Gigabyte GA-P35-DS4

Performance Results


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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 54.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	2.32% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	49.8% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Run History

7 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-P35-DS4 (all builds)
Memory	2.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20090619
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 17 '17 at 00:14
Run Duration	304 Seconds
Run User	LTU-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing as expected (59^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core2 Quad Q9300-$38 10,428 User benchmarks, average bench 46% Socket 775, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.95 GHz, turbo 2.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	54.1% Above average	Memory 80 1-Core 42.1 2-Core 84.2 46% 68.8 Pts	4-Core 166 8-Core 162 22% 164 Pts	64-Core 166 10% 166 Pts
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 54.1% Great: 52%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
ATI HD 3650 4,070 User benchmarks, average bench 2% Asus(1043 01E4) 512MB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 8.97.10.6 Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	2.32% Terrible	Lighting 2.63 Reflection 5.58 Parallax 1.22 2% 3.14 fps	MRender 3.19 Gravity 1.1 Splatting 4.87 3% 3.05 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 2.32% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX100 250GB-$141 42,930 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 18GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (1^st 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 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1832 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 12500 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 69 (A3) Unknown 100 100 22 (A4) Unknown 100 100 151199 (A5) Unknown 100 100 200 (A6) Unknown 100 100 102 (A7) Unknown 100 100 146 (A8) Unknown 100 100 2000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 95 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 1041 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 86 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 81802 (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 3 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 570714 (F2) Unknown 100 100 505084 (F5) Unknown 100 100 1209592	49.8% Average	Read 223 Write 220 Mixed 228 50% 224 MB/s	4K Read 25.5 4K Write 50.1 4K Mixed 16.9 87% 30.8 MB/s	DQ Read 24.3 DQ Write 51.5 DQ Mixed 15.1 18% 30.3 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 49.8% Great: 103%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 12GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 199 198 16289 (03) Spinup time 176 169 4175 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8109 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 70 70 22590 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5698 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1390 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 6718 (C2) HDA temperature 100 89 47 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 198 196 332 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 199 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 199 117 317	61.4% Good	Read 109 Write 105 Mixed 98.6 78% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.89 4K Write 2.01 4K Mixed 0.42 120% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 61.4% Great: 76%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 18GB free Firmware: 05.00K05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 253 253 5875 (04) Start/Stop count 88 88 12126 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 56 56 32347 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 93 93 7383 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1441 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 196 196 12126 (C2) HDA temperature 100 87 50 (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	30.2% Below average	Read 54 Write 50.5 Mixed 38.4 36% 47.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.39 118% 1.15 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 30.2% Great: 76%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 7GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 185 174 5725 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3817 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 13573 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3440 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 656 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 191 191 28662 (C2) HDA temperature 108 94 42 (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	75.9% Very good	Read 146 Write 118 Mixed 129 99% 131 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 2.41 4K Mixed 0.26 106% 1.15 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 75.9% Great: 83%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 5GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 253 170 1041 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3454 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 13054 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3145 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 575 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 181 181 58190 (C2) HDA temperature 115 102 35 (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 5	62.7% Good	Read 107 Write 112 Mixed 82.1 75% 100 MB/s	4K Read 0.79 4K Write 1.85 4K Mixed 0.2 90% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 62.7% Great: 67%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 2GB free Firmware: 05.00K05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 237 221 8125 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6625 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 63 63 27442 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 6199 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1053 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 6622 (C2) HDA temperature 108 96 42 (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	52.7% Above average	Read 98.5 Write 84.8 Mixed 52.6 58% 78.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.82 4K Write 2.62 4K Mixed 0.45 133% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 52.7% Great: 76%
Compact Flash Card 1GB 18 User benchmarks, average bench 4% 1GB free, PID null Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	7.77% Terrible	Read 18.9 Write 17 Mixed 17.7 23% 17.9 MB/s	4K Read 3.81 4K Write 0.14 4K Mixed 0.14 24% 1.36 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 7.77% Great: 8%

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 (66^th percentile)	24.9% Poor	MC Read 8.3 MC Write 7.9 MC Mixed 7.5 23% 7.9 GB/s	SC Read 6.6 SC Write 7.4 SC Mixed 7 20% 7 GB/s	Latency 80.5 50% 80.5 ns
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 24.9% Great: 45%

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Gaming 15%

Tree trunk

Desktop 52%

Yacht

Workstation 11%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-P35-DS4

CPU
Core2 Quad Q6600Intel $100Bench 42%, 59,658 samples	29x
Core2 Duo E6750IntelBench 38%, 9,456 samples	11x
Core2 Duo E6850Intel $57Bench 40%, 4,150 samples	10x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	6x
HD 4870ATIBench 9%, 22,563 samples	6x
GTX 970Nvidia $200Bench 49%, 834,238 samples	5x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	7x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	7x
MX500 1TBCrucial $66Bench 106%, 202,785 samples	5x

RAM
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 183,252 samples	52x
4x1GBUnknownBench 18%, 54,972 samples	18x
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples	12x

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Total price: $187

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 $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