Gigabyte GA-EP43-DS3L

Performance Results


Gaming 22% Surfboard	Desktop 62% Destroyer	Workstation 16% Surfboard


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 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 54%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	37.9% 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	26.6% 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.

Very high background CPU (40%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

18 months ago, 18 months ago, 18 months ago, 18 months ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-EP43-DS3L (all builds)
Memory	6 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20081230
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 05 '22 at 11:21
Run Duration	184 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	40%

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 Q9550-$161 34,093 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Socket 775, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	54% Above average	Memory 78.7 1-Core 50.2 2-Core 107 50% 78.7 Pts	4-Core 171 8-Core 177 23% 174 Pts	64-Core 175 11% 175 Pts
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 54% Great: 57%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Gigabyte(1458 36C1) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1631 MHz, MLim: 1907 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 516.94 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	37.9% Below average	Lighting 48.8 Reflection 50.6 Parallax 45.4 40% 48.3 fps	MRender 40 Gravity 46.1 Splatting 40.1 34% 42.1 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 37.9% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 127GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFK61K1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 67 76 77 50 40 36 MB/s Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	26.6% Poor	Read 188 Write 95.3 Mixed 125 SusWrite 57.6 26% 116 MB/s	4K Read 17.8 4K Write 11 4K Mixed 12.2 48% 13.7 MB/s	DQ Read 24.4 DQ Write 12.2 DQ Mixed 14.6 12% 17.1 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 26.6% Great: 100%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 2TB-$105 4,536 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 1TB free Firmware: 1AN10002 SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 93 89 89 90 92 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	48.9% Average	Read 78.2 Write 41.8 Mixed 57.2 SusWrite 91.8 50% 67.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1 177% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 48.9% Great: 59%
Hitachi Deskstar P7K500 500GB-$159 43,620 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 84GB free Firmware: GM4OA5CA SusWrite @10s intervals: 59 56 59 58 58 57 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	30.2% Below average	Read 46.7 Write 56 Mixed 32.5 SusWrite 58 36% 48.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 132% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 30.2% Great: 51%
Hitachi HDS721050CLA362 500GB-$59 47,815 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 118GB free Firmware: JP2OA3AE SusWrite @10s intervals: 67 77 77 50 40 36 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	39.4% Below average	Read 79.4 Write 74.3 Mixed 45 SusWrite 57.8 47% 64.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.9 147% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 39.4% Great: 74%
Maxtor 6H500R0 500GB 30 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 85GB free Firmware: HA3D1DH0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 52 51 51 51 51 51 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	28.8% Poor	Read 47.9 Write 56.3 Mixed 31 SusWrite 51.3 34% 46.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 4.4 4K Mixed 0.1 118% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 28.8% Great: 34%
Seagate ST3200822AS 200GB-$33 4,227 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 90GB free Firmware: 3.01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 51 51 51 50 51 50 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	26.6% Poor	Read 41.8 Write 50.5 Mixed 36.5 SusWrite 50.6 33% 44.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.8 132% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 26.6% Great: 34%

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 (64^th percentile)	23.8% Poor	MC Read 7.4 MC Write 7.7 MC Mixed 7.3 21% 7.47 GB/s	SC Read 6.4 SC Write 7.3 SC Mixed 7.6 20% 7.1 GB/s	Latency 82.9 48% 82.9 ns
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 23.8% Great: 45%

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Gaming 5%

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Desktop 43%

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Workstation 4%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-EP43-DS3L

CPU
Core2 Duo E8400Intel $89Bench 40%, 68,540 samples	15x
Core2 Quad Q9550Intel $161Bench 49%, 34,093 samples	14x
Core2 Quad Q9400Intel $170Bench 46%, 24,176 samples	11x

GPU
GeForce 9600 GTNvidiaBench 4%, 20,826 samples	7x
GeForce 210NvidiaBench 1%, 98,254 samples	6x
GTX 660Nvidia $170Bench 20%, 123,956 samples	6x

SSD
530 Series 120GBIntel $79Bench 67%, 15,015 samples	5x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	3x
860 Evo 250GBSamsung $45Bench 104%, 296,814 samples	3x

RAM
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 183,252 samples	52x
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples	20x
6GBUnknownBench 25%, 111,301 samples	9x

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