Gigabyte GA-G41M-Combo

Performance Results


Gaming 41% Speed boat	Desktop 56% Gunboat	Workstation 29% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (24th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 76 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 below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 45.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	89.4% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	53% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (47%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-G41M-Combo (all builds)
Memory	4.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121025
Uptime	1.6 Days
Run Date	Nov 16 '18 at 13:24
Run Duration	119 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	47%

PC Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core2 Quad Q8400-$150 18,432 User benchmarks, average bench 45% Socket 775, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.65 GHz, turbo 2.5 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	45.5% Average	Memory 75.1 1-Core 37.2 2-Core 75.7 42% 62.7 Pts	4-Core 89.4 8-Core 126 14% 108 Pts	64-Core 134 8% 134 Pts
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 45.5% Great: 52%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3602) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 416.34 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	89.4% Excellent	Lighting 93.5 Reflection 130 Parallax 172 76% 132 fps	MRender 121 Gravity 179 Splatting 126 115% 142 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 89.4% Great: 133%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 311GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 160 171 192 199 212 213 MB/s Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	53% Above average	Read 218 Write 210 Mixed 198 SusWrite 191 46% 204 MB/s	4K Read 18.4 4K Write 40.6 4K Mixed 34.1 93% 31 MB/s	DQ Read 35.4 DQ Write 80.1 DQ Mixed 47.9 39% 54.5 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 53% Great: 134%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x4GB 424,126 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM Performing below potential (22^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	22.3% Poor	MC Read 8.1 MC Write 6.4 MC Mixed 6.7 20% 7.07 GB/s	SC Read 6.9 SC Write 6.6 SC Mixed 6 19% 6.5 GB/s	Latency 90.1 44% 90.1 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 22.3% Great: 65%

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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 5%

Tree trunk

Desktop 44%

Speed boat

Workstation 4%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-G41M-Combo

CPU
Core2 Quad Q9550Intel $161Bench 49%, 34,093 samples	62x
Core2 Quad Q6600Intel $100Bench 42%, 59,658 samples	62x
Core2 Duo E8400Intel $89Bench 40%, 68,540 samples	62x

GPU
G41 Express ChipsetIntelBench 0%, 33,874 samples	140x
GT 1030NvidiaBench 14%, 185,384 samples	36x
GeForce GT 710NvidiaBench 3%, 187,161 samples	33x

SSD
A400 120GBKingston $29Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	21x
X007-240GB 240GBImramBench 66%, 1 sample	17x
860 Evo 250GBSamsung $52Bench 104%, 296,814 samples	12x

RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	255x
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples	244x
1x4GBUnknownBench 28%, 154,807 samples	68x

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Total price: $190

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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