Gigabyte GA-G31M-S2L

Performance Results


Gaming 3% Tree trunk	Desktop 48% Yacht	Workstation 2% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 51.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	3.86% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	42.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	4GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-G31M-S2L (all builds)
Memory	2 GB free of 4 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	Цвета: 1600 x 900 - 32 Bit
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20081229
Uptime	3.4 Days
Run Date	Dec 27 '17 at 10:43
Run Duration	252 Seconds
Run User	RUS-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core2 Quad Q9400-$170 24,176 User benchmarks, average bench 46% Socket 775, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.65 GHz, turbo 2.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	51.5% Above average	Memory 75.6 1-Core 42.6 2-Core 85 44% 67.7 Pts	4-Core 159 8-Core 172 22% 165 Pts	64-Core 158 10% 158 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 51.5% Great: 53%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 240 11,020 User benchmarks, average bench 4% POV(1ACC 31A3) 512MB Ram: 512MB, Driver: 342.1 Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	3.86% Terrible	Lighting 5.1 Reflection 5.5 Parallax 2.41 4% 4.34 fps	MRender 4.57 Gravity 4.17 Splatting 3.52 3% 4.09 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.86% Great: 5%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
T-120 120GB 64 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 70GB free (System drive) Firmware: P0831A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (31^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 50 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 356 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 108 (A2) Unknown 100 100 1 (A3) Unknown 100 100 58 (A4) Unknown 100 100 16354 (A5) Unknown 100 100 21 (A6) Unknown 100 100 5 (A7) Unknown 100 100 16 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 108 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 26 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 112 (F1) Unknown 100 100 32814 (F2) Unknown 100 100 63678 (F5) Unknown 100 100 48462	42.4% Average	Read 228 Write 216 Mixed 142 43% 195 MB/s	4K Read 21.5 4K Write 54.3 4K Mixed 2.51 65% 26.1 MB/s	DQ Read 28 DQ Write 85.8 DQ Mixed 4.34 18% 39.4 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 42.4% Great: 72%
WD Blue 640GB (2008)-$33 94,563 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 337GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 158 156 5066 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1881 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2072 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1775 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 680 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1881 (C2) HDA temperature 118 92 29 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 18 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	48.1% Average	Read 93.3 Write 74.1 Mixed 34.8 50% 67.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.26 76% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 48.1% Great: 62%
Multi Flash Reader 32GB 462 User benchmarks, average bench 10% 24GB free, PID 6366 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	4.88% Terrible	Read 18.1 Write 9.73 Mixed 12 16% 13.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.06 4K Write 0.04 4K Mixed 0.04 3% 0.05 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 4.88% Great: 16%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x2GB 446,702 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 2 of 2 slots used 4GB DIMM Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	20.9% Poor	MC Read 6.5 MC Write 6.8 MC Mixed 5.9 18% 6.4 GB/s	SC Read 6.2 SC Write 6.7 SC Mixed 6.6 19% 6.5 GB/s	Latency 89 45% 89 ns
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 20.9% Great: 44%

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Gaming 2%

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Desktop 38%

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Workstation 2%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-G31M-S2L

CPU
Core2 Quad Q6600Intel $100Bench 42%, 59,658 samples	25x
Pentium E5200Intel $50Bench 36%, 13,848 samples	19x
Core2 Quad Q9400Intel $170Bench 46%, 24,176 samples	14x

GPU
GeForce 210NvidiaBench 1%, 98,254 samples	15x
GeForce 9500 GTNvidiaBench 2%, 27,834 samples	13x
Radeon HD 4670ATIBench 4%, 21,442 samples	13x

SSD
A400 120GBKingston $29Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	10x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	8x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	4x

RAM
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples	184x
3GBUnknownBench 14%, 81,553 samples	22x
1x2GBUnknownBench 17%, 99,586 samples	14x

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Value: 45% - Average

Total price: $129

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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