Gigabyte GA-EP43-DS3L

Performance Results


Gaming 22% Surfboard	Desktop 54% Yacht	Workstation 16% Surfboard


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 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 45.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	45.1% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	33.6% 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 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 (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-EP43-DS3L (all builds)
Memory	2.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1600 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20080818
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Aug 10 '19 at 23:55
Run Duration	242 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	11%

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 Q9300-$38 10,428 User benchmarks, average bench 46% Socket 775, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 2.5 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	45.4% Average	Memory 68.9 1-Core 34.9 2-Core 68.9 39% 57.6 Pts	4-Core 130 8-Core 129 17% 130 Pts	64-Core 133 8% 133 Pts
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 45.4% Great: 52%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Quadro P2000 13,958 User benchmarks, average bench 41% Dell(1028 11B3) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1721 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 5GB, Driver: 431.70 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	45.1% Average	Lighting 55.6 Reflection 57.8 Parallax 49.2 45% 54.2 fps	MRender 50.4 Gravity 53.3 Splatting 58.7 45% 54.2 fps
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 45.1% Great: 42%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 29GB free (System drive) Firmware: 521ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 63 65 68 66 56 70 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	33.6% Below average	Read 79.5 Write 99 Mixed 104 SusWrite 64.7 20% 86.7 MB/s	4K Read 15 4K Write 48.5 4K Mixed 18.6 72% 27.4 MB/s	DQ Read 102 DQ Write 93 DQ Mixed 86.2 68% 93.7 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 33.6% Great: 73%
Kingston SUV400S37 120G 120GB 202 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 103GB free Firmware: Q0927A SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 113 108 111 114 113 MB/s Performing below potential (30^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	36.8% Below average	Read 244 Write 207 Mixed 156 SusWrite 109 40% 179 MB/s	4K Read 20.9 4K Write 20.3 4K Mixed 13.7 60% 18.3 MB/s	DQ Read 81.3 DQ Write 23 DQ Mixed 32.8 29% 45.7 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 36.8% Great: 72%
Seagate Backup+ Hub BK 6TB 10,357 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 2.5TB free Firmware: D781 SusWrite @10s intervals: 13 12 12 13 13 13 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	37.2% Below average	Read 117 Write 16.3 Mixed 25.8 SusWrite 12.7 31% 42.9 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 0.2 4K Mixed 0.3 87% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 37.2% Great: 90%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320GB-$80 31,610 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 95GB free Firmware: 3.AAF SusWrite @10s intervals: 52 54 53 55 56 55 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	35.3% Below average	Read 68.5 Write 68.8 Mixed 37.8 SusWrite 54.3 42% 57.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.9 153% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 35.3% Great: 43%
MB2000EBUCF 2TB 645 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 65GB free Firmware: MK7OHPG0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 99 100 102 105 105 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	69.6% Good	Read 142 Write 140 Mixed 70.5 SusWrite 100 83% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.8 167% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 69.6% Great: 82%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 500GB-$80 27,325 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 237GB free Firmware: SD15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 85 85 85 86 87 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	49.7% Average	Read 88.3 Write 87.3 Mixed 49.5 SusWrite 84.6 57% 77.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 49.7% Great: 59%
Seagate ST31000333AS 1TB-$750 12,067 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 288GB free Firmware: CC1H SusWrite @10s intervals: 54 55 56 56 56 56 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	41.1% Average	Read 87.5 Write 78.8 Mixed 53.3 SusWrite 55.5 51% 68.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.9 157% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 41.1% Great: 66%
Seagate Expansion Desk 4TB 21,301 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 640GB free Firmware: 0711 SusWrite @10s intervals: 24 30 29 30 32 31 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	41.8% Average	Read 116 Write 14 Mixed 32 SusWrite 29.4 35% 48 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.6 105% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 41.8% Great: 97%
Lexar USB Flash Drive 16GB 2,589 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 15GB free, PID c75c Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 4.9 5.7 5.4 3 0 1 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	4.32% Terrible	Read 19.8 Write 8.8 Mixed 5.3 SusWrite 3.3 10% 9.3 MB/s	4K Read 3.1 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 12% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 4.32% 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 below potential (35^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	19.4% Very poor	MC Read 6.4 MC Write 6.3 MC Mixed 6.3 18% 6.33 GB/s	SC Read 5.3 SC Write 4.3 SC Mixed 4.5 13% 4.7 GB/s	Latency 104 38% 104 ns
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 19.4% Great: 45%

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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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Gaming 5%

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Desktop 43%

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Workstation 4%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-EP43-DS3L

CPU
Core2 Duo E8400Intel $89Bench 40%, 68,540 samples	15x
Core2 Quad Q9550Intel $161Bench 49%, 34,093 samples	14x
Core2 Quad Q9400Intel $170Bench 46%, 24,176 samples	11x

GPU
GeForce 9600 GTNvidiaBench 4%, 20,826 samples	7x
GeForce 210NvidiaBench 1%, 98,254 samples	6x
GTX 660Nvidia $170Bench 20%, 123,956 samples	6x

SSD
530 Series 120GBIntel $79Bench 67%, 15,015 samples	5x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	3x
860 Evo 250GBSamsung $52Bench 104%, 296,814 samples	3x

RAM
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 183,252 samples	52x
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples	20x
6GBUnknownBench 25%, 111,301 samples	9x

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Value: 32% - Below average

Total price: $168

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