Gigabyte GA-EP35-DS3L

Performance Results


Gaming 1% Tree trunk	Desktop 23% Surfboard	Workstation 1% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 46.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	1.4% 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	2GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows however a minimum of 4GB is recommended for gaming or any other RAM intensive tasks such as photo/video editing. This system will also be a little more responsive with 4GB of RAM.
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-EP35-DS3L (all builds)
Memory	0.6 GB free of 2 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20080402
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 29 '17 at 14:57
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core2 Duo E8400-$89 68,540 User benchmarks, average bench 40% Socket 775, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads Base clock 3 GHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	46.3% Average	Memory 78.4 1-Core 43.2 2-Core 85.7 46% 69.1 Pts	4-Core 86.1 8-Core 85 12% 85.6 Pts	64-Core 85.7 5% 85.7 Pts
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 46.3% Great: 47%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce 8500 GT 4,580 User benchmarks, average bench 1% Gigabyte(1458 344C) 512MB Ram: 512MB, Driver: 311.6 Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	1.4% Terrible	Lighting 1.47 Reflection 2.96 Parallax 0.47 1% 1.63 fps	MRender 3.38 Gravity 1 Splatting 2.26 2% 2.21 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1.4% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 520 Series 120GB-$199 19,348 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 17GB free Firmware: 400i Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Relative performance (0^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 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 79886392601947 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1013 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 948 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 120 120 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 948 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 18277 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 54 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 18277 (F2) Unknown 100 100 22234 (F9) Unknown 100 100 605	36.6% Below average	Read 210 Write 98.4 Mixed 135 32% 148 MB/s	4K Read 30.9 4K Write 15.9 4K Mixed 12.9 72% 19.9 MB/s	DQ Read 36.4 DQ Write 18.7 DQ Mixed 11.9 13% 22.3 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 36.6% Great: 88%
Seagate ST3500410AS 500GB 4,621 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 22GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC34 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 112 99 48173233 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 87 87 13437 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 15 (07) Seek error rate 86 60 466084103 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 12779 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 94 37 7049 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 74 74 26 (BC) Unknown 100 99 21475229713 (BD) vendor-specific 37 37 63 (BE) vendor-specific 68 59 538443808 (C2) HDA temperature 32 41 21474836512 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 46 24 48173233 (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 -120387933274849 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1453026113 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2696532591	55.3% Above average	Read 95 Write 97.6 Mixed 43.7 58% 78.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 1.67 4K Mixed 0.37 99% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 55.3% Great: 72%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1x2GB 99,586 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 1 of 4 slots used 2GB DIMM Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	18.2% Very poor	MC Read 5.8 MC Write 5.8 MC Mixed 4.5 15% 5.37 GB/s	SC Read 4.6 SC Write 6.1 SC Mixed 5.3 15% 5.33 GB/s	Latency 83.6 48% 83.6 ns
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 18.2% Great: 26%

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Typical GA-EP35-DS3L Builds (Compare 78 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 9%

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Desktop 48%

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Workstation 7%

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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 $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 $40	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