Gigabyte GA-EP35-DS3R

Performance Results


Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 48% Yacht	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a relatively low single core score, this CPU can handle email, light web browsing and basic audio/video playback, but it will struggle to handle CPU intensive tasks. Finally, with a gaming score of 37.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	21.1% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	41.5% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	4GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and although it's sufficient for most games, some will benefit from up to 8GB of RAM. 4GB is also enough for modest file and system caches which allow for a responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (65%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-EP35-DS3R (all builds)
Memory	1.6 GB free of 4 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20080327
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Dec 16 '16 at 13:58
Run Duration	726 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	65%

PC Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core2 Quad Q6600-$100 59,658 User benchmarks, average bench 42% Socket 775, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.4 GHz, turbo 2.1 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	37.3% Below average	Memory 63.2 1-Core 23 2-Core 44.7 31% 43.6 Pts	4-Core 67.3 8-Core 76.9 9% 72.1 Pts	64-Core 84.5 5% 84.5 Pts
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 37.3% Great: 50%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 6950-$290 24,657 User benchmarks, average bench 19% XFX(1682 3123) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	21.1% Poor	Lighting 26.9 Reflection 21.5 Parallax 23.9 22% 24.1 fps	MRender 20.6 Gravity 21.7 Splatting 27.6 20% 23.3 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 21.1% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SSD 120GB 22,748 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 76GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM12.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (10^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 (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2634 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 62 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 212 (AD) Unknown 100 100 327693 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 25 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 95 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1191	41.5% Average	Read 236 Write 188 Mixed 229 48% 217 MB/s	4K Read 22.9 4K Write 27.7 4K Mixed 10.6 63% 20.4 MB/s	DQ Read 27.4 DQ Write 75.2 DQ Mixed 13.9 21% 38.8 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 41.5% Great: 94%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC4C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 233390720 (03) Spinup time 93 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4328 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 42941231 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 16274 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 921 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 61 42 103785627687 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 362 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 67 67 67911 (C2) HDA temperature 39 58 47244640295 (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 62294205670940 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2040817004686 (F2) Unknown 100 253 4082148282645	101% Outstanding	Read 154 Write 198 Mixed 126 119% 159 MB/s	4K Read 0.96 4K Write 1.28 4K Mixed 0.37 104% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 114%
Samsung HD502IJ 500GB-$40 25,285 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 218GB free Firmware: 1AA01113 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 98 1 (03) Spinup time 86 86 5080 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4493 (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 96 96 22232 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2015 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 98 1 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 83 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 45 571736097 (C2) HDA temperature 67 44 357171462177 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 19710 (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 100 100 12 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	42.7% Average	Read 73.3 Write 75.3 Mixed 74.5 56% 74.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 1.99 4K Mixed 0.44 112% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 42.7% Great: 59%
Seagate External 2TB 680 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 644GB free, PID 3332 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	14.3% Very poor	Read 32 Write 30.6 Mixed 30.9 40% 31.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.87 4K Write 0.91 4K Mixed 0.2 41% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 14.3% Great: 64%
Seagate Desktop 1TB 4,684 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 292GB free, PID 3300 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	16.2% Very poor	Read 32.4 Write 31.1 Mixed 31.5 41% 31.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.49 4K Mixed 0.32 64% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 16.2% Great: 21%
BUFFALO External HDD 2TB 220 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 238GB free, PID 01ba Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	10.2% Very poor	Read 0.29 Write 28.8 Mixed 1.24 16% 10.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 1.21 4K Mixed 0.08 46% 0.64 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 10.2% Great: 21%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x1GB 54,972 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 4 of 4 slots used 4GB DIMM Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	15.5% Very poor	MC Read 6 MC Write 4.3 MC Mixed 4.6 14% 4.97 GB/s	SC Read 3.8 SC Write 3.8 SC Mixed 3.7 11% 3.77 GB/s	Latency 119 34% 119 ns
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 15.5% Great: 28%

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Gaming 5%

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Desktop 40%

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Workstation 4%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-EP35-DS3R

CPU
Core2 Quad Q6600Intel $100Bench 42%, 59,658 samples	18x
Core2 Quad Q9400Intel $170Bench 46%, 24,176 samples	13x
Core2 Duo E8400Intel $89Bench 40%, 68,540 samples	7x

GPU
GeForce GT 710NvidiaBench 3%, 187,161 samples	13x
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples	8x
GTX 260Nvidia $250Bench 7%, 11,945 samples	4x

SSD
C400 RealSSD 128GBMicronBench 56%, 11,312 samples	4x
1TB 1TBT-forceBench 85%, 7,956 samples	4x
Ultimate SU800 256GBAdata $54Bench 91%, 40,725 samples	2x

RAM
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 183,252 samples	22x
5GBUnknownBench 18%, 14,654 samples	10x
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples	7x

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Value: 55% - Above average

Total price: $100

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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