Gigabyte GA-EP43-S3L

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 0% Tree trunk	Desktop 17% Surfboard	Workstation 0% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 38%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	1.46% 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	2GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows however a minimum of 4GB is recommended for gaming or any other RAM intensive tasks such as photo/video editing. This system will also be a little more responsive with 4GB of RAM.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 10 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.

Very high background CPU (57%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-EP43-S3L (all builds)
Memory	0.6 GB free of 2 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20080815
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Aug 31 '20 at 23:48
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	TUR-User
Background CPU	57%

PC Performing as expected (48^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core2 Duo E7400-$130 14,354 User benchmarks, average bench 38% Socket 775, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	38% Below average	Memory 68.1 1-Core 36.8 2-Core 25.8 34% 43.6 Pts	4-Core 47.1 8-Core 62.2 7% 54.7 Pts	64-Core 53.9 3% 53.9 Pts
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 38% Great: 45%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 5450 66,079 User benchmarks, average bench 1% Sapphire(174B E164) 1GB Driver: aticfx32.dll Ver. 15.201.2401.0 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	1.46% Terrible	Lighting 1.97 Reflection 1.62 Parallax 1.59 2% 1.73 fps	MRender 1.81 Gravity 0.9 Splatting 1.57 1% 1.42 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1.46% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung HD252HJ 250GB 8,167 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 38GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1AC01113 SusWrite @10s intervals: 23 39 42 48 25 17 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	22.1% Poor	Read 44 Write 52.3 Mixed 35.8 SusWrite 32.5 30% 41.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 160% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 22.1% Great: 58%
HITACHI HTS543232A7A384 320GB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 12% 45GB free, PID 0718 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 29 27 33 33 33 33 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	15.5% Very poor	Read 37.5 Write 32 Mixed 25.7 SusWrite 31.4 42% 31.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.6 56% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 15.5% Great: 15%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1x2GB 99,586 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 1 of 4 slots used 2GB DIMM Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	12.6% Very poor	MC Read 4.7 MC Write 3.5 MC Mixed 3 11% 3.73 GB/s	SC Read 2.7 SC Write 3.2 SC Mixed 2.9 8% 2.93 GB/s	Latency 106 38% 106 ns
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 12.6% Great: 26%

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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-EP43-S3L Builds (Compare 78 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 4%

Tree trunk

Desktop 40%

Speed boat

Workstation 4%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-EP43-S3L

CPU
Core2 Duo E8400Intel $89Bench 40%, 68,540 samples	10x
Core2 Quad Q9400Intel $170Bench 46%, 24,176 samples	7x
Core2 Quad Q8400Intel $100Bench 45%, 18,432 samples	6x

GPU
GeForce 210NvidiaBench 1%, 98,254 samples	9x
GeForce GT 730NvidiaBench 5%, 164,888 samples	5x
Radeon HD 5450AMDBench 1%, 66,079 samples	5x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	4x
Green 240GB (2018)WD $56Bench 45%, 156,194 samples	4x
BX500 480GBCrucial $38Bench 63%, 83,298 samples	3x

RAM
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 183,252 samples	39x
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples	14x
6GBUnknownBench 25%, 111,301 samples	9x

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Value: 47% - Average

Total price: $117

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16