Gigabyte GA-945GZM-S2

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 1%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 17%
Surfboard
Workstation
Workstation 0%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (29th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 71 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.
ProcessorWith 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 34.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics7.53% 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.
Memory2GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows however a minimum of 4GB is recommended for gaming or any other RAM intensive tasks such as photo/video editing. This system will also be a little more responsive with 4GB of RAM.
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.
Very high background CPU (53%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardGigabyte GA-945GZM-S2  (all builds)
Memory0.5 GB free of 2 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 7
BIOS Date20071127
Uptime0.1 Days
Run DateNov 30 '18 at 18:36
Run Duration146 Seconds
Run User BRA-User
Background CPU 53%

 PC Performing below expectations (29th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core2 Duo E4600
Socket 775, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 2.4 GHz
Performing as expected (41st percentile)
34.2% Below average
Memory 62.2
1-Core 25
2-Core 40
31% 42.4 Pts
4-Core 39.6
8-Core 37.1
5% 38.3 Pts
64-Core 51
3% 51 Pts
Poor: 21%
This bench: 34.2%
Great: 40%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 550-Ti-$250
Gigabyte(1458 3536) 1GB
CLim: 900 MHz, MLim: 1025 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 391.35
Performing below expectations (38th percentile)
7.53% Terrible
Lighting 9.93
Reflection 12.5
Parallax 0.06
8% 7.51 fps
MRender 15.5
Gravity 11.5
Splatting 0.09
6% 9.03 fps
Poor: 7%
This bench: 7.53%
Great: 9%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Maxtor STM380815AS 80GB
20GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 4.AAB
SusWrite @10s intervals: 7.2 8.2 5.8 4.4 4.6 9.1 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (8th percentile)
15% Very poor
Read 45.5
Write 22.3
Mixed 31
SusWrite 6.5
20% 26.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.5
96% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 12%
This bench: 15%
Great: 42%
Samsung HD250HJ 250GB
100GB free
Firmware: FH100-06
SusWrite @10s intervals: 9.3 9.7 8.8 8.6 8.7 9.4 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (3rd percentile)
11.6% Very poor
Read 31
Write 6.5
Mixed 17
SusWrite 9.1
12% 15.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 0.5
4K Mixed 0.4
70% 0.43 MB/s
Poor: 23%
This bench: 11.6%
Great: 56%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown 2x1GB
2 of 2 slots used
2GB DIMM
Performing as expected (55th percentile)
12.6% Very poor
MC Read 4.5
MC Write 3.4
MC Mixed 3.6
11% 3.83 GB/s
SC Read 3
SC Write 2.7
SC Mixed 3.8
9% 3.17 GB/s
Latency 121
33% 121 ns
Poor: 6%
This bench: 12.6%
Great: 20%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical GA-945GZM-S2 Builds (Compare 29 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 2%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 41%
Speed boat
Workstation
Workstation 2%
Tree trunk

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-945GZM-S2

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