Gigabyte GA-EP31-DS3L

Performance Results


Gaming 3% Tree trunk	Desktop 42% Speed boat	Workstation 2% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 42.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	4.55% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	36.6% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait 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.

Very high background CPU (36%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-EP31-DS3L (all builds)
Memory	2.1 GB free of 4 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	Χρώματα 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20090522
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 19 '18 at 09:00
Run Duration	258 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	36%

PC Performing as expected (49^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, turbo 2.8 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	42.3% Average	Memory 63.5 1-Core 40.3 2-Core 79.8 39% 61.2 Pts	4-Core 123 8-Core 137 17% 130 Pts	64-Core 134 8% 134 Pts
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 42.3% Great: 57%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 240 11,020 User benchmarks, average bench 4% Asus(1043 8326) 1GB Ram: 1GB, Driver: 342.1 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	4.55% Terrible	Lighting 6.1 Reflection 6.31 Parallax 2.53 5% 4.98 fps	MRender 6.24 Gravity 4.23 Splatting 3.65 4% 4.71 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.55% Great: 5%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 240GB-$40 53,931 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 135GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41200RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3496 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 723 (A5) Unknown 100 100 64453149048 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 26 (A8) Unknown 100 100 11 (A9) Unknown 100 100 257 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 5 (AE) Unknown 100 100 309 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 1 (C2) HDA temperature 70 67 287763726366 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1129581052167 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1231 (EA) Unknown 100 100 3852 (F1) Unknown 253 253 3132 (F2) Unknown 253 253 5535 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	36.6% Below average	Read 178 Write 117 Mixed 124 31% 140 MB/s	4K Read 26.7 4K Write 33 4K Mixed 10.3 71% 23.4 MB/s	DQ Read 27.1 DQ Write 57 DQ Mixed 10.1 17% 31.4 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 36.6% Great: 101%
Samsung HN-M101MBB 1TB-$45 3,466 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 538GB free Firmware: 2AR10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 24 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 89 83 3457 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7776 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5854 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 402 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4656 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 410 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 44 240518823960 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 195 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 1120 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 402 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 87 87 139277	50% Average	Read 88.5 Write 85.7 Mixed 84.2 65% 86.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.38 4K Mixed 0.33 81% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 50% Great: 59%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$33 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 517GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 6 (03) Spinup time 172 170 4391 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 957 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1440 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 499 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 378 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 580 (C2) HDA temperature 118 100 29 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 16 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 1	63.4% Good	Read 114 Write 107 Mixed 110 83% 110 MB/s	4K Read 1.23 4K Write 2.37 4K Mixed 0.38 137% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 63.4% Great: 76%
WD WD1600JS-75NCB1 160GB 10,689 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 102GB free Firmware: 10.02E02 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 218 180 2058 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10199 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 71 71 21838 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 91 91 9858 (BE) vendor-specific 46 22 54 (C2) HDA temperature 93 69 54 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 3 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	26.8% Poor	Read 45.3 Write 48 Mixed 51.8 37% 48.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.31 4K Write 0.43 4K Mixed 0.13 36% 0.29 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 26.8% Great: 35%
TOSHIBA MK5075GSX 500GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 435GB free, PID null Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	11.2% Very poor	Read 19.4 Write 15.5 Mixed 18.1 22% 17.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.59 4K Mixed 0.24 64% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 0% ↑ This bench: 11.2% Great: 31%

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 as expected (54^th percentile)	17.8% Very poor	MC Read 5.7 MC Write 6.1 MC Mixed 5.2 16% 5.67 GB/s	SC Read 4.6 SC Write 6.4 SC Mixed 4.8 15% 5.27 GB/s	Latency 118 34% 118 ns
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 17.8% Great: 44%

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Gaming 2%

Tree trunk

Desktop 39%

Jet ski

Workstation 2%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-EP31-DS3L

CPU
Core2 Quad Q6600Intel $100Bench 42%, 59,658 samples	16x
Pentium E5200Intel $50Bench 36%, 13,848 samples	14x
Core2 Duo E7400Intel $130Bench 38%, 14,354 samples	10x

GPU
GeForce 9400 GTNvidiaBench 1%, 12,718 samples	16x
GeForce 9500 GTNvidiaBench 2%, 27,834 samples	11x
GeForce 210NvidiaBench 1%, 98,254 samples	9x

SSD
SSD 120GBGigabyte $30Bench 70%, 13,685 samples	5x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	4x
Green 240GB (2018)WD $52Bench 45%, 156,194 samples	3x

RAM
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples	81x
3GBUnknownBench 14%, 81,553 samples	12x
2x1GBUnknownBench 14%, 68,489 samples	7x

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Value: 45% - Average

Total price: $130

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	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