Gigabyte GA-EP45C-DS3R

Performance Results


Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 37% Jet ski	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (34th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 66 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 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 31.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	11.3% 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	46.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Very high background CPU (84%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-EP45C-DS3R (all builds)
Memory	5.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20081216
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 22 '20 at 21:40
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	CHE-User
Background CPU	84%

PC Performing below expectations (34^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 Q9400-$170 24,176 User benchmarks, average bench 46% Socket 775, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.65 GHz, turbo 1.25 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	31.2% Below average	Memory 52.6 1-Core 21.3 2-Core 37.4 27% 37.1 Pts	4-Core 58.4 8-Core 62.1 8% 60.2 Pts	64-Core 57.9 4% 57.9 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 31.2% Great: 53%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 5770 37,602 User benchmarks, average bench 10% Gigabyte(1458 21D7) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	11.3% Very poor	Lighting 15 Reflection 11.6 Parallax 12.9 12% 13.2 fps	MRender 10.5 Gravity 11.4 Splatting 12.7 10% 11.6 fps
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 11.3% Great: 11%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 57GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 180 166 130 125 122 121 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	46.6% Average	Read 229 Write 219 Mixed 209 SusWrite 141 45% 200 MB/s	4K Read 18.8 4K Write 25.4 4K Mixed 22 70% 22.1 MB/s	DQ Read 172 DQ Write 138 DQ Mixed 137 107% 149 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 46.6% Great: 124%
WD WD10EACS-00ZJB0 1TB 28,352 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 418GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 68 71 74 74 73 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	40.1% Average	Read 67.8 Write 71.5 Mixed 50.1 SusWrite 71.6 48% 65.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 143% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 40.1% Great: 51%

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 way below expectations (9^th percentile)	16.9% Very poor	MC Read 6.2 MC Write 5.7 MC Mixed 5.4 16% 5.77 GB/s	SC Read 4.3 SC Write 4.1 SC Mixed 4 12% 4.13 GB/s	Latency 152 26% 152 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 16.9% Great: 65%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Typical GA-EP45C-DS3R Builds (Compare 29 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 3%

Tree trunk

Desktop 44%

Speed boat

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 $269	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 $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