Gigabyte GA-EP35C-DS3R

Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 58% Gunboat	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 49.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	30.7% 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	35.3% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-EP35C-DS3R (all builds)
Memory	5 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.4 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20090618
Uptime	1.9 Days
Run Date	Jan 31 '22 at 21:35
Run Duration	200 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing as expected (57^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 Q6600-$100 59,658 User benchmarks, average bench 42% Socket 775, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 2.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	49.5% Average	Memory 72.1 1-Core 45.8 2-Core 87.6 44% 68.5 Pts	4-Core 155 8-Core 179 22% 167 Pts	64-Core 181 11% 181 Pts
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 49.5% Great: 50%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 270X-$199 77,943 User benchmarks, average bench 27% PowerColor(148C 2340) 2GB CLim: 1180 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 20.10.35.02 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	30.7% Below average	Lighting 40 Reflection 41.4 Parallax 51.3 33% 44.2 fps	MRender 34.9 Gravity 37.3 Splatting 28.9 27% 33.7 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 30.7% Great: 29%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Agility 3 120GB-$102 38,562 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 82GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 93 97 75 68 71 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	35.3% Below average	Read 110 Write 104 Mixed 101 SusWrite 82.5 22% 99.3 MB/s	4K Read 19.1 4K Write 36.2 4K Mixed 23.1 78% 26.1 MB/s	DQ Read 22.4 DQ Write 49.2 DQ Mixed 26.9 23% 32.8 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 35.3% Great: 61%
OCZ VERTEX2 60GB 4,861 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 13GB free Firmware: 1.25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 60 56 60 61 59 62 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	40.7% Average	Read 154 Write 78 Mixed 106 SusWrite 59.8 22% 99.4 MB/s	4K Read 23.7 4K Write 50.6 4K Mixed 19.5 88% 31.3 MB/s	DQ Read 129 DQ Write 77.9 DQ Mixed 87 69% 98 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 40.7% Great: 51%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 500GB-$80 27,325 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 388GB free Firmware: SD1A SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 101 101 100 101 100 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	56.4% Above average	Read 96 Write 99.3 Mixed 56.8 SusWrite 100 65% 88.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 1 176% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 56.4% Great: 59%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 224GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 75 76 74 76 76 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	46.2% Average	Read 85 Write 99.4 Mixed 54.9 SusWrite 75.5 58% 78.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1.1 193% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 46.2% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x4GB 424,126 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM Performing below potential (22^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	22.2% Poor	MC Read 8.2 MC Write 6.7 MC Mixed 6.6 20% 7.17 GB/s	SC Read 6.1 SC Write 6.6 SC Mixed 5.8 18% 6.17 GB/s	Latency 96.7 41% 96.7 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 22.2% Great: 65%

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Gaming 6%

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Desktop 42%

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Workstation 6%

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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 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4070 $515	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16