Gigabyte GA-G31M-S2L

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 1%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 38%
Jet ski
Workstation
Workstation 1%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 36.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics6.46% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot DriveThe 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.
Memory4GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and although it's sufficient for most games, some will benefit from up to 8GB of RAM. 4GB is also enough for modest file and system caches which allow for a responsive system.
OS VersionAlthough 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.
Very high background CPU (82%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardGigabyte GA-G31M-S2L  (all builds)
Memory2.4 GB free of 4 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 7
BIOS Date20090601
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJun 23 '17 at 14:38
Run Duration100 Seconds
Run User POL-User
Background CPU 82%

 PC Performing as expected (49th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Pentium E6500-$89
Socket 775, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 2.95 GHz
Performing below expectations (30th percentile)
36.5% Below average
Memory 67.2
1-Core 41.3
2-Core 41.6
36% 50 Pts
4-Core 36.7
8-Core 39.1
5% 37.9 Pts
64-Core 36.8
2% 36.8 Pts
Poor: 26%
This bench: 36.5%
Great: 45%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD HD 5770
Asus(1043 0344) 1GB
Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.200.1062.1004
Relative performance (0th percentile)
6.46% Terrible
Lighting 7.13
Reflection 11.5
Parallax 13.8
6% 10.8 fps
MRender 1
Gravity 12
Splatting 13.2
8% 8.73 fps
Poor: 10%
This bench: 6.46%
Great: 11%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WD WD10EACS-00ZJB0 1TB
697GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s
Performing above expectations (82nd percentile)
46.4% Average
Read 79.4
Write 82.1
Mixed 75.4
59% 79 MB/s
4K Read 0.33
4K Write 1.71
4K Mixed 0.32
81% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 26%
This bench: 46.4%
Great: 51%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown 2x2GB
2 of 2 slots used
4GB DIMM
Performing below expectations (35th percentile)
15.5% Very poor
MC Read 4.4
MC Write 4.8
MC Mixed 4.3
13% 4.5 GB/s
SC Read 5.3
SC Write 5.5
SC Mixed 5.2
15% 5.33 GB/s
Latency 108
37% 108 ns
Poor: 10%
This bench: 15.5%
Great: 44%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Typical GA-G31M-S2L Builds (Compare 236 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 2%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 38%
Jet ski
Workstation
Workstation 2%
Tree trunk

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-G31M-S2L

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