Gigabyte GA-EQ45M-S2

Performance Results


Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 47% Yacht	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 36.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	25.9% 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	22.8% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
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 9 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-EQ45M-S2 (all builds)
Memory	5 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20090227
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 25 '20 at 10:26
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	TUR-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (46^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 Q9300-$38 10,428 User benchmarks, average bench 46% Socket 775, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.5 GHz Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	36.7% Below average	Memory 49.9 1-Core 33.9 2-Core 71.1 32% 51.6 Pts	4-Core 140 8-Core 129 18% 135 Pts	64-Core 138 8% 138 Pts
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 36.7% Great: 52%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 370-$153 39,178 User benchmarks, average bench 21% MSI(1462 2015) CLim: 1030 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 20.4.2 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	25.9% Poor	Lighting 31.2 Reflection 33.2 Parallax 40.5 26% 35 fps	MRender 30 Gravity 26 Splatting 39.1 27% 31.7 fps
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 25.9% Great: 23%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force LE200 SSD 120GB 5,441 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 39GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFM61.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 68 73 54 30 36 38 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	22.8% Poor	Read 128 Write 78.4 Mixed 100 SusWrite 50 20% 89.1 MB/s	4K Read 10.4 4K Write 22.9 4K Mixed 11.7 43% 15 MB/s	DQ Read 19.5 DQ Write 44.2 DQ Mixed 27.4 22% 30.4 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 22.8% Great: 82%
Toshiba MK6475GSX 640GB-$66 9,402 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 354GB free Firmware: GT002N SusWrite @10s intervals: 72 75 55 31 36 39 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	35.2% Below average	Read 70.9 Write 68.1 Mixed 43.5 SusWrite 51.3 43% 58.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 132% 1 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 35.2% Great: 45%
WD Blue 320GB (2007)-$90 108,153 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 46GB free Firmware: 01.03E01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 90 90 92 90 92 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	52% Above average	Read 90.1 Write 80.2 Mixed 59.2 SusWrite 90.9 59% 80.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 1 174% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 52% Great: 58%
Seagate ST500LM012 HN-M500MBB 500GB 47,588 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 241GB free Firmware: 2AR10002 SusWrite @10s intervals: 71 79 79 77 79 78 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	45.5% Average	Read 81.6 Write 24.6 Mixed 48.8 SusWrite 76.9 43% 58 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 128% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 45.5% Great: 59%

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 way below expectations (17^th percentile)	15.8% Very poor	MC Read 5 MC Write 5.5 MC Mixed 4.4 14% 4.97 GB/s	SC Read 4.8 SC Write 6.5 SC Mixed 6 16% 5.77 GB/s	Latency 161 25% 161 ns
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 15.8% Great: 45%

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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 $38Bench 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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $37
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