Gigabyte GA-M68SM-S2L

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 2%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 22%
Surfboard
Workstation
Workstation 2%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith an extremely low single core score, this CPU can barely handle email and light web browsing. Finally, with a gaming score of 17.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is terrible.
Graphics9.83% 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.
Memory8GB 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 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.
Run History
MotherboardGigabyte GA-M68SM-S2L  (all builds)
Memory6.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors,
OSWindows 7
BIOS Date20121210
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJun 19 '18 at 10:52
Run Duration294 Seconds
Run User RUS-User
Background CPU1%

 PC Performing above expectations (64th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Phenom 9500
Socket M2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 2.2 GHz
Performing above expectations (82nd percentile)
17.2% Very poor
Memory 10.2
1-Core 35
2-Core 70
19% 38.4 Pts
4-Core 139
8-Core 139
18% 139 Pts
64-Core 139
9% 139 Pts
Poor: 10%
This bench: 17.2%
Great: 25%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 550-Ti-$250
Device(0000 0000) 1GB
CLim: 900 MHz, MLim: 1026 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 391.35
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
9.83% Terrible
Lighting 11.1
Reflection 12.8
Parallax 9.34
9% 11.1 fps
MRender 15.2
Gravity 11.4
Splatting 14.8
11% 13.8 fps
Poor: 7%
This bench: 9.83%
Great: 9%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Seagate ST3160813AS 160GB-$139
75GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CC2J Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s
Performing above expectations (61st percentile)
49.7% Average
Read 92.8
Write 80.5
Mixed 30.7
50% 68 MB/s
4K Read 0.27
4K Write 1.34
4K Mixed 0.37
77% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 11%
This bench: 49.7%
Great: 65%
General UDisk 8GB
7GB free, PID null
Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete
Read 9.7
Write 3.63
Mixed 4.41
6% 5.91 MB/s
4K Read 3.71
41% 3.71 MB/s
Poor: 3% Great: 10%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown 2x4GB
2 of 2 slots used
8GB DIMM
Performing below potential (15th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
19.8% Very poor
MC Read 8.9
MC Write 5.8
MC Mixed 8.1
22% 7.6 GB/s
SC Read 4
SC Write 3.5
SC Mixed 4.4
11% 3.97 GB/s
Latency 401
10% 401 ns
Poor: 17%
This bench: 19.8%
Great: 65%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical GA-M68SM-S2L Builds (Compare 7 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 2%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 35%
Sail boat
Workstation
Workstation 2%
Tree trunk

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-M68SM-S2L

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