Socket 775, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.15 GHz, turbo 3.15 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	54.6% Above average	Memory 79.7 1-Core 45.1 2-Core 90 47% 71.6 Pts	4-Core 174 8-Core 172 23% 173 Pts	64-Core 174 11% 174 Pts
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 54.6% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6839 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	54.8% Above average	Lighting 69.2 Reflection 69 Parallax 61.8 56% 66.7 fps	MRender 73.9 Gravity 64.2 Splatting 55.6 52% 64.6 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 54.8% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 106GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (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 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1592 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 549 (B1) Unknown 98 98 33 (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 55 44 45 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 56 (F1) Unknown 99 99 15577424521	39.2% Below average	Read 183 Write 169 Mixed 158 38% 170 MB/s	4K Read 24.2 4K Write 30.8 4K Mixed 12.6 69% 22.6 MB/s	DQ Read 24.4 DQ Write 31 DQ Mixed 12.6 14% 22.7 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 39.2% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 334GB free Firmware: CC34 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 116429249 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2835 (05) Reallocated sector count 85 85 620 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 140842033 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 21656 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 3026 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 84 84 16 (BC) Unknown 100 99 65537 (BD) vendor-specific 75 75 25 (BE) vendor-specific 66 47 572653602 (C2) HDA temperature 34 53 42949672994 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 38 21 116429249 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 51668456599695 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2112211961 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1019638473	63.9% Good	Read 107 Write 116 Mixed 113 84% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.69 4K Mixed 0.42 95% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 63.9% Great: 70%
Samsung SP0812C 80GB 822 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 44GB free Firmware: SU100-30 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 4096 (04) Start/Stop count 86 86 14958 (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 96 96 2543254 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 6849 (C2) HDA temperature 133 73 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 255388 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 1 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 1 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0	30.6% Below average	Read 50 Write 56.2 Mixed 22 31% 42.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 1.29 4K Mixed 0.38 91% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 30.6% Great: 32%

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 (24^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	23.1% Poor	MC Read 8.3 MC Write 6.6 MC Mixed 6.6 20% 7.17 GB/s	SC Read 6.6 SC Write 6.7 SC Mixed 7 19% 6.77 GB/s	Latency 81.1 49% 81.1 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 23.1% Great: 65%

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Gaming 3%

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Desktop 44%

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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 $15	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