Gigabyte GA-EP45-DS3

Performance Results


Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 57% Gunboat	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 48.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	22.9% 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	59.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	6GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 6GB 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-EP45-DS3 (all builds)
Memory	4.1 GB free of 6 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20090903
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 15 '17 at 23:04
Run Duration	147 Seconds
Run User	NOR-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (58^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 Q8300-$115 20,482 User benchmarks, average bench 44% Socket 775, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.5 GHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	48.7% Average	Memory 70.4 1-Core 40 2-Core 79.8 42% 63.4 Pts	4-Core 158 8-Core 160 21% 159 Pts	64-Core 159 10% 159 Pts
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 48.7% Great: 51%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 660-$170 123,956 User benchmarks, average bench 20% Gainward(10B0 11C0) 2GB CLim: 1298 MHz, MLim: 1602 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	22.9% Poor	Lighting 27 Reflection 26 Parallax 37.1 22% 30 fps	MRender 32.3 Gravity 31.5 Splatting 27.2 24% 30.3 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 22.9% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 204GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (2^nd 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 99 99 1151 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 247 (B1) Unknown 99 99 5 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 47 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 31 (F1) Unknown 99 99 3028378332	59.3% Above average	Read 255 Write 205 Mixed 200 49% 220 MB/s	4K Read 27.6 4K Write 40.1 4K Mixed 28.1 99% 31.9 MB/s	DQ Read 148 DQ Write 122 DQ Mixed 58.5 65% 110 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 59.3% Great: 124%
Liteonit LCS-256M6S 2.5 7mm 256GB 11,477 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 90GB free Firmware: DC81605 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (5^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 100 100 878 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2343 (B1) Unknown 100 100 30928 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 468 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 155924 (F2) Unknown 100 100 193234	59.2% Above average	Read 255 Write 245 Mixed 252 56% 251 MB/s	4K Read 23.6 4K Write 42.5 4K Mixed 23.3 88% 29.8 MB/s	DQ Read 175 DQ Write 144 DQ Mixed 62 73% 127 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 59.2% Great: 101%
Hitachi Deskstar P7K500 500GB-$159 43,620 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 456GB free Firmware: GM4OA52A 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 132 132 141 (03) Spinup time 131 131 21494432032 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2686 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 131 131 29 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 24169 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1649 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 2796 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 2796 (C2) HDA temperature 171 171 274878103587 (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 11	50.4% Above average	Read 85.5 Write 90 Mixed 25.9 49% 67.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 1.83 4K Mixed 0.5 120% 1.02 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 50.4% Great: 51%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 6GB 111,301 User benchmarks, average bench 25% null MHz 1024, 2048, 1024, 2048 MB Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	23.1% Poor	MC Read 7.3 MC Write 7.7 MC Mixed 7.4 21% 7.47 GB/s	SC Read 6.1 SC Write 7.5 SC Mixed 7 20% 6.87 GB/s	Latency 100 40% 100 ns
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 23.1% Great: 46%

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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 $300	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