Gigabyte GA-EP35C-DS3R

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 1% Tree trunk	Desktop 37% Jet ski	Workstation 1% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 43.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	1.97% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (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	5GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 5GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (36%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-EP35C-DS3R (all builds)
Memory	3.2 GB free of 5 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20090618
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 02 '17 at 21:18
Run Duration	256 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	36%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core2 Quad Q9650-$170 16,719 User benchmarks, average bench 51% Socket 775, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 2.8 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	43.2% Average	Memory 58.1 1-Core 42.7 2-Core 82.1 38% 61 Pts	4-Core 164 8-Core 170 22% 167 Pts	64-Core 170 10% 170 Pts
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 43.2% Great: 58%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 420 9,903 User benchmarks, average bench 2% Gigabyte(1458 368C) 2GB CLim: 700 MHz, MLim: 400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 355.82 Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	1.97% Terrible	Lighting 2.33 Reflection 2.69 Parallax 1.91 2% 2.31 fps	MRender 3.14 Gravity 2.27 Splatting 2.39 2% 2.6 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 1.97% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD WD1200JB-00EVA0 120GB 639 User benchmarks, average bench 22% 1.5TB free Firmware: 20.00K20 Max speed: UDMA 100 100 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 181 93 3916 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2217 (05) Reallocated sector count 105 105 759 (07) Seek error rate 200 199 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3270 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1973 (C2) HDA temperature 108 78 39 (C4) Reallocation count 150 150 50 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 58 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	68.9% Good	Read 114 Write 126 Mixed 101 85% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 1.11 4K Mixed 0.58 114% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 68.9% Great: 32%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$24 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 1.5TB free Firmware: KC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 107 99 2520 (03) Spinup time 100 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1148 (05) Reallocated sector count 98 98 912 (07) Seek error rate 77 60 47782683637 (09) Power-on hours count 72 72 24656 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1063 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 8590065697 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 63 56 622919717 (C2) HDA temperature 37 44 85899345957 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 46 23 2520 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -107481556557747 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3627399935 (F2) Unknown 100 253 4049412269	67.7% Good	Read 125 Write 111 Mixed 102 85% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.77 134% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 67.7% Great: 88%
WD Blue 2.5" 500GB (2010)-$35 32,229 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 1.5TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 150 104 3500 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9650 (05) Reallocated sector count 198 198 24 (07) Seek error rate 199 195 73 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 4825 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1260 (BF) G-sense error rate 84 84 16 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1074 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 189 189 35346 (C2) HDA temperature 112 93 35 (C4) Reallocation count 193 193 7 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 3 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	70% Very good	Read 124 Write 120 Mixed 90 83% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.23 4K Mixed 0.87 148% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 70% Great: 50%
Hitachi HDT725050VLAT80 500GB 77 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 1.5TB free Firmware: V56OA4EA Max speed: UDMA 133 133 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 176 176 17202544862 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 429 (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 100 100 203 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 384 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 429 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 429 (C2) HDA temperature 153 153 206159740967 (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 0	63% Good	Read 96.4 Write 123 Mixed 110 83% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 1.08 4K Mixed 0.81 139% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 63% Great: 63%
WD Blue 320GB (2008)-$39 64,707 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 282GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.03E01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 6568 (03) Spinup time 130 124 4491 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9090 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 72 72 21100 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 91 91 9058 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 567 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 9082 (C2) HDA temperature 105 87 38 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 172 12 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 173 12 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 319 (C8) Write error rate 200 126 6 (F0) Head flying hours 73 73 20212 (F1) Unknown 200 200 33775488425 (F2) Unknown 200 200 92951228983	56.3% Above average	Read 95.6 Write 100 Mixed 94.2 73% 96.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 1.84 4K Mixed 0.4 108% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 56.3% Great: 60%
Lexar USB Flash Drive 8GB 5,796 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 2GB free, PID a81d Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 4% Great: 9%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 5GB 14,654 User benchmarks, average bench 18% null MHz 2048, 1024, 1024, 1024 MB Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	17.4% Very poor	MC Read 5.9 MC Write 6.5 MC Mixed 5.3 17% 5.9 GB/s	SC Read 3.6 SC Write 4.1 SC Mixed 4.2 11% 3.97 GB/s	Latency 133 30% 133 ns
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 17.4% Great: 34%

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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 $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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16