Gigabyte GA-EQ45M-S2

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 58% Gunboat	Workstation 15% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 50.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	36.1% 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	49.6% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-EQ45M-S2 (all builds)
Memory	5.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20091211
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 15 '20 at 12:29
Run Duration	132 Seconds
Run User	EST-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing as expected (58^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 Q9650-$170 16,719 User benchmarks, average bench 51% Socket 775, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3 GHz Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	50.3% Above average	Memory 71.9 1-Core 42.8 2-Core 83.7 43% 66.1 Pts	4-Core 168 8-Core 168 22% 168 Pts	64-Core 171 11% 171 Pts
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 50.3% Great: 58%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 770-$279 116,895 User benchmarks, average bench 34% Zotac(19DA 3255) 2GB CLim: 1267 MHz, MLim: 1800 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 358.50 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	36.1% Below average	Lighting 44.8 Reflection 40.5 Parallax 55.7 36% 47 fps	MRender 55.8 Gravity 39 Splatting 37.6 35% 44.2 fps
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 36.1% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 120GB-$35 80,916 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 64GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3J SusWrite @10s intervals: 164 84 55 58 20 60 MB/s Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	49.6% Average	Read 253 Write 238 Mixed 221 SusWrite 73.3 44% 196 MB/s	4K Read 21.7 4K Write 48.5 4K Mixed 26.3 92% 32.2 MB/s	DQ Read 171 DQ Write 117 DQ Mixed 90.1 82% 126 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 49.6% Great: 82%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 398GB free Firmware: 19.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 118 121 121 121 123 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	69.9% Good	Read 122 Write 123 Mixed 68.8 SusWrite 121 80% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 1 176% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 69.9% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x2GB 183,252 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 4 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	20.7% Poor	MC Read 6.5 MC Write 6.7 MC Mixed 6.2 18% 6.47 GB/s	SC Read 6.1 SC Write 6.9 SC Mixed 6.4 18% 6.47 GB/s	Latency 97 41% 97 ns
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 20.7% Great: 45%

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

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Gaming 4%

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Desktop 44%

Speed boat

Workstation 4%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-EQ45M-S2

CPU
Core2 Quad Q9550Intel $161Bench 49%, 34,093 samples	4x
Core2 Quad Q6600Intel $100Bench 42%, 59,658 samples	4x
Core2 Duo E8400Intel $89Bench 40%, 68,540 samples	2x

GPU
Q45/Q43 Express ChipsetIntelBench 0%, 16,152 samples	4x
GT 1030NvidiaBench 14%, 185,384 samples	3x
GeForce GT 730NvidiaBench 5%, 164,888 samples	2x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	2x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $37Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	1x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	1x

RAM
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 183,252 samples	12x
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples	4x
6GBUnknownBench 25%, 111,301 samples	3x

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Value: 52% - Above average

Total price: $189

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