Gigabyte GA-EQ45M-S2

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU, SSD
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 44.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
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	4GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and although it's sufficient for most games, some will benefit from up to 8GB of RAM. 4GB is also enough for modest file and system caches which allow for a responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-EQ45M-S2 (all builds)
Memory	2.2 GB free of 4 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit cores, 1366 x 768 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20090821
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 14 '21 at 20:20
Run Duration	112 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (45^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 Q9400-$170 24,176 User benchmarks, average bench 46% Socket 775, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.65 GHz, turbo 2.5 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	44.3% Average	Memory 64.3 1-Core 37.8 2-Core 76 39% 59.4 Pts	4-Core 142 8-Core 146 19% 144 Pts	64-Core 148 9% 148 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 44.3% Great: 53%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel Q45/Q43 Express Chipset 16,152 User benchmarks, average bench 0% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1.8GB Driver: igdumd64.dll Ver. 8.15.10.2702 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 0.6 Reflection 0.8 Parallax 0.5 0% 0.63 fps	Splatting 0.2 0% 0.2 fps
Poor: 0% Great: 1%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD WD1600JS-75NCB1 160GB 10,689 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 124GB free (System drive) Firmware: 10.02E01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 45 45 50 31 22 12 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	24.2% Poor	Read 49.4 Write 40.9 Mixed 37.8 SusWrite 34.3 30% 40.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 1 168% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 24.2% Great: 35%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x2GB 446,702 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 2 of 4 slots used 4GB DIMM Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	19.9% Very poor	MC Read 6.9 MC Write 6.5 MC Mixed 6.3 19% 6.57 GB/s	SC Read 5 SC Write 5.9 SC Mixed 5 15% 5.3 GB/s	Latency 116 35% 116 ns
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 19.9% Great: 44%

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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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16