Gigabyte GA-EP45-DS3

Performance Results


Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 42% Speed boat	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a relatively low single core score, this CPU can handle email, light web browsing and basic audio/video playback, but it will struggle to handle CPU intensive tasks. Finally, with a gaming score of 32.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	15.9% 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	32.1% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	6GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 6GB 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.

Very high background CPU (35%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-EP45-DS3 (all builds)
Memory	3.2 GB free of 6 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20080922
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	Jan 24 '19 at 00:00
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	HRV-User
Background CPU	35%

PC Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core2 Quad Q6600-$100 59,658 User benchmarks, average bench 42% Socket 775, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.4 GHz, turbo 2.4 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	32.7% Below average	Memory 50.6 1-Core 27.6 2-Core 54.9 29% 44.4 Pts	4-Core 86 8-Core 94.7 12% 90.3 Pts	64-Core 99.9 6% 99.9 Pts
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 32.7% Great: 50%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 5850 15,020 User benchmarks, average bench 15% Sapphire(174B E140) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.200.1062.1004 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	15.9% Very poor	Lighting 22 Reflection 12.7 Parallax 19.9 18% 18.2 fps	MRender 10.7 Gravity 16.2 Splatting 16 12% 14.3 fps
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 15.9% Great: 16%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 120GB-$32 166,392 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 62GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFKB1D1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 169 117 121 121 115 152 MB/s Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	32.1% Below average	Read 157 Write 114 Mixed 108 SusWrite 132 29% 128 MB/s	4K Read 14.4 4K Write 24 4K Mixed 14.9 54% 17.8 MB/s	DQ Read 18.7 DQ Write 31.7 DQ Mixed 22.6 18% 24.3 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 32.1% Great: 85%
WD Blue 320GB (2007)-$80 108,153 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 256GB free Firmware: 01.03E01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 94 96 98 94 96 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	55.3% Above average	Read 97.5 Write 94 Mixed 56.3 SusWrite 95.1 63% 85.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.9 158% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 55.3% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 6GB 111,301 User benchmarks, average bench 25% null MHz 2048, 1024, 2048, 1024 MB Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	15.1% Very poor	MC Read 6.2 MC Write 4.5 MC Mixed 4.8 15% 5.17 GB/s	SC Read 4.1 SC Write 2.6 SC Mixed 3.4 10% 3.37 GB/s	Latency 158 25% 158 ns
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 15.1% Great: 46%

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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-DS3 Builds (Compare 98 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 7%

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Desktop 46%

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Workstation 6%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-EP45-DS3

CPU
Core2 Duo E8400Intel $89Bench 40%, 68,540 samples	16x
Core2 Quad Q9650Intel $170Bench 51%, 16,719 samples	13x
Core2 Duo E8500Intel $110Bench 42%, 18,841 samples	10x

GPU
HD 4870ATIBench 9%, 22,563 samples	12x
GeForce GT 730NvidiaBench 5%, 164,888 samples	10x
GeForce 9800 GTNvidiaBench 5%, 19,550 samples	8x

SSD
SSDNow UV400 240GBKingston $89Bench 71%, 105,079 samples	8x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $37Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	7x
SSDSC2BW080A4 80GBIntelBench 60%, 450 samples	4x

RAM
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 183,252 samples	48x
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples	21x
4x1GBUnknownBench 18%, 54,972 samples	10x

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Value: 32% - Below average

Total price: $178

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