Gigabyte GA-EP45-DS3R

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing CPU, RAM
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


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.
Graphics	21.6% 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	54% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-EP45-DS3R (all builds)
Memory	3 GB free of 6 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20090310
Uptime	11.1 Days
Run Date	May 07 '15 at 21:46
Run Duration	226 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	17%

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 3 GHz, turbo 2.95 GHz (avg) Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		1-Core 25.7 2-Core 73.4 21% 49.6 Pts	4-Core 146 8-Core 146 20% 146 Pts	64-Core 147 9% 147 Pts
Poor: 29% Great: 50%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 6950-$290 24,657 User benchmarks, average bench 19% Sapphire(174B 186B) 2GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 14.501.1003.0 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	21.6% Poor	Lighting 27.6 Reflection 22.5 Parallax 25.3 22% 25.1 fps	MRender 20.1 Gravity 23.4 Splatting 27.6 20% 23.7 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 21.6% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 54GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1232 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 264 (B1) Unknown 99 99 8 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 56 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 259 (F1) Unknown 99 99 3797061463	54% Above average	Read 309 Write 137 Mixed 172 45% 206 MB/s	4K Read 33.3 4K Write 35 4K Mixed 19.8 94% 29.4 MB/s	DQ Read 151 DQ Write 83.7 DQ Mixed 38.9 50% 91.1 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 54% Great: 118%
Maxtor 7V300F0 300GB 192 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 62GB free Firmware: VA111900 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (03) Spinup time 187 185 18418 (04) Start/Stop count 253 253 1971 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 253 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 248 239 56195 (09) Power-on hours count 174 174 27517 (0A) Spinup retry count 246 246 5 (0B) Calibration retry count 253 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 250 250 1267 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 45 538378272 (C0) Power-off retract count 253 253 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 253 253 0 (C2) HDA temperature 36 253 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 253 252 1177 (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 199 199 0 (C8) Write error rate 253 252 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 252 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 253 252 0 (CB) Run out cancel 253 252 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 253 252 0 (CD) Thermal asperity rate(TAR) 253 252 0 (CF) Spin high current 253 252 0 (D0) Spin buzz 253 252 0 (D2) Unknown 253 197 0 (D3) Unknown 253 252 0 (D4) Unknown 253 252 0	23.4% Poor	Read 43.1 Write 37.4 Mixed 49.6 33% 43.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 3.36 4K Mixed 0.42 130% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 23.4% Great: 40%
WD Blue 640GB (2008)-$33 94,563 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 62GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 149 147 5525 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2098 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 10077 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2054 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 124 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2088 (C2) HDA temperature 112 93 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 0	38.4% Below average	Read 75.7 Write 57.8 Mixed 80.1 54% 71.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.99 4K Mixed 0.39 99% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 38.4% Great: 62%
Samsung HD321KJ 320GB-$42 12,070 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 56GB free Firmware: CP100-06 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 253 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 5568 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6307 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 253 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 253 0 (08) Seek timer performance 253 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 12022 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 253 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2670 (BB) vendor-specific 253 253 0 (BC) Unknown 253 253 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 56 27 (C2) HDA temperature 157 106 27 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 854365 (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 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 253 253 0	33.6% Below average	Read 50.7 Write 66.1 Mixed 57.9 44% 58.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.32 74% 0.64 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 33.6% Great: 43%
Intel Raid 1 Volume 2TB 7,767 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 13GB free Firmware: 1.0. Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	22.2% Poor	Read 31.6 Write 44.6 Mixed 52.2 33% 42.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 3.02 4K Mixed 0.45 128% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 22.2% Great: 123%

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Gaming 9%

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Desktop 51%

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Workstation 7%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-EP45-DS3R

CPU
Core2 Duo E8400Intel $89Bench 40%, 68,540 samples	12x
Core2 Quad Q9550Intel $161Bench 49%, 34,093 samples	9x
Core2 Quad Q6600Intel $100Bench 42%, 59,658 samples	6x

GPU
GTX 650-TiNvidia $152Bench 14%, 36,698 samples	6x
GTX 750-TiNvidia $92Bench 17%, 309,423 samples	3x
GTX 750Nvidia $120Bench 15%, 66,662 samples	3x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $75Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	3x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	3x
840 Evo 250GBSamsung $95Bench 96%, 217,115 samples	2x

RAM
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 183,252 samples	27x
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples	10x
6GBUnknownBench 25%, 111,301 samples	6x

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Value: 33% - Below average

Total price: $316

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

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Performance Results

PC Performing below expectations (31st percentile)

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