Gigabyte GA-EP45-DS5

Performance Results


Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 54% Yacht	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (36th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 64 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 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 50.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	13.4% 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	39.4% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-EP45-DS5 (all builds)
Memory	5.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20080930
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 22 '17 at 11:57
Run Duration	270 Seconds
Run User	FIN-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing below expectations (36^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 Q9650-$170 16,719 User benchmarks, average bench 51% Socket 775, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.65 GHz Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	50.8% Above average	Memory 77.8 1-Core 38.1 2-Core 74.8 43% 63.6 Pts	4-Core 140 8-Core 149 19% 144 Pts	64-Core 150 9% 150 Pts
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 50.8% Great: 58%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
ATI HD 4870 22,563 User benchmarks, average bench 9% PwrHis(1787 2282) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 8.970.100.1100 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	13.4% Very poor	Lighting 16.8 Reflection 14.4 Parallax 12.3 14% 14.5 fps	MRender 12.2 Gravity 11.8 Splatting 20.7 13% 14.9 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 13.4% Great: 12%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung MZ7TD128HAFV-000L1 128GB 4,607 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 86GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXT04L0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (5^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 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 28681 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 136 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 95 95 56 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 3120 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 58 57 42 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 0 (E9) Unknown 199 199 221259 (EA) Unknown 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 56 (EC) Unknown 99 99 8 (ED) Unknown 99 99 56 (EE) Unknown 100 100 0	39.4% Below average	Read 211 Write 131 Mixed 113 33% 152 MB/s	4K Read 23.9 4K Write 45.1 4K Mixed 9.56 72% 26.2 MB/s	DQ Read 26.5 DQ Write 71.7 DQ Mixed 9.64 19% 35.9 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 39.4% Great: 71%
WD Red 2TB (2012)-$82 64,359 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 2TB free Firmware: 80.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	42.4% Average	Read 87.5 Write 59.8 Mixed 68.2 54% 71.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 1.95 4K Mixed 0.27 98% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 42.4% Great: 86%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 2TB free Firmware: HP51 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	43% Average	Read 88.9 Write 60.8 Mixed 54.9 51% 68.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.85 4K Mixed 0.23 93% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 43% Great: 114%
Maxtor 6L250S0 251GB-$46 928 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 83GB free Firmware: BANC1G10 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (03) Spinup time 180 173 26748 (04) Start/Stop count 250 250 7334 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 253 0 (06) Read channel margin 253 253 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 248 230 58188 (09) Power-on hours count 108 108 10379 (0A) Spinup retry count 249 249 4 (0B) Calibration retry count 253 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 252 252 723 (C0) Power-off retract count 253 253 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 253 253 0 (C2) HDA temperature 41 253 48 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 253 252 9261 (C4) Reallocation count 253 253 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 253 253 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 253 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 199 93 104 (C8) Write error rate 253 252 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 252 23 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 253 252 0 (CB) Run out cancel 253 252 6 (CC) Soft ECC correction 253 252 0 (CD) Thermal asperity rate(TAR) 253 252 0 (CF) Spin high current 249 249 4 (D0) Spin buzz 253 252 0 (D1) Offline seek performance 241 241 145 (D2) Unknown 253 252 0 (D3) Unknown 253 252 0 (D4) Unknown 253 231 0	28.5% Poor	Read 45.3 Write 52.8 Mixed 38.3 34% 45.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.34 4K Write 4.26 4K Mixed 0.21 116% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 28.5% Great: 35%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 1TB-$100 65,786 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 64GB free Firmware: 1AA01113 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 76 76 8010 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1095 (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 89 89 54296 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 916 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 57 487718941 (C2) HDA temperature 66 56 571605026 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 76224 (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 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	34.9% Below average	Read 58.7 Write 62.5 Mixed 42.1 40% 54.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.76 4K Mixed 0.32 87% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 34.9% Great: 62%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 1TB-$100 65,786 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 27GB free Firmware: 1AA0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	40.7% Average	Read 83 Write 58.2 Mixed 67.6 52% 69.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 2.28 4K Mixed 0.45 123% 1.16 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 40.7% Great: 62%

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 as expected (56^th percentile)	22.2% Poor	MC Read 7.5 MC Write 6.6 MC Mixed 6.7 20% 6.93 GB/s	SC Read 6.3 SC Write 6 SC Mixed 6.9 18% 6.4 GB/s	Latency 84.8 47% 84.8 ns
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 22.2% Great: 45%

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Typical GA-EP45-DS5 Builds (Compare 8 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 10%

Tree trunk

Desktop 53%

Yacht

Workstation 8%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-EP45-DS5

CPU
Core2 Quad Q9550Intel $161Bench 49%, 34,093 samples	4x
Core2 Quad Q9450Intel $110Bench 49%, 5,335 samples	1x
Core2 Quad Q6600Intel $100Bench 42%, 59,658 samples	1x

GPU
GTX 560Nvidia $180Bench 14%, 23,273 samples	1x
GTX 780Nvidia $329Bench 45%, 50,279 samples	1x
GTX 460 SENvidiaBench 10%, 3,122 samples	1x

SSD
HS-SSD-C100 120GBBench 52%, 173 samples	4x
SSD Plus 120GBSanDisk $42Bench 58%, 87,912 samples	1x
MZ7TD128HAFV-000L1 128GBSamsungBench 55%, 4,607 samples	1x

RAM
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 183,252 samples	7x
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples	1x

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Value: 36% - Below average

Total price: $341

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