Gigabyte GA-EP45-DS3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 48% Yacht	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (31st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 69 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 39.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	23.9% 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	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	6GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 6GB 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 (64%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-EP45-DS3 (all builds)
Memory	0.9 GB free of 6 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20080708
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Aug 13 '20 at 00:51
Run Duration	187 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	64%

PC Performing below expectations (31^st 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 2.4 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	39.8% Below average	Memory 73 1-Core 25.2 2-Core 38.6 34% 45.6 Pts	4-Core 40.5 8-Core 49.5 6% 45 Pts	64-Core 56.5 4% 56.5 Pts
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 39.8% Great: 50%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 260X-$120 38,521 User benchmarks, average bench 20% Gigabyte(1458 2275) 2GB CLim: 1188 MHz, MLim: 1625 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.7 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	23.9% Poor	Lighting 29 Reflection 31.8 Parallax 34.4 24% 31.7 fps	MRender 29 Gravity 25.7 Splatting 33.9 25% 29.5 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 23.9% Great: 22%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016)-$51 462,780 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1.5TB free (System drive) Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 51 35 13 16 65 62 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	45% Average	Read 116 Write 20.7 Mixed 46 SusWrite 40.4 41% 55.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.6 101% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 45% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$38 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 910GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 124 136 143 129 132 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	74.8% Very good	Read 130 Write 113 Mixed 69.5 SusWrite 131 81% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.8 140% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 74.8% Great: 114%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 622GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 114 120 117 118 118 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	49.4% Average	Read 56 Write 18.2 Mixed 13.5 SusWrite 116 37% 50.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 1 167% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 49.4% Great: 75%
ST2000DM 008-2FR102 2TB 13 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 2TB free, PID 5106 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 23 24 23 23 22 21 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	13.4% Very poor	Read 15.5 Write 21.2 Mixed 22.7 SusWrite 22.6 29% 20.5 MB/s	4K Read 1.8 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 95% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 13.4% Great: 79%
WD Elements 2TB 35,768 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 1.5TB free, PID 1021 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 29 29 30 31 30 30 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	16.8% Very poor	Read 30 Write 28.7 Mixed 25.2 SusWrite 29.8 39% 28.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 91% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 16.8% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 6GB 111,301 User benchmarks, average bench 25% null MHz 2048, 1024, 2048, 1024 MB Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	14% Very poor	MC Read 4.2 MC Write 3.7 MC Mixed 4.5 12% 4.13 GB/s	SC Read 3.4 SC Write 3.1 SC Mixed 3.2 9% 3.23 GB/s	Latency 94.6 42% 94.6 ns
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 14% Great: 46%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Typical GA-EP45-DS3 Builds (Compare 98 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 7%

Tree trunk

Desktop 46%

Yacht

Workstation 6%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-EP45-DS3

CPU
Core2 Duo E8400Intel $89Bench 40%, 68,540 samples	16x
Core2 Quad Q9650Intel $170Bench 51%, 16,719 samples	13x
Core2 Duo E8500Intel $110Bench 42%, 18,841 samples	10x

GPU
HD 4870ATIBench 9%, 22,563 samples	12x
GeForce GT 730NvidiaBench 5%, 164,888 samples	10x
GeForce 9800 GTNvidiaBench 5%, 19,550 samples	8x

SSD
SSDNow UV400 240GBKingston $89Bench 71%, 105,079 samples	8x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	7x
SSDSC2BW080A4 80GBIntelBench 60%, 450 samples	4x

RAM
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 183,252 samples	48x
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples	21x
4x1GBUnknownBench 18%, 54,972 samples	10x

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Value: 32% - Below average

Total price: $178

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16