Gigabyte GA-EP45-EXTREME

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 7%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 48%
Yacht
Workstation
Workstation 6%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 46.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics9.15% 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 Drive64.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory8GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Run History
MotherboardGigabyte GA-EP45-EXTREME  (all builds)
Memory5 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit couleurs
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20080618
Uptime0.5 Days
Run DateJan 28 '20 at 17:20
Run Duration166 Seconds
Run User FRA-User
Background CPU5%

 PC Performing as expected (57th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core2 Quad Q8400-$150
Socket 775, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 2.65 GHz, turbo 2.5 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (62nd percentile)
46.7% Average
Memory 69.3
1-Core 37.6
2-Core 74.9
40% 60.6 Pts
4-Core 141
8-Core 143
19% 142 Pts
64-Core 143
9% 143 Pts
Poor: 31%
This bench: 46.7%
Great: 52%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD HD 5750
Sapphire(174B E138) 1GB
Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.301.1901.0
Performing way above expectations (93rd percentile)
9.15% Terrible
Lighting 12
Reflection 9.54
Parallax 9.91
10% 10.5 fps
MRender 9.1
Gravity 8.5
Splatting 11
8% 9.52 fps
Poor: 8%
This bench: 9.15%
Great: 9%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 240GB
174GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 166 223 219 210 171 156 MB/s
Performing below expectations (22nd percentile)
64.2% Good
Read 390
Write 185
Mixed 198
SusWrite 191
54% 241 MB/s
4K Read 25.4
4K Write 49
4K Mixed 27.6
100% 34 MB/s
DQ Read 192
DQ Write 84
DQ Mixed 28.2
50% 101 MB/s
Poor: 53%
This bench: 64.2%
Great: 133%
Hitachi HDT721010SLA360 1TB-$497
157GB free
Firmware: ST6OA31B
SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 94 96 96 95 95 MB/s
Performing above expectations (76th percentile)
55.2% Above average
Read 97.6
Write 96.8
Mixed 47.7
SusWrite 94.6
62% 84.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.8
4K Mixed 0.8
151% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 31%
This bench: 55.2%
Great: 61%
Samsung Spinpoint T166 500GB-$40
168GB free
Firmware: CR100-10
SusWrite @10s intervals: 66 68 68 69 67 69 MB/s
Performing below expectations (24th percentile)
28% Poor
Read 29.6
Write 24.5
Mixed 22.2
SusWrite 67.8
26% 36 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 0.9
4K Mixed 0.6
108% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 22%
This bench: 28%
Great: 44%
Samsung Spinpoint F2 1TB-$60
108GB free
Firmware: 1AG01118
SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 95 98 98 98 99 MB/s
Performing above expectations (81st percentile)
52.5% Above average
Read 86.6
Write 39.2
Mixed 50.2
SusWrite 96.3
50% 68.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.7
132% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 28%
This bench: 52.5%
Great: 58%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown 4x2GB
4 of 4 slots used
8GB DIMM
Performing as expected (42nd percentile)
20.1% Poor
MC Read 6.5
MC Write 6.2
MC Mixed 6.2
18% 6.3 GB/s
SC Read 5.3
SC Write 6.6
SC Mixed 6.8
18% 6.23 GB/s
Latency 103
39% 103 ns
Poor: 14%
This bench: 20.1%
Great: 45%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical GA-EP45-EXTREME Builds (Compare 6 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 8%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 51%
Yacht
Workstation
Workstation 6%
Tree trunk

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-EP45-EXTREME

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