Gigabyte GA-EP45T-DS3R

Performance Results


Gaming 55% Yacht	Desktop 58% Gunboat	Workstation 40% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (37th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 63 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 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 50.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	111% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	23.6% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (32%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

15 months ago, 15 months ago, 15 months ago, 15 months ago, 15 months ago, 15 months ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-EP45T-DS3R (all builds)
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20080922
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 28 '23 at 08:10
Run Duration	115 Seconds
Run User	JPN-User
Background CPU	32%

PC Performing below expectations (37^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 Q9650-$170 16,719 User benchmarks, average bench 51% Socket 775, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.35 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	50.4% Above average	Memory 72.7 1-Core 41.8 2-Core 92.1 44% 68.9 Pts	4-Core 164 8-Core 167 22% 166 Pts	64-Core 175 11% 175 Pts
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 50.4% Great: 58%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 6600-XT-$301 21,558 User benchmarks, average bench 107% Sapphire(1DA2 E448) ≥ 4GB Ram: 8GB, Driver: 22.20.27.07 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Lighting 119 Reflection 129 Parallax 244 97% 164 fps	MRender 218 Gravity 123 Splatting 191 146% 177 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 110%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX500 240GB-$29 142,801 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 91GB free (System drive) Firmware: M6CR013 SusWrite @10s intervals: 153 164 61 58 75 59 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	23.6% Poor	Read 128 Write 116 Mixed 128 SusWrite 94.9 26% 117 MB/s	4K Read 13.5 4K Write 32.8 4K Mixed 0.4 38% 15.6 MB/s	DQ Read 104 DQ Write 7.1 DQ Mixed 39 33% 50.2 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 23.6% Great: 92%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x4GB 106,178 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	23.8% Poor	MC Read 8.6 MC Write 7.6 MC Mixed 7.3 22% 7.83 GB/s	SC Read 6.3 SC Write 6.3 SC Mixed 6.3 18% 6.3 GB/s	Latency 95.2 42% 95.2 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 23.8% Great: 61%

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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-EP45T-DS3R Builds (Compare 16 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 55%

Gunboat

Desktop 59%

Gunboat

Workstation 40%

Speed boat

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-EP45T-DS3R

CPU
Core2 Quad Q9650Intel $170Bench 51%, 16,719 samples	3x
Core2 Quad Q9550Intel $161Bench 49%, 34,093 samples	3x
Core2 Quad Q8200Intel $49Bench 43%, 19,990 samples	2x

GPU
RX 6600-XTAMD $301Bench 107%, 21,558 samples	2x
GTX 660Nvidia $170Bench 20%, 123,956 samples	2x
GeForce 9600 GTNvidiaBench 4%, 20,826 samples	1x

SSD
BX500 240GBCrucial $29Bench 56%, 142,801 samples	3x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	1x
M500 240GBCrucial $73Bench 77%, 31,779 samples	1x

RAM
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples	4x
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples	4x
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	3x

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Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $500

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	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