Gigabyte GA-MA74GMT-S2

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 47.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Boot Drive	40.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-MA74GMT-S2 (all builds)
Memory	6.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.1 GHz
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20100614
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 10 '18 at 13:24
Run Duration	233 Seconds
Run User	NZL-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (50^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Athlon II X2 245 6,247 User benchmarks, average bench 41% Socket M2, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads Base clock 2.9 GHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	47.7% Average	Memory 84 1-Core 38.7 2-Core 67.5 44% 63.4 Pts	4-Core 68.7 8-Core 80.6 10% 74.6 Pts	64-Core 81.7 5% 81.7 Pts
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 47.7% Great: 48%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba THNSNJ1T02CSY 1TB 33 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 58GB free (System drive) Firmware: JYPS4101 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (9^th 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 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 748 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 204 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 197 197 12886180111 (AE) Unknown 200 200 161061 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 146 (C2) HDA temperature 82 55 193274380306 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 204148 (F2) Unknown 100 100 2269252 (F3) Unknown 100 100 0 (F9) Unknown 100 100 8731	40.9% Average	Read 188 Write 188 Mixed 197 43% 191 MB/s	4K Read 14.5 4K Write 53.8 4K Mixed 13.9 68% 27.4 MB/s	DQ Read 17.9 DQ Write 52.3 DQ Mixed 16.4 18% 28.9 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 40.9% Great: 96%
Kingston DataTraveler SE9 8GB 1,239 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 7GB free, PID 1689 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	4.82% Terrible	Read 17.3 Write 6.28 Mixed 6.83 11% 10.1 MB/s	4K Read 3.84 4K Write 0.01 4K Mixed 0.004 15% 1.28 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 4.82% Great: 6%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1x8GB 168,538 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM Performing below potential (12^th percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	20.5% Poor	MC Read 6.9 MC Write 5.6 MC Mixed 6 18% 6.17 GB/s	SC Read 5.3 SC Write 5.3 SC Mixed 5.2 15% 5.27 GB/s	Latency 73.5 54% 73.5 ns
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 20.5% Great: 67%

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Gaming 6%

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Desktop 49%

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Workstation 5%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-MA74GMT-S2

CPU
Phenom II X4 955AMD $83Bench 51%, 41,403 samples	6x
Athlon II X2 250 (2013 D.Ri)AMDBench 40%, 19,471 samples	6x
Athlon II X4 640AMD $70Bench 45%, 18,839 samples	5x

GPU
GeForce GT 430NvidiaBench 3%, 22,369 samples	3x
GTX 950Nvidia $100Bench 26%, 111,509 samples	3x
GTX 650Nvidia $112Bench 8%, 69,673 samples	2x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	3x
BX500 240GBCrucial $29Bench 56%, 142,801 samples	2x
SSD 128GBBench 64%, 3,975 samples	1x

RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	26x
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples	6x
6GBUnknownBench 25%, 111,301 samples	3x

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Value: 59% - Above average

Total price: $111

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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