Gigabyte GA-945GZM-S2

Performance Results


Gaming 1% Tree trunk	Desktop 20% Surfboard	Workstation 1% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 40%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	3.67% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	45.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 9 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-945GZM-S2 (all builds)
Memory	0.5 GB free of 2 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20070313
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 07 '16 at 18:30
Run Duration	396 Seconds
Run User	RUS-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core2 Duo E4600 6,872 User benchmarks, average bench 34% Socket 775, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads Base clock 2.4 GHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	40% Average	Memory 70.7 1-Core 29.9 2-Core 57.4 37% 52.7 Pts	4-Core 58.1 8-Core 57.6 8% 57.8 Pts	64-Core 57.7 4% 57.7 Pts
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 40% Great: 40%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 240 11,020 User benchmarks, average bench 4% Asus(1043 832A) 1GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 9.18.13.4144 Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	3.67% Terrible	Lighting 5.23 Reflection 4.04 Parallax 2 4% 3.76 fps	MRender 2.81 Gravity 4.33 Splatting 2.3 2% 3.15 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.67% Great: 5%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 530 Series 240GB-$149 16,872 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 200GB free (System drive) Firmware: DC32 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -22978075031763 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1559 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 146 (B7) Unknown 100 100 493 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 37 53 60133015589 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 146 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 60 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 172292 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 62 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 172292 (F2) Unknown 100 100 302203 (F9) Unknown 100 100 20470	45.7% Average	Read 208 Write 197 Mixed 180 44% 195 MB/s	4K Read 26.2 4K Write 43.4 4K Mixed 12.9 79% 27.5 MB/s	DQ Read 30.9 DQ Write 75.2 DQ Mixed 13.2 22% 39.8 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 45.7% Great: 91%
WD Red 2TB (2012)-$82 64,359 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 1.5TB free Firmware: 82.00A82 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 174 4233 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 28 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 26 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 23 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 6 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 73 (C2) HDA temperature 111 109 36 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	76.4% Very good	Read 134 Write 133 Mixed 89.9 88% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 2.31 4K Mixed 0.2 98% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 76.4% Great: 86%
Kingston DataTraveler HyperX USB 3.0 64GB-$104 633 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 43GB free, PID 162b Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	10.9% Very poor	Read 33 Write 17.7 Mixed 13.5 24% 21.4 MB/s	4K Read 3.75 4K Write 0.43 4K Mixed 0.74 54% 1.64 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 10.9% Great: 83%
UFD 2.0 Silicon-Power32G 32GB 445 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 7GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	5.11% Terrible	Read 19.2 Write 4.94 Mixed 7.52 11% 10.6 MB/s	4K Read 5.14 4K Write 0.01 4K Mixed 0.004 20% 1.72 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.11% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x1GB 68,489 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 2 of 2 slots used 2GB DIMM Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	15% Very poor	MC Read 5.4 MC Write 3.8 MC Mixed 4.1 13% 4.43 GB/s	SC Read 4.6 SC Write 3.8 SC Mixed 4.4 12% 4.27 GB/s	Latency 99.7 40% 99.7 ns
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 15% Great: 20%

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Gaming 2%

Tree trunk

Desktop 41%

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Workstation 2%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-945GZM-S2

CPU
Core2 Duo E8400Intel $89Bench 40%, 68,540 samples	4x
Pentium E5300Intel $59Bench 36%, 18,604 samples	3x
Pentium E5700Intel $22Bench 36%, 20,872 samples	2x

GPU
GeForce 9500 GTNvidiaBench 2%, 27,834 samples	5x
Radeon HD 4670ATIBench 4%, 21,442 samples	3x
GeForce 210NvidiaBench 1%, 98,254 samples	2x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	4x
840 Pro 128GBSamsung $150Bench 90%, 34,842 samples	1x
SSD 120GBBench 68%, 22,748 samples	1x

RAM
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples	22x
3GBUnknownBench 14%, 81,553 samples	3x
1x2GBUnknownBench 17%, 99,586 samples	2x

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Value: 47% - Average

Total price: $116

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16