Gigabyte GA-EP35C-DS3R

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 0% Tree trunk	Desktop 38% Jet ski	Workstation 0% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With 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 47%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	0.14% 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.

Very high background CPU (51%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-EP35C-DS3R (all builds)
Memory	3.5 GB free of 5 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20090618
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 24 '17 at 01:46
Run Duration	245 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	51%

PC Performing as expected (51^st 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, turbo 2.8 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	47% Average	Memory 65.1 1-Core 43.3 2-Core 86.3 41% 64.9 Pts	4-Core 169 8-Core 172 23% 171 Pts	64-Core 171 11% 171 Pts
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 47% Great: 58%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Quadro FX 3450/4000 SDI 416 User benchmarks, average bench 0% Nvidia(10DE 029B) 256MB Ram: 256MB, Driver: 267.79 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	0.14% Terrible	Lighting 0.27 Reflection 0.23 Parallax 0.09 0% 0.2 fps
Poor: 0% ↑ This bench: 0.14% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD WD1200JB-00EVA0 120GB 639 User benchmarks, average bench 22% 1TB free Firmware: 20.00K20 Max speed: UDMA 100 100 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 182 93 3858 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2104 (05) Reallocated sector count 105 105 759 (07) Seek error rate 200 199 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3211 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1868 (C2) HDA temperature 118 78 29 (C4) Reallocation count 150 150 50 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 58 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	39.3% Below average	Read 69.6 Write 67.1 Mixed 26 40% 54.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 1.95 4K Mixed 0.38 106% 1 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 39.3% Great: 32%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 640GB 1,575 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 1TB free Firmware: 1.0. Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	40.4% Average	Read 70 Write 70.3 Mixed 21.5 39% 54 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 2.04 4K Mixed 0.39 110% 1.04 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 40.4% Great: 120%
Hitachi HDT725050VLAT80 500GB 77 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 1TB free Firmware: V56OA4EA Max speed: UDMA 133 133 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 65536 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 195 195 21491482882 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 327 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 146 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 290 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 327 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 327 (C2) HDA temperature 187 187 206159740960 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	39.5% Below average	Read 69.6 Write 67.7 Mixed 39.5 44% 58.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.85 4K Mixed 0.37 105% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 39.5% Great: 63%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 320GB 718 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 1TB free Firmware: 1.0. Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	39.4% Below average	Read 69.6 Write 67.4 Mixed 15.9 37% 51 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 1.91 4K Mixed 0.37 106% 1 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 39.4% Great: 131%
Seagate ST380815AS 80GB-$48 16,844 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 53GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3.AAD Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 99 237334424 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3882 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 150014535 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 4199 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 4076 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 62 45 639238182 (C2) HDA temperature 38 55 77309411366 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 87 73 126734859 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	39.2% Below average	Read 69.6 Write 66.7 Mixed 61.8 50% 66 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.37 86% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 39.2% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 5GB 14,654 User benchmarks, average bench 18% null MHz 2048, 1024, 1024, 1024 MB Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	17.2% Very poor	MC Read 5.7 MC Write 5.6 MC Mixed 4.7 15% 5.33 GB/s	SC Read 5.5 SC Write 5.9 SC Mixed 4.7 15% 5.37 GB/s	Latency 114 35% 114 ns
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 17.2% Great: 34%

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Gaming 6%

Tree trunk

Desktop 42%

Speed boat

Workstation 6%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-EP35C-DS3R

CPU
Core2 Quad Q6600Intel $100Bench 42%, 59,658 samples	17x
Core2 Duo E8400Intel $89Bench 40%, 68,540 samples	11x
Core2 Quad Q9550Intel $161Bench 49%, 34,093 samples	6x

GPU
GeForce GT 240NvidiaBench 4%, 11,020 samples	7x
GeForce GT 730NvidiaBench 5%, 164,888 samples	5x
GT 1030NvidiaBench 14%, 185,384 samples	3x

SSD
SKC600512G 512GBKingstonBench 109%, 5,390 samples	7x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	4x
QXSSD-512GB 512GBBench 81%, 6 samples	3x

RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	13x
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 183,252 samples	13x
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples	11x

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Value: 55% - Above average

Total price: $100

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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