Gigabyte GA-EP35-DS3

Performance Results


Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 47% Yacht	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 47.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	2.47% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	64.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-EP35-DS3 (all builds)
Memory	6 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20090619
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 29 '21 at 20:14
Run Duration	136 Seconds
Run User	BEL-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E3110-$200 372 User benchmarks, average bench 42% Socket 775, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 2.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	47.1% Average	Memory 78.6 1-Core 47.3 2-Core 92.8 47% 72.9 Pts	4-Core 94.6 8-Core 94.8 13% 94.7 Pts	64-Core 94.4 6% 94.4 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 47.1% Great: 47%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 620 17,163 User benchmarks, average bench 2% MSI(1462 8A91) 2GB CLim: 700 MHz, MLim: 250 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	2.47% Terrible	Lighting 3.2 Reflection 2.9 Parallax 1.2 3% 2.43 fps	MRender 2.3 Gravity 3.9 Splatting 2.1 2% 2.77 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 2.47% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 181GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 204 200 219 222 202 214 MB/s Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	64.2% Good	Read 231 Write 217 Mixed 202 SusWrite 210 48% 215 MB/s	4K Read 30.4 4K Write 56.7 4K Mixed 38.7 126% 41.9 MB/s	DQ Read 37.8 DQ Write 84.8 DQ Mixed 49.9 41% 57.5 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 64.2% Great: 124%
Samsung HD502HJ 500GB-$50 72,924 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 374GB free Firmware: 1AJ100E4 SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 129 130 130 127 128 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	74.1% Very good	Read 129 Write 126 Mixed 70.8 SusWrite 128 83% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1 194% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 74.1% Great: 77%

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 above expectations (60^th percentile)	23.5% Poor	MC Read 8.1 MC Write 7.2 MC Mixed 6.9 21% 7.4 GB/s	SC Read 6.1 SC Write 7.2 SC Mixed 6.9 19% 6.73 GB/s	Latency 83.3 48% 83.3 ns
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 23.5% Great: 45%

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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-EP35-DS3 Builds (Compare 83 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 14%

Tree trunk

Desktop 54%

Yacht

Workstation 11%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-EP35-DS3

CPU
Core2 Duo E8400Intel $89Bench 40%, 68,540 samples	16x
Core2 Quad Q6600Intel $100Bench 42%, 59,658 samples	15x
Core2 Quad Q9550Intel $161Bench 49%, 34,093 samples	11x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	5x
GT 1030NvidiaBench 14%, 185,384 samples	5x
GTX 760Nvidia $209Bench 26%, 161,132 samples	4x

SSD
BX500 240GBCrucial $29Bench 56%, 142,801 samples	4x
A400 120GBKingston $30Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	4x
MX500 500GBCrucial $49Bench 106%, 237,241 samples	4x

RAM
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 183,252 samples	48x
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples	11x
6GBUnknownBench 25%, 111,301 samples	6x

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Total price: $177

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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