Gigabyte GA-P31-DS3L

Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 62% Destroyer	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 55.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	61% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	30.4% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	4GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-P31-DS3L (all builds)
Memory	2 GB free of 4 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit barev
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20080730
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 09 '18 at 16:48
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing as expected (55^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 Q9650-$170 16,719 User benchmarks, average bench 51% Socket 775, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	55.5% Above average	Memory 78.1 1-Core 49.7 2-Core 103 49% 77 Pts	4-Core 194 8-Core 189 26% 192 Pts	64-Core 198 12% 198 Pts
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 55.5% Great: 58%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1618 MHz, MLim: 1952 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.71 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	61% Good	Lighting 76.6 Reflection 78.3 Parallax 77.2 62% 77.4 fps	MRender 82.9 Gravity 72.7 Splatting 62.4 58% 72.7 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 61% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Patriot Flare 60GB 647 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 21GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFM21.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 22 63 62 13 56 61 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	30.4% Below average	Read 198 Write 103 Mixed 107 SusWrite 46.1 25% 114 MB/s	4K Read 21.2 4K Write 37.7 4K Mixed 9.2 64% 22.7 MB/s	DQ Read 18.5 DQ Write 40.1 DQ Mixed 10.2 13% 22.9 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 30.4% Great: 86%
Seagate ST3160812AS 160GB-$47 10,399 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 26GB free Firmware: 3.ADH SusWrite @10s intervals: 49 51 51 50 51 49 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	33.2% Below average	Read 65.1 Write 63.4 Mixed 43.7 SusWrite 50.2 41% 55.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.8 140% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 33.2% Great: 40%
WD WD1600BJKT-75F4T0 160GB 894 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 149GB free Firmware: 11.01A11 SusWrite @10s intervals: 25 64 62 13 56 61 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	35% Below average	Read 74.3 Write 72.3 Mixed 53.9 SusWrite 47.1 46% 61.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1 185% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 35% Great: 46%
ADATA HD710 PRO 1TB 791 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 288GB free, PID a75a Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 10 14 11 5.9 11 16 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	7.44% Terrible	Read 24.4 Write 9.9 Mixed 12.7 SusWrite 11.4 18% 14.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.1 20% 0.43 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 7.44% Great: 55%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x2GB 446,702 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 2 of 4 slots used 4GB DIMM Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	23.4% Poor	MC Read 7.5 MC Write 7.9 MC Mixed 6.7 21% 7.37 GB/s	SC Read 6.3 SC Write 7.7 SC Mixed 6.5 20% 6.83 GB/s	Latency 84.2 48% 84.2 ns
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 23.4% Great: 44%

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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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Typical GA-P31-DS3L Builds (Compare 84 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 2%

Tree trunk

Desktop 40%

Speed boat

Workstation 2%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-P31-DS3L

CPU
Core2 Quad Q6600Intel $100Bench 42%, 59,658 samples	10x
Core2 Duo E8400Intel $89Bench 40%, 68,540 samples	8x
Core2 Duo E4500Intel $130Bench 33%, 8,675 samples	7x

GPU
GeForce GT 630NvidiaBench 4%, 60,212 samples	6x
GeForce 8600 GTNvidiaBench 2%, 8,099 samples	5x
GeForce 210NvidiaBench 1%, 98,254 samples	4x

SSD
Burst 120GBPatriotBench 66%, 15,567 samples	3x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	3x
MZ7TE128HMGR-000L1 128GBSamsungBench 62%, 5,980 samples	2x

RAM
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples	56x
2x1GBUnknownBench 14%, 68,489 samples	9x
4x1GBUnknownBench 18%, 54,972 samples	6x

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Value: 55% - Above average

Total price: $100

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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