Gigabyte GA-EP43-US3L

Performance Results


Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 42% Speed boat	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (38th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 62 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 45%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	4% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	9.95% 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.

Very high background CPU (100%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-EP43-US3L (all builds)
Memory	1.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20100205
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 05 '22 at 05:36
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	HKG-User
Background CPU	100%

PC Performing below expectations (38^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 Q9550-$161 34,093 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Socket 775, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.85 GHz Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	45% Average	Memory 64.2 1-Core 44.3 2-Core 86.2 41% 64.9 Pts	4-Core 150 8-Core 159 20% 155 Pts	64-Core 167 10% 167 Pts
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 45% Great: 57%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 240 11,020 User benchmarks, average bench 4% Nvidia(10DE 069D) 1GB Ram: 1GB, Driver: 337.88 Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	4% Terrible	Lighting 5.4 Reflection 2.9 Parallax 2.5 4% 3.6 fps	MRender 5.5 Gravity 4.3 Splatting 2.6 3% 4.13 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4% Great: 5%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Kingston SUV400S 240GB 497 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 197GB free (System drive) Firmware: D6SD SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 80 84 88 75 75 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	9.95% Terrible	Read 10 Write 144 Mixed 145 SusWrite 81.1 22% 95 MB/s	4K Read 4.4 4K Write 3.9 4K Mixed 4.6 15% 4.3 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 9.95% Great: 84%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 496GB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 71 84 90 86 80 90 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	49.7% Average	Read 89.3 Write 69 Mixed 7.7 SusWrite 83.4 45% 62.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.7 156% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 49.7% Great: 112%
Seagate ST3250620AS 250GB-$149 6,960 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 196GB free Firmware: E SusWrite @10s intervals: 61 61 62 63 61 63 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	38.3% Below average	Read 71.3 Write 59.2 Mixed 37.3 SusWrite 61.9 42% 57.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.6 122% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 38.3% Great: 43%

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 below expectations (23^rd percentile)	16.9% Very poor	MC Read 5.5 MC Write 6 MC Mixed 5.9 17% 5.8 GB/s	SC Read 1.1 SC Write 3.1 SC Mixed 3.6 7% 2.6 GB/s	Latency 116 34% 116 ns
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 16.9% 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-EP43-US3L Builds (Compare 10 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 6%

Tree trunk

Desktop 48%

Yacht

Workstation 5%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-EP43-US3L

CPU
Core2 Quad Q9550Intel $161Bench 49%, 34,093 samples	3x
Core2 Quad Q9650Intel $170Bench 51%, 16,719 samples	2x
Core2 Duo E7500Intel $109Bench 39%, 39,897 samples	2x

GPU
Quadro 2000NvidiaBench 6%, 15,855 samples	1x
GTX 660-TiNvidia $362Bench 26%, 42,960 samples	1x
GTX 660Nvidia $170Bench 20%, 123,956 samples	1x

SSD
Solid State Disk 128GBSpccBench 69%, 14,793 samples	1x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	1x
SUV400S 240GBKingstonBench 64%, 497 samples	1x

RAM
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 183,252 samples	5x
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples	2x
3GBUnknownBench 14%, 81,553 samples	1x

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Value: 57% - Above average

Total price: $161

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