Gigabyte GA-EP43T-UD3L

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 1% Tree trunk	Desktop 42% Speed boat	Workstation 1% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (39th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 61 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 51.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	0.75% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (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	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 (32%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-EP43T-UD3L (all builds)
Memory	1.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110928
Uptime	1.3 Days
Run Date	Jan 08 '18 at 08:14
Run Duration	306 Seconds
Run User	ZWE-User
Background CPU	32%

PC Performing below expectations (39^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 Q8200-$49 19,990 User benchmarks, average bench 43% Socket 775, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 2.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	51.1% Above average	Memory 80 1-Core 34.3 2-Core 68.3 42% 60.9 Pts	4-Core 133 8-Core 130 18% 132 Pts	64-Core 128 8% 128 Pts
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 51.1% Great: 50%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 5450 66,079 User benchmarks, average bench 1% MSI(1462 2340) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	0.75% Terrible	Lighting 0.83 Reflection 1.27 Parallax 1.03 1% 1.04 fps	MRender 1.19 Gravity 0.67 Splatting 1.3 1% 1.05 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 0.75% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda Green 1TB-$580 15,105 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 22GB free Firmware: CC3C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 24232 (03) Spinup time 93 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6856 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 215212339538 (09) Power-on hours count 23 23 67540 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1680 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 25 25 75 (BC) Unknown 100 93 233 (BD) vendor-specific 86 86 14 (BE) vendor-specific 54 46 824049710 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 727 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 7146 (C2) HDA temperature 46 54 60129542190 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 28 7 24232 (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 -126194729056668 (F1) Unknown 100 253 4187522141 (F2) Unknown 100 253 4221221678	33.6% Below average	Read 54.5 Write 62.6 Mixed 61.4 45% 59.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.26 4K Write 0.73 4K Mixed 0.33 61% 0.44 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 33.6% Great: 75%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 10GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 185 178 7708 (04) Start/Stop count 89 89 11497 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 63 63 27641 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1229 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 398 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 169 169 94134 (C2) HDA temperature 106 97 46 (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	51.1% Above average	Read 97.3 Write 80.4 Mixed 57 58% 78.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 2.22 4K Mixed 0.23 86% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 51.1% Great: 83%
Seagate Expansion 1TB 60,540 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 10GB free Firmware: 0636 Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	45.3% Average	Read 92.6 Write 65.3 Mixed 76.2 59% 78.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 0.42 4K Mixed 0.31 59% 0.38 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 45.3% Great: 66%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$32 107,978 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 8GB free (System drive) Firmware: JC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 110 99 26089448 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 88 88 12395 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 85 60 9262394899 (09) Power-on hours count 71 71 25442 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 89 89 11985 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 97 131625 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 58 43 22231646250 (C2) HDA temperature 42 57 55834574890 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 44 22 26089448 (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 -62878321175528 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3519300401 (F2) Unknown 100 253 4243638383	67.8% Good	Read 119 Write 117 Mixed 103 85% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 1.84 4K Mixed 0.38 102% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 67.8% Great: 70%
WD WD30NPZZ-00PDPT0 3TB 26 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 7GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 253 0 (03) Spinup time 253 253 4108 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 30 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 383 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 14 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 9 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 190 190 32533 (C2) HDA temperature 113 104 39 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 18 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	30.7% Below average	Read 22.3 Write 84.4 Mixed 10.1 28% 38.9 MB/s	4K Read 1.01 4K Write 0.53 4K Mixed 0.09 62% 0.54 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 30.7% Great: 64%
Hitachi HUA723020ALA640 2TB 1,413 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 0GB free Firmware: MK7OA870 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 135 135 85 (03) Spinup time 127 127 38686687721 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 13441 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 123 123 31 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 32237 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1667 (C0) Power-off retract count 89 89 13632 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 89 89 13632 (C2) HDA temperature 122 122 257699020849 (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 1116	18.7% Very poor	Read 38.5 Write 26.4 Mixed 33.4 25% 32.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 0.97 4K Mixed 0.27 67% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 18.7% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x4GB 424,126 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM Performing below potential (22^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	22.1% Poor	MC Read 7.4 MC Write 6.4 MC Mixed 6.7 20% 6.83 GB/s	SC Read 6.2 SC Write 6.6 SC Mixed 5.7 18% 6.17 GB/s	Latency 80.6 50% 80.6 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 22.1% Great: 65%

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Gaming 19%

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Desktop 60%

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Workstation 15%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-EP43T-UD3L

CPU
Core2 Quad Q9650Intel $170Bench 51%, 16,719 samples	14x
Core2 Quad Q9550Intel $161Bench 49%, 34,093 samples	11x
Core2 Duo E7500Intel $109Bench 39%, 39,897 samples	8x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	10x
GTX 760Nvidia $209Bench 26%, 161,132 samples	7x
GeForce GTS 250NvidiaBench 7%, 14,881 samples	5x

SSD
CS900 1TB SSDPNYBench 78%, 7,281 samples	6x
SU630 240GBAdataBench 64%, 60,212 samples	4x
840 Evo 120GBSamsung $85Bench 91%, 104,444 samples	3x

RAM
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples	23x
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	20x
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 183,252 samples	15x

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Value: 73% - Very good

Total price: $229

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $490	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $38	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	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) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16