Gigabyte GA-EP45-DQ6

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 2% Tree trunk	Desktop 44% Speed boat	Workstation 1% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (37th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 63 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 below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 48.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	8.14% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	4GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and although it's sufficient for most games, some will benefit from up to 8GB of RAM. 4GB is also enough for modest file and system caches which allow for a responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-EP45-DQ6 (all builds)
Memory	2.2 GB free of 4 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1176 x 664 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20081017
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 01 '18 at 07:12
Run Duration	116 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing below expectations (37^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 as expected (41^st percentile)	48.1% Average	Memory 69.6 1-Core 41 2-Core 80.5 42% 63.7 Pts	4-Core 156 8-Core 159 21% 158 Pts	64-Core 149 9% 149 Pts
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 48.1% Great: 57%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GTX 285 2,842 User benchmarks, average bench 9% XFX(1682 2490) 1GB Ram: 1GB, Driver: 342.1 Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	8.14% Terrible	Lighting 11.2 Reflection 8.19 Parallax 5.16 9% 8.18 fps	MRender 8.33 Gravity 9.1 Splatting 6 6% 7.81 fps
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 8.14% Great: 10%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Hitachi HTS543216L9SA00 160GB 1,536 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 114GB free (System drive) Firmware: FB2OC40C SusWrite @10s intervals: 8.7 10 6.1 8.3 15 16 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	8.56% Terrible	Read 19.1 Write 12.7 Mixed 15.7 SusWrite 10.6 11% 14.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.2 40% 0.3 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 8.56% Great: 34%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x2GB 446,702 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 2 of 4 slots used 4GB DIMM Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	20.5% Poor	MC Read 6.4 MC Write 6.6 MC Mixed 6.3 18% 6.43 GB/s	SC Read 5.6 SC Write 6.9 SC Mixed 6.7 18% 6.4 GB/s	Latency 102 39% 102 ns
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 20.5% Great: 44%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Typical GA-EP45-DQ6 Builds (Compare 9 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 20%

Surfboard

Desktop 60%

Gunboat

Workstation 15%

Surfboard

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-EP45-DQ6

CPU
Core2 Quad Q9650Intel $170Bench 51%, 16,719 samples	4x
Core2 Quad Q9550Intel $161Bench 49%, 34,093 samples	2x
Core2 Duo E8600Intel $180Bench 44%, 6,109 samples	1x

GPU
GTX 770Nvidia $279Bench 34%, 116,895 samples	3x
HD 5870AMDBench 19%, 10,176 samples	1x
Radeon HD 5570AMDBench 4%, 12,172 samples	1x

SSD
860 Evo 250GBSamsung $52Bench 104%, 296,814 samples	3x
AS340 120GBApacerBench 67%, 5,956 samples	1x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	1x

RAM
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 183,252 samples	6x
3x2GBUnknownBench 30%, 45,030 samples	2x
4x1GBUnknownBench 18%, 54,972 samples	1x

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Value: 38% - Below average

Total price: $501

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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