Gigabyte GA-EP45-DS3

Performance Results


Gaming 3% Tree trunk	Desktop 43% Speed boat	Workstation 2% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 41.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	5.44% 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	41.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Very high background CPU (33%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-EP45-DS3 (all builds)
Memory	0.7 GB free of 4 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20080922
Uptime	17.7 Days
Run Date	Apr 28 '19 at 17:52
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	SVN-User
Background CPU	33%

PC Performing as expected (59^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 2.8 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	41.7% Average	Memory 74.7 1-Core 30.6 2-Core 53.4 38% 52.9 Pts	4-Core 50 8-Core 157 11% 103 Pts	64-Core 153 10% 153 Pts
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 41.7% Great: 57%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce 9600 GT 20,826 User benchmarks, average bench 4% Gigabyte(1458 3481) 512MB Ram: 512MB, Driver: 342.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	5.44% Terrible	Lighting 6.57 Reflection 9.54 Parallax 2.12 5% 6.08 fps	MRender 9.52 Gravity 4.5 Splatting 6.74 6% 6.92 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.44% Great: 5%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX100 250GB-$141 42,930 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 53GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 165 151 130 147 123 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	41.6% Average	Read 189 Write 201 Mixed 132 SusWrite 140 37% 166 MB/s	4K Read 16.4 4K Write 33.1 4K Mixed 27.1 77% 25.5 MB/s	DQ Read 26.2 DQ Write 8.3 DQ Mixed 12.7 11% 15.7 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 41.6% Great: 103%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 2TB-$105 4,536 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 781GB free Firmware: 1AN10002 SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 83 85 84 85 86 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	48.3% Average	Read 84.5 Write 38.5 Mixed 52 SusWrite 83.3 48% 64.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 168% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 48.3% Great: 59%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 931GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 82 85 84 85 86 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	53.7% Above average	Read 104 Write 100 Mixed 72.2 SusWrite 83.3 66% 89.9 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.9 164% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 53.7% Great: 59%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 2.5TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 130 135 136 136 137 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	77.7% Very good	Read 139 Write 138 Mixed 73 SusWrite 132 88% 120 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 0.9 198% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 77.7% Great: 83%

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 6.8 MC Write 6.1 MC Mixed 6.5 18% 6.47 GB/s	SC Read 5.8 SC Write 6.5 SC Mixed 4.2 16% 5.5 GB/s	Latency 91 44% 91 ns
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 20.5% Great: 44%

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Gaming 7%

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Desktop 46%

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Workstation 6%

Tree trunk

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 $38Bench 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 $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