Gigabyte GA-EP43-S3L

Performance Results


Gaming 4% Tree trunk	Desktop 44% Speed boat	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 49.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	1.55% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	56.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-EP43-S3L (all builds)
Memory	6.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20080922
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 21 '18 at 16:59
Run Duration	128 Seconds
Run User	IRN-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (61^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 2.85 GHz Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	49.4% Average	Memory 71.9 1-Core 40.5 2-Core 81.7 42% 64.7 Pts	4-Core 158 8-Core 162 21% 160 Pts	64-Core 163 10% 163 Pts
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 49.4% Great: 57%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 730 164,888 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Nvidia(10DE 1081) 1GB CLim: 901 MHz, MLim: 1252 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 382.33 Relative performance (0^th percentile)	1.55% Terrible	Lighting 0.13 Reflection 4.27 Parallax 4.72 0% 3.04 fps	MRender 6.19 Gravity 3.7 Splatting 5.87 4% 5.25 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 1.55% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Spcc Solid State Disk 120GB 22,489 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 73GB free (System drive) Firmware: Q062 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (50^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 (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 7 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 100 (A3) Unknown 100 100 20 (A4) Unknown 100 100 820 (A5) Unknown 100 100 3 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 1 (A8) Unknown 100 100 7000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 6 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 40 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 2181 (F2) Unknown 100 100 1926 (F5) Unknown 100 100 387	56.7% Above average	Read 259 Write 244 Mixed 248 56% 250 MB/s	4K Read 29.2 4K Write 58.9 4K Mixed 9.85 88% 32.7 MB/s	DQ Read 176 DQ Write 120 DQ Mixed 13.2 46% 103 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 56.7% Great: 83%
Hitachi Deskstar P7K500 500GB-$159 43,620 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 460GB free Firmware: GM4O Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 133 133 138 (03) Spinup time 147 147 25782518089 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 6532 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 129 129 30 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 13489 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 6509 (C0) Power-off retract count 95 95 6532 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 6532 (C2) HDA temperature 157 157 214748954662 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 41	50.4% Above average	Read 86.2 Write 89.1 Mixed 89.9 67% 88.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 1.74 4K Mixed 0.46 111% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 50.4% Great: 51%

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 as expected (49^th percentile)	20.6% Poor	MC Read 6.6 MC Write 6.5 MC Mixed 6.3 18% 6.47 GB/s	SC Read 5.5 SC Write 6.4 SC Mixed 6.8 18% 6.23 GB/s	Latency 97.1 41% 97.1 ns
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 20.6% Great: 45%

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Gaming 4%

Tree trunk

Desktop 40%

Speed boat

Workstation 4%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-EP43-S3L

CPU
Core2 Duo E8400Intel $89Bench 40%, 68,540 samples	10x
Core2 Quad Q9400Intel $170Bench 46%, 24,176 samples	7x
Core2 Quad Q8400Intel $150Bench 45%, 18,432 samples	6x

GPU
GeForce 210NvidiaBench 1%, 98,254 samples	9x
GeForce GT 730NvidiaBench 5%, 164,888 samples	5x
Radeon HD 5450AMDBench 1%, 66,079 samples	5x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	4x
Green 240GB (2018)WD $50Bench 45%, 156,194 samples	4x
BX500 480GBCrucial $38Bench 63%, 83,298 samples	3x

RAM
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 183,252 samples	39x
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples	14x
6GBUnknownBench 25%, 111,301 samples	9x

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Value: 47% - Average

Total price: $116

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16