Gigabyte GA-EQ45M-S2

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 1% Tree trunk	Desktop 26% Raft	Workstation 1% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (28th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 72 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 an extremely low single core score, this CPU can barely handle email and light web browsing. Finally, with a gaming score of 26.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very poor.
Graphics	3.23% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	5GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 5GB 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-EQ45M-S2 (all builds)
Memory	1.9 GB free of 5 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20090227
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 24 '20 at 15:01
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	IDN-User
Background CPU	20%

PC Performing below expectations (28^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 Q8300-$115 20,482 User benchmarks, average bench 44% Socket 775, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 2.35 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	26.4% Poor	Memory 42.8 1-Core 28.8 2-Core 48.3 26% 40 Pts	4-Core 55.8 8-Core 123 10% 89.2 Pts	64-Core 128 8% 128 Pts
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 26.4% Great: 51%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 5500 5,613 User benchmarks, average bench 3% PwrHis(1787 2314) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.301.1901.0 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	3.23% Terrible	Lighting 4.07 Reflection 5.04 Parallax 3.97 3% 4.36 fps	MRender 3.33 Gravity 3.5 Splatting 4.17 3% 3.67 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.23% Great: 4%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD WD1600AVVS-63L2B0 160GB 2,580 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 73GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.03A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 34 47 45 54 61 62 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	31.6% Below average	Read 59.5 Write 56 Mixed 39 SusWrite 50.4 38% 51.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.5 104% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 31.6% Great: 44%
Seagate ST3160215AS 160GB-$32 6,007 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 288GB free Firmware: 4.AAA SusWrite @10s intervals: 45 44 50 51 56 56 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	24.4% Poor	Read 34.7 Write 8.2 Mixed 23.7 SusWrite 50.2 22% 29.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.8 128% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 24.4% Great: 41%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 5GB 14,654 User benchmarks, average bench 18% null MHz 2048, 2048, 1024 MB Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	9.53% Terrible	MC Read 3.1 MC Write 3.3 MC Mixed 2.9 9% 3.1 GB/s	SC Read 1.6 SC Write 2.7 SC Mixed 1.8 6% 2.03 GB/s	Latency 190 21% 190 ns
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 9.53% Great: 34%

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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-EQ45M-S2 Builds (Compare 24 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 4%

Tree trunk

Desktop 44%

Speed boat

Workstation 4%

Tree trunk

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