Gigabyte GA-EP35-DS3L

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 48% Yacht	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 43.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	13.2% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 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.

High background CPU (30%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-EP35-DS3L (all builds)
Memory	2.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20090619
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Nov 09 '16 at 03:17
Run Duration	187 Seconds
Run User	RUS-User
Background CPU	30%

PC Performing as expected (52^nd 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 3.15 GHz Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	43.1% Average	Memory 69.4 1-Core 48.5 2-Core 83.5 44% 67.1 Pts	4-Core 100 8-Core 96.8 13% 98.7 Pts	64-Core 98.9 6% 98.9 Pts
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 43.1% Great: 48%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 460-$203 31,648 User benchmarks, average bench 12% Gainward(10B0 0801) 1GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 21.21.13.7570 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	13.2% Very poor	Lighting 15.7 Reflection 18.8 Parallax 8.75 13% 14.4 fps	MRender 15.8 Gravity 16 Splatting 18.5 14% 16.8 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 13.2% Great: 14%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$35 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 50GB free (System drive) Firmware: 15.01H15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 1301 (03) Spinup time 142 140 3875 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 337 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 11247 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 319 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 185 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 151 (C2) HDA temperature 104 95 39 (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 3933 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 1	58.5% Above average	Read 107 Write 96.9 Mixed 110 79% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.68 4K Mixed 0.26 82% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 58.5% Great: 69%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 36GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 171 168 6450 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7030 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 1 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 45 45 40407 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 812 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 179 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 734830 (C2) HDA temperature 117 103 33 (C4) Reallocation count 199 199 1 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 190 717 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	49.1% Average	Read 87.8 Write 82.9 Mixed 84 64% 84.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 1.85 4K Mixed 0.19 86% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 49.1% Great: 67%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 12GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 178 175 4075 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5950 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 16753 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 304 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 88 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 184 184 48922 (C2) HDA temperature 112 102 35 (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	46.1% Average	Read 69.6 Write 90.8 Mixed 69.5 58% 76.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 2.06 4K Mixed 0.22 85% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 46.1% Great: 84%
WD Green 2TB (2012)-$49 170,877 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 4GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 177 173 4141 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5924 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 67 67 24331 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 563 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 141 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 135 135 197605 (C2) HDA temperature 109 100 38 (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 200 198 338 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	62.6% Good	Read 122 Write 96.4 Mixed 116 84% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.23 86% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 62.6% Great: 84%

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 (56^th percentile)	22.4% Poor	MC Read 7.8 MC Write 7.3 MC Mixed 6.8 21% 7.3 GB/s	SC Read 5.3 SC Write 7.2 SC Mixed 6.6 18% 6.37 GB/s	Latency 103 39% 103 ns
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 22.4% Great: 45%

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Gaming 9%

Tree trunk

Desktop 48%

Yacht

Workstation 7%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-EP35-DS3L

CPU
Core2 Quad Q6600Intel $100Bench 42%, 59,658 samples	15x
Core2 Duo E8400Intel $89Bench 40%, 68,540 samples	12x
Core2 Quad Q9650Intel $170Bench 51%, 16,719 samples	9x

GPU
GT 1030NvidiaBench 14%, 185,384 samples	11x
GeForce 8400 GSNvidiaBench 1%, 18,254 samples	6x
GTX 650Nvidia $112Bench 8%, 69,673 samples	4x

SSD
SU750 256GBAdataBench 82%, 3,130 samples	7x
SSD 120GBGigabyte $31Bench 70%, 13,685 samples	3x
830 64GBSamsungBench 53%, 4,094 samples	2x

RAM
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 183,252 samples	40x
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples	16x
6GBUnknownBench 25%, 111,301 samples	5x

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Value: 55% - Above average

Total price: $100

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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