Gigabyte GA-EP43-DS3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU, SSD
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 48.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-EP43-DS3 (all builds)
Memory	6.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20080924
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 28 '17 at 22:30
Run Duration	262 Seconds
Run User	EGY-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing as expected (45^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, turbo 2.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	48.1% Average	Memory 82.2 1-Core 42.7 2-Core 84.3 47% 69.7 Pts	4-Core 85.6 8-Core 83.3 11% 84.4 Pts	64-Core 84.9 5% 84.9 Pts
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 48.1% Great: 47%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
ATI Radeon HD 3870 554 User benchmarks, average bench 6% Gigabyte(1458 21A4) 512MB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 8.970.100.9001 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 5% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate BUP BK 4TB 13,353 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0304 Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	18.5% Very poor	Read 31.2 Write 31.7 Mixed 30.5 23% 31.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.95 4K Write 4.26 4K Mixed 0.39 162% 1.87 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 18.5% Great: 65%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 248GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC4C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 197014704 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4587 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 68 60 520616781008 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 16142 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3670 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BC) Unknown 100 99 42950328334 (BD) vendor-specific 87 87 13 (BE) vendor-specific 57 32 8547724427307 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 329 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 89 89 23245 (C2) HDA temperature 43 68 64424509483 (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 -71833328010421 (F1) Unknown 100 253 -38487510149371 (F2) Unknown 100 253 60121397895805
Poor: 51% Great: 114%
Seagate ST3250820AS 250GB-$60 16,391 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 221GB free Firmware: 3.AAE Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 109 78 199388725 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 86 86 15252 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 2 (07) Seek error rate 89 60 888625281 (09) Power-on hours count 72 72 24892 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 6215 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 58 29 5002100778 (C2) HDA temperature 42 71 64424509482 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 50 46 79081618 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	29.5% Poor	Read 54.2 Write 48.3 Mixed 50.2 38% 50.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 1.04 4K Mixed 0.38 86% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 29.5% Great: 44%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 42GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 146 142 5658 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10986 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 68 68 23927 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5635 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 420 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 10986 (C2) HDA temperature 101 73 46 (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	45.2% Average	Read 84.8 Write 72.4 Mixed 57.4 53% 71.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 1.91 4K Mixed 0.34 100% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 45.2% Great: 69%
WD My Passport Essential USB 3.0 500GB 2,842 User benchmarks, average bench 21% 260GB free, PID 0730 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	14.5% Very poor	Read 30.5 Write 27.6 Mixed 28.2 37% 28.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.27 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.13 50% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 14.5% Great: 32%

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 above expectations (60^th percentile)	22.9% Poor	MC Read 7.7 MC Write 6.6 MC Mixed 6.7 20% 7 GB/s	SC Read 6.7 SC Write 6.9 SC Mixed 6.8 19% 6.8 GB/s	Latency 76.5 52% 76.5 ns
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 22.9% Great: 45%

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Gaming 7%

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Desktop 49%

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Workstation 6%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-EP43-DS3

CPU
Core2 Quad Q9550Intel $161Bench 49%, 34,093 samples	7x
Core2 Quad Q9650Intel $170Bench 51%, 16,719 samples	5x
Core2 Quad Q8400Intel $150Bench 45%, 18,432 samples	5x

GPU
GeForce GT 640NvidiaBench 6%, 34,519 samples	4x
GTX 750-TiNvidia $92Bench 17%, 309,423 samples	3x
GeForce GT 440NvidiaBench 4%, 14,286 samples	3x

SSD
S3 500G 500GBSandiskBench 92%, 12,292 samples	4x
840 Evo 120GBSamsung $85Bench 91%, 104,444 samples	3x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	2x

RAM
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 183,252 samples	14x
6GBUnknownBench 25%, 111,301 samples	8x
3x2GBUnknownBench 30%, 45,030 samples	5x

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Value: 57% - Above average

Total price: $161

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 $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