Gigabyte GA-EP45-DS3R

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 4% Tree trunk	Desktop 41% Speed boat	Workstation 3% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (33rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 67 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 41.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	9.32% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (47%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-EP45-DS3R (all builds)
Memory	3.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20090310
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	May 24 '16 at 21:35
Run Duration	195 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	47%

PC Performing below expectations (33^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 Q9400-$170 24,176 User benchmarks, average bench 46% Socket 775, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.65 GHz, turbo 2.5 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	41.1% Average	Memory 65.5 1-Core 34.4 2-Core 63.2 37% 54.4 Pts	4-Core 98 8-Core 106 13% 102 Pts	64-Core 118 7% 118 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 41.1% Great: 53%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 5870 10,176 User benchmarks, average bench 19% XFX(1682 2961) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Relative performance (0^th percentile)	9.32% Terrible	Lighting 13 Reflection 7.08 Parallax 11.8 11% 10.6 fps	MRender 6.1 Gravity 9.7 Splatting 8.78 7% 8.19 fps
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 9.32% Great: 20%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Hitachi HDT721010SLA360 1TB-$497 27,212 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 582GB free Firmware: ST6OA31B Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 131 131 116 (03) Spinup time 122 122 38685442516 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 4526 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 125 125 33 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 16580 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 4519 (C0) Power-off retract count 97 97 4526 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 4526 (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	49.6% Average	Read 94.7 Write 78 Mixed 92.9 67% 88.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 1.49 4K Mixed 0.37 96% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 49.6% Great: 61%
Seagate ST3500630AS 500GB-$102 29,256 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 289GB free Firmware: 3.AAC Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 80 189238540 (03) Spinup time 93 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6665 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 85 60 398061379 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 19534 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5949 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 58 45 722927658 (C2) HDA temperature 42 55 81604378666 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 68 51 23895750 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	34% Below average	Read 55.4 Write 63.1 Mixed 47.1 41% 55.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.12 4K Mixed 0.25 70% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 34% Great: 43%
Seagate ST3500820AS 500GB 4,420 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 283GB free (System drive) Firmware: SD3A Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 105 99 9092613 (03) Spinup time 92 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 234 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 8661826179 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 12209 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 2 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 234 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 12885098500 (BD) vendor-specific 1 1 127 (BE) vendor-specific 61 58 672464935 (C2) HDA temperature 39 42 81604378663 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 51 18 9092613 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	44% Average	Read 83.6 Write 69.6 Mixed 67 55% 73.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.17 4K Mixed 0.34 76% 0.64 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 44% Great: 60%
Hua721075kla330 43W7575 42C0419IBM 750GB 102 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 244GB free Firmware: GK8OAB4A Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 130 130 150 (03) Spinup time 114 114 47277277734 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 573 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 134 134 32 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 28415 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 572 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 699 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 699 (C2) HDA temperature 136 136 231928954924 (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	28.3% Poor	Read 51.2 Write 47.3 Mixed 46.5 36% 48.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.46 4K Mixed 0.41 95% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 28.3% Great: 47%

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 below expectations (23^rd percentile)	17.4% Very poor	MC Read 5.8 MC Write 5.5 MC Mixed 5.7 16% 5.67 GB/s	SC Read 4 SC Write 4 SC Mixed 4.1 12% 4.03 GB/s	Latency 113 36% 113 ns
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 17.4% Great: 45%

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Gaming 9%

Tree trunk

Desktop 51%

Yacht

Workstation 7%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-EP45-DS3R

CPU
Core2 Duo E8400Intel $89Bench 40%, 68,540 samples	12x
Core2 Quad Q9550Intel $161Bench 49%, 34,093 samples	9x
Core2 Quad Q6600Intel $100Bench 42%, 59,658 samples	6x

GPU
GTX 650-TiNvidia $152Bench 14%, 36,698 samples	6x
GTX 750-TiNvidia $92Bench 17%, 309,423 samples	3x
GTX 750Nvidia $120Bench 15%, 66,662 samples	3x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	3x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	3x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $95Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	2x

RAM
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 183,252 samples	27x
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples	10x
6GBUnknownBench 25%, 111,301 samples	6x

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Value: 32% - Below average

Total price: $321

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $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