Gigabyte GA-P2542

Performance Results


Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 67% Battle cruiser	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (87th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 13 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	3.74% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	53.6% 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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-P2542 (all builds)
Memory	4.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit renk,
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20121130
Uptime	10 Days
Run Date	Mar 28 '20 at 15:18
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	TUR-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-3630QM-$420 65,927 User benchmarks, average bench 61% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.4 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	75.6% Very good	Memory 90 1-Core 93.5 2-Core 182 72% 122 Pts	4-Core 340 8-Core 434 50% 387 Pts	64-Core 446 28% 446 Pts
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 75.6% Great: 69%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4000 (Mobile 1.25 GHz) FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Gigabyte(1458 2542) 2GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.10.4276 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	3.74% Terrible	Lighting 4.17 Reflection 5.54 Parallax 2.84 3% 4.18 fps	MRender 5.05 Gravity 2.33 Splatting 7.78 4% 5.05 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 3.74% Great: 4%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M4 128GB mSATA-$229 390 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 47GB free (System drive) Firmware: 04MH SusWrite @10s intervals: 148 157 104 132 135 84 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	53.6% Above average	Read 438 Write 191 Mixed 222 SusWrite 126 54% 244 MB/s	4K Read 22.3 4K Write 48.4 4K Mixed 14.7 78% 28.5 MB/s	DQ Read 127 DQ Write 110 DQ Mixed 30 47% 89 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 53.6% Great: 66%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 750GB (2010)-$70 21,848 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 698GB free Firmware: 0001SDM5 SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 111 110 110 110 111 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	63.2% Good	Read 110 Write 76.2 Mixed 58.4 SusWrite 111 65% 88.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.8 134% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 63.2% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Transcend TS1GSK64V6H 1x8GB 115 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	31.7% Below average	MC Read 10.8 MC Write 9.7 MC Mixed 9 28% 9.83 GB/s	SC Read 10.7 SC Write 11 SC Mixed 10.3 30% 10.7 GB/s	Latency 67.2 60% 67.2 ns
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 31.7% Great: 34%

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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-P2542 Builds (Compare 3 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 7%

Tree trunk

Desktop 55%

Gunboat

Workstation 6%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-P2542

CPU
Core i5-3380MIntelBench 55%, 2,989 samples	1x
Core i7-3630QMIntel $420Bench 61%, 65,927 samples	1x
Core i7-3610QMIntel $300Bench 62%, 38,575 samples	1x

GPU
HD 4000 (Mobile 1.25 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 409,110 samples	3x

SSD
M4 128GB mSATACrucial $229Bench 54%, 390 samples	1x
LMT-128M3M 128GBLiteonitBench 64%, 542 samples	1x

RAM
TS512MSK64V6N 2x4GBTranscendBench 50%, 47 samples	1x
M471B5173BH0-CK0 M471B5173CB0-CK0 8GBSamsungBench 40%, 2 samples	1x
M471B5173DB0-YK0 1x4GBSamsungBench 24%, 51,191 samples	1x

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Value: 2% - Terrible

Total price: $229

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $274	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 $184	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