Gigabyte GA-EP45-DS3L

Performance Results


Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 51% Yacht	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 40.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	50.8% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	46.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

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Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-EP45-DS3L (all builds)
Memory	2.6 GB free of 4 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20090903
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Jul 17 '16 at 09:51
Run Duration	181 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	30%

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 Q8200-$49 19,990 User benchmarks, average bench 43% Socket 775, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.35 GHz, turbo 2.05 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	40.7% Average	Memory 64 1-Core 33.3 2-Core 66.6 36% 54.6 Pts	4-Core 103 8-Core 105 14% 104 Pts	64-Core 94.6 6% 94.6 Pts
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 40.7% Great: 50%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 290X-$549 37,353 User benchmarks, average bench 51% Sapphire(174B E285) Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.300.1025.1001 Performing below potential (60^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	50.8% Above average	Lighting 61 Reflection 58.9 Parallax 94.9 50% 71.6 fps	MRender 57.7 Gravity 57.3 Splatting 74.7 53% 63.3 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 50.8% Great: 55%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX100 256GB-$116 55,768 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 176GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 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 (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 4747 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 796 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 98 98 78 (AE) Unknown 100 100 569 (B4) Unknown 0 0 2159 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 65 53 201864511523 (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 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 98 98 2 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 14928831799 (F7) Unknown 100 100 472500648 (F8) Unknown 100 100 847272973	46.3% Average	Read 199 Write 228 Mixed 217 48% 215 MB/s	4K Read 22.5 4K Write 48 4K Mixed 14.3 78% 28.3 MB/s	DQ Read 22.6 DQ Write 45.2 DQ Mixed 14.6 17% 27.5 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 46.3% Great: 97%
Samsung HD642JJ 640GB-$70 13,060 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 320GB free Firmware: 1AA01113 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 86 86 5030 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 2682 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 20896 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2631 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 80 62 336658452 (C2) HDA temperature 75 61 420544537 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 71799 (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 5 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	56.1% Above average	Read 97.3 Write 97.9 Mixed 77.8 68% 91 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.51 126% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 56.1% Great: 63%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 184GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 169 162 6550 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1539 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 15175 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1451 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 119 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 180 180 61531 (C2) HDA temperature 120 106 30 (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 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	57.7% Above average	Read 95.2 Write 106 Mixed 83.6 71% 94.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.19 78% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 57.7% Great: 67%
Hitachi HDS725050KLAT80 500GB-$83 83 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 46GB free Firmware: K2AOAB0A Max speed: UDMA 133 133 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 122 122 51577881136 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 4050 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 26030 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2965 (C0) Power-off retract count 96 96 4984 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 4984 (C2) HDA temperature 161 161 244814118946 (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	34.3% Below average	Read 59.7 Write 59.3 Mixed 59.1 45% 59.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.36 111% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 34.3% Great: 34%

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 above expectations (61^st percentile)	18.7% Very poor	MC Read 6.6 MC Write 5.9 MC Mixed 5.9 18% 6.13 GB/s	SC Read 4.8 SC Write 5.1 SC Mixed 4.8 14% 4.9 GB/s	Latency 116 34% 116 ns
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 18.7% Great: 44%

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Gaming 7%

Tree trunk

Desktop 44%

Speed boat

Workstation 6%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-EP45-DS3L

CPU
Core2 Quad Q6600Intel $100Bench 42%, 59,658 samples	12x
Xeon E5450Intel $195Bench 51%, 10,801 samples	9x
Core2 Duo E8400Intel $89Bench 40%, 68,540 samples	7x

GPU
GTX 550-TiNvidia $250Bench 9%, 54,392 samples	7x
HD 4870ATIBench 9%, 22,563 samples	6x
GeForce 9600 GTNvidiaBench 4%, 20,826 samples	5x

SSD
CS900 120GBPNY $25Bench 69%, 42,924 samples	6x
P3-128 128GBBench 63%, 3,189 samples	3x
SSD Plus 240GBSanDisk $28Bench 61%, 133,640 samples	3x

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

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Value: 21% - Poor

Total price: $375

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16