Gigabyte GA-G41M-Combo

Performance Results


Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 51% Yacht	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 52.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	7.34% 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 Drive	48.9% 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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-G41M-Combo (all builds)
Memory	6.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.4 GHz
Display	1842 x 1026 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110530
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 20 '19 at 17:54
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing as expected (59^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 Q9550-$161 34,093 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Socket 775, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.85 GHz, turbo 2.65 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	52.7% Above average	Memory 77.1 1-Core 41.9 2-Core 83.7 45% 67.6 Pts	4-Core 166 8-Core 167 22% 167 Pts	64-Core 169 10% 169 Pts
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 52.7% Great: 57%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 640 34,519 User benchmarks, average bench 6% Palit(1569 0FC1) 2GB CLim: 901 MHz, MLim: 445 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	7.34% Terrible	Lighting 8.43 Reflection 7.62 Parallax 8.97 7% 8.34 fps	MRender 8.81 Gravity 10.3 Splatting 10.7 8% 9.96 fps
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 7.34% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Liteonit LCT-128M3S 128GB 2,346 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 93GB free (System drive) Firmware: VQDC SusWrite @10s intervals: 157 172 190 170 184 193 MB/s Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	48.9% Average	Read 217 Write 194 Mixed 152 SusWrite 178 42% 185 MB/s	4K Read 23.8 4K Write 39.3 4K Mixed 24.9 89% 29.3 MB/s	DQ Read 28.1 DQ Write 56.4 DQ Mixed 31.7 27% 38.7 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 48.9% Great: 82%
Seagate ST3500312CS 500GB-$24 89,637 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 465GB free Firmware: SC13 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 110 113 114 113 114 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	64.5% Good	Read 114 Write 110 Mixed 54.6 SusWrite 111 71% 97.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.9 156% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 64.5% Great: 60%

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 (24^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	23% Poor	MC Read 8 MC Write 6.9 MC Mixed 6.8 21% 7.23 GB/s	SC Read 6.7 SC Write 6.9 SC Mixed 6.8 19% 6.8 GB/s	Latency 86.1 46% 86.1 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 23% 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%

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Desktop 44%

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Workstation 4%

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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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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