Gigabyte GA-G31M-S2L

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU, SSD
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (30th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 70 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 relatively low single core score, this CPU can handle email, light web browsing and basic audio/video playback, but it will struggle to handle CPU intensive tasks. Finally, with a gaming score of 36.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
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	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.

Very high background CPU (53%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Gigabyte G31M-ES2L
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-G31M-S2L (all builds)
Memory	2 GB free of 4 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1152 x 864 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20090205
Uptime	2.8 Days
Run Date	Feb 06 '16 at 02:47
Run Duration	587 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	53%

PC Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Pentium E5300-$59 18,604 User benchmarks, average bench 36% Socket 775, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads Base clock 2 GHz, turbo 1.5 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	36.2% Below average	Memory 68.8 1-Core 22.6 2-Core 24.7 31% 38.7 Pts	4-Core 23.7 8-Core 39.9 4% 31.8 Pts	64-Core 33.9 2% 33.9 Pts
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 36.2% Great: 43%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
ATI Radeon HD 4550 3,005 User benchmarks, average bench 1% Gigabyte(1458 21ED) 128MB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 8.970.100.9001 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 1% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 250GB-$33 44,469 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 143GB free Firmware: CC37 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	46.7% Average	Read 79.2 Write 83.6 Mixed 72.8 59% 78.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 1.54 4K Mixed 0.5 96% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 46.7% Great: 68%
Maxtor STM3250820A 250GB 322 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 45GB free Firmware: 3.AAE Max speed: UDMA 100 100 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	16.8% Very poor	Read 28.7 Write 29.5 Mixed 29 22% 29.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.34 4K Write 1.05 4K Mixed 0.44 82% 0.61 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 16.8% Great: 42%
WD WD800JD-75MSA3 80GB-$105 18,464 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 26GB free (System drive) Firmware: 10.01E01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	25% Poor	Read 47.8 Write 38.9 Mixed 46 33% 44.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.19 4K Write 1.61 4K Mixed 0.18 58% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 25% Great: 33%
SanDisk Ultra 32GB 7,719 User benchmarks, average bench 22% 11GB free, PID 5590 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	14.9% Very poor	Read 32.7 Write 14.8 Mixed 16.6 24% 21.4 MB/s	4K Read 3.63 4K Write 1.99 4K Mixed 1.35 127% 2.32 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 14.9% Great: 36%
Kingston DataTraveler G3 8GB 1,502 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 0GB free, PID 6545 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	3.44% Terrible	Read 13.5 Write 2.88 Mixed 4.3 7% 6.9 MB/s	4K Read 3.57 4K Write 0.005 4K Mixed 0.003 14% 1.19 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.44% Great: 7%

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 below potential (12^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	10.8% Very poor	MC Read 3.1 MC Write 2.8 MC Mixed 3.4 9% 3.1 GB/s	SC Read 1.3 SC Write 3.1 SC Mixed 1.7 6% 2.03 GB/s	Latency 104 38% 104 ns
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 10.8% Great: 44%

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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 2%

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Desktop 38%

Jet ski

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 $28Bench 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: 46% - Average

Total price: $128

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16