Gigabyte GA-EP35C-DS3R

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 53% Yacht	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 43.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	23.3% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-EP35C-DS3R (all builds)
Memory	6.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20080104
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 21 '19 at 18:34
Run Duration	133 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing as expected (51^st percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core2 Duo E8500-$110 18,841 User benchmarks, average bench 42% Socket 775, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 2.95 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	43.4% Average	Memory 71.8 1-Core 45.2 2-Core 87.9 44% 68.3 Pts	4-Core 89.2 8-Core 91.4 12% 90.3 Pts	64-Core 90.1 6% 90.1 Pts
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 43.4% Great: 48%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 260X-$120 38,521 User benchmarks, average bench 20% Sapphire(174B E258) CLim: 1150 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.7.1 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	23.3% Poor	Lighting 28.3 Reflection 32 Parallax 34.1 23% 31.5 fps	MRender 27.5 Gravity 25.3 Splatting 32.4 24% 28.4 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 23.3% Great: 22%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 208GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1AJ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 105 114 116 119 124 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	51.3% Above average	Read 66.7 Write 39.4 Mixed 61.5 SusWrite 112 52% 69.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 168% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 51.3% Great: 75%
Samsung HD250HJ 250GB 11,393 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 46GB free Firmware: FH100-05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 58 56 58 58 58 58 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	38.9% Below average	Read 77.5 Write 77.6 Mixed 51.3 SusWrite 57.8 49% 66.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.8 136% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 38.9% Great: 56%

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 (42^nd percentile)	20.5% Poor	MC Read 7 MC Write 6.6 MC Mixed 6 19% 6.53 GB/s	SC Read 4.7 SC Write 6.4 SC Mixed 5.6 16% 5.57 GB/s	Latency 97.2 41% 97.2 ns
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 20.5% Great: 45%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Typical GA-EP35C-DS3R Builds (Compare 60 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 6%

Tree trunk

Desktop 42%

Speed boat

Workstation 6%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-EP35C-DS3R

CPU
Core2 Quad Q6600Intel $100Bench 42%, 59,658 samples	17x
Core2 Duo E8400Intel $89Bench 40%, 68,540 samples	11x
Core2 Quad Q9550Intel $161Bench 49%, 34,093 samples	6x

GPU
GeForce GT 240NvidiaBench 4%, 11,020 samples	7x
GeForce GT 730NvidiaBench 5%, 164,888 samples	5x
GT 1030NvidiaBench 14%, 185,384 samples	3x

SSD
SKC600512G 512GBKingstonBench 109%, 5,390 samples	7x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	4x
QXSSD-512GB 512GBBench 81%, 6 samples	3x

RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	13x
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 183,252 samples	13x
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples	11x

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Value: 55% - Above average

Total price: $100

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 $184	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