Gigabyte GA-EP45-DS3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing CPU, RAM
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Graphics	16.9% 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	28.1% 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 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 (42%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

9 years ago, 9 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-EP45-DS3 (all builds)
Memory	2.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20100819
Uptime	1.7 Days
Run Date	Oct 18 '14 at 11:43
Run Duration	168 Seconds
Run User	FIN-User
Background CPU	42%

PC Performing as expected (45^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 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		1-Core 36.5 2-Core 74.1 25% 55.3 Pts	4-Core 123 8-Core 137 17% 130 Pts	64-Core 146 9% 146 Pts
Poor: 29% Great: 50%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 6870 25,443 User benchmarks, average bench 15% AMD(1002 00D0) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 13.250.18.0 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	16.9% Very poor	Lighting 22.6 Reflection 16 Parallax 20 18% 19.6 fps	MRender 13.9 Gravity 15.7 Splatting 20.1 14% 16.6 fps
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 16.9% Great: 16%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel X25-M 40GB 1,808 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 0GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2CV102M3 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 6 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 38544 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 131 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 54 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 481388 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 2554615 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 0 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 889991793 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 88 88 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0	28.1% Poor	Read 138 Write 42.4 Mixed 19.3 14% 66.7 MB/s	4K Read 19.3 4K Write 37 4K Mixed 6.55 57% 20.9 MB/s	DQ Read 129 DQ Write 39.9 DQ Mixed 24 33% 64.2 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 28.1% Great: 36%
JRAID 2TB 22 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 1TB free Firmware: 0000 Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	32.1% Below average	Read 50.1 Write 61.6 Mixed 69.7 46% 60.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 1.32 4K Mixed 0.17 56% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 32.1% Great: 85%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 500GB-$80 27,325 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 31GB free Firmware: SD1A Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 107 84 14068712 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 526 (05) Reallocated sector count 76 76 494 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 21829698474 (09) Power-on hours count 43 43 50788 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 2 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 197 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 953 (BC) Unknown 100 84 1400180965707 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 55 504627226 (C2) HDA temperature 26 45 34359738394 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 27 18 14068712 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 3 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 3 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	43.3% Average	Read 60.8 Write 90 Mixed 26.3 43% 59 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.67 4K Mixed 0.47 102% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 43.3% Great: 59%

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Gaming 7%

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Desktop 46%

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Workstation 6%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-EP45-DS3

CPU
Core2 Duo E8400Intel $89Bench 40%, 68,540 samples	16x
Core2 Quad Q9650Intel $170Bench 51%, 16,719 samples	13x
Core2 Duo E8500Intel $110Bench 42%, 18,841 samples	10x

GPU
HD 4870ATIBench 9%, 22,563 samples	12x
GeForce GT 730NvidiaBench 5%, 164,888 samples	10x
GeForce 9800 GTNvidiaBench 5%, 19,550 samples	8x

SSD
SSDNow UV400 240GBKingston $89Bench 71%, 105,079 samples	8x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	7x
SSDSC2BW080A4 80GBIntelBench 60%, 450 samples	4x

RAM
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 183,252 samples	48x
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples	21x
4x1GBUnknownBench 18%, 54,972 samples	10x

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Value: 32% - Below average

Total price: $178

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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