Gigabyte GA-G31M-S2L

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 1%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 21%
Surfboard
Workstation
Workstation 1%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 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 20.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very poor.
Graphics5.24% 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 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.
Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemGigabyte GIGABYTE GA-G31M-S2L
MotherboardGigabyte GA-G31M-S2L  (all builds)
Memory1.1 GB free of 4 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 7
BIOS Date20080102
Uptime0.3 Days
Run DateOct 27 '18 at 21:02
Run Duration149 Seconds
Run User POL-User
Background CPU 11%

 PC Performing as expected (41st percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core2 4400-$108
Socket 775, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 2 GHz
Performing way below expectations (5th percentile)
20.2% Poor
Memory 34
1-Core 15
2-Core 19.7
17% 22.9 Pts
4-Core 40.1
8-Core 35.6
5% 37.8 Pts
64-Core 41.2
2% 41.2 Pts
Poor: 21%
This bench: 20.2%
Great: 39%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia Quadro FX 3700
Nvidia(10DE 055F) 512MB
Ram: 512MB, Driver: 342.1
Performing above expectations (68th percentile)
5.24% Terrible
Lighting 7.03
Reflection 7.08
Parallax 2.34
6% 5.48 fps
MRender 6.1
Gravity 5.4
Splatting 4.57
4% 5.35 fps
Poor: 5%
This bench: 5.24%
Great: 5%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Hitachi HDT721032SLA360 320GB-$26
96GB free (System drive)
Firmware: ST2OA31B
SusWrite @10s intervals: 40 45 48 50 55 56 MB/s
Performing below expectations (25th percentile)
37.1% Below average
Read 79.8
Write 66
Mixed 41.3
SusWrite 49
43% 59 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.8
4K Mixed 0.7
132% 1 MB/s
Poor: 24%
This bench: 37.1%
Great: 59%
Samsung Spinpoint T166 500GB-$40
464GB free
Firmware: CR100-12
SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 72 74 79 84 83 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
43.5% Average
Read 74
Write 75.5
Mixed 41.2
SusWrite 77.7
49% 67.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 1.1
4K Mixed 0.8
126% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 22%
This bench: 43.5%
Great: 44%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown 2x2GB
2 of 2 slots used
4GB DIMM
Performing way below expectations (12th percentile)
10.5% Very poor
MC Read 4.1
MC Write 3.2
MC Mixed 3.5
10% 3.6 GB/s
SC Read 1.6
SC Write 2.9
SC Mixed 2.5
7% 2.33 GB/s
Latency 233
17% 233 ns
Poor: 10%
This bench: 10.5%
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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