Gigabyte GA-945GCM-S2C

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU, SSD
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With 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 28.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very poor.
Boot Drive	The 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.
Memory	2GB 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 Version	Although 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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-945GCM-S2C (all builds)
Memory	0.8 GB free of 2 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1024 x 768 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20071108
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 30 '17 at 20:43
Run Duration	657 Seconds
Run User	PRT-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Pentium Dual E2160-$47 4,697 User benchmarks, average bench 32% Socket 775, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads Base clock 2.3 GHz Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	28.7% Poor	Memory 48.8 1-Core 26.6 2-Core 52.4 28% 42.6 Pts	4-Core 52.2 8-Core 52.9 7% 52.6 Pts	64-Core 53.3 3% 53.3 Pts
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 28.7% Great: 39%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Maxtor STM3250310AS 250GB 13,068 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 162GB free Firmware: 3.AAC Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 80 233178690 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8416 (05) Reallocated sector count 98 98 101 (07) Seek error rate 82 60 183695947 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 12501 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 99 0 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 6226 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 1346 (BD) vendor-specific 42 42 58 (BE) vendor-specific 71 44 488177693 (C2) HDA temperature 29 56 73014444061 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 60 46 160905838 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	41.1% Average	Read 86.2 Write 56.8 Mixed 27.7 42% 56.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.07 4K Mixed 0.43 93% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 41.1% Great: 53%
Seagate ST3750640AS 750GB-$60 7,916 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 289GB free Firmware: 3.CHN Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 253 0 (03) Spinup time 94 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 87 87 14116 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 56 54 5480805412587 (09) Power-on hours count 55 55 39592 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 88 88 12824 (B8) Unknown 100 253 0 (BB) vendor-specific 28 28 72 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 66 49 572260386 (C2) HDA temperature 34 51 60129542178 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 65 53 131901214 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	31.6% Below average	Read 53.3 Write 56.5 Mixed 21.8 32% 43.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 1.11 4K Mixed 0.24 65% 0.59 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 31.6% Great: 42%
Seagate ST500LM012 HN-M500MBB 500GB 47,588 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 121GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2AR10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 2508 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 86 80 4459 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6914 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 10493 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 74 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3275 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 31 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 42 249108955162 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 1 1 48687 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 74 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 80 80 209919	50.8% Above average	Read 88.3 Write 88.7 Mixed 45.6 55% 74.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.69 4K Mixed 0.28 79% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 50.8% Great: 59%
WD Blue 2.5" 500GB-$23 80,932 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 180GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 150 142 1491 (04) Start/Stop count 52 52 48376 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 10021 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2156 (BF) G-sense error rate 1 1 336 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 272 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 154 154 138581 (C2) HDA temperature 117 89 26 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	48.7% Average	Read 76.3 Write 93.3 Mixed 52.8 55% 74.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 1.78 4K Mixed 0.25 78% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 48.7% Great: 61%
Seagate ST340014A 40GB-$43 906 User benchmarks, average bench 19% 46GB free Firmware: 8.10 Max speed: UDMA 100 100 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 64 57 38651708 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 957 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 85 60 382050319 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 5204 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1477 (C2) HDA temperature 33 45 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 64 54 38651708 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 195 5 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	68.8% Good	Read 102 Write 137 Mixed 94.7 83% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.78 4K Write 3.88 4K Mixed 0.62 173% 1.76 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 68.8% Great: 31%
Kingston DataTraveler G3 8GB 2,703 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 7GB free, PID 1643 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	4.59% Terrible	Read 16.4 Write 3.53 Mixed 5.18 8% 8.37 MB/s	4K Read 5.87 4K Write 0.02 4K Mixed 0.006 23% 1.97 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 4.59% Great: 8%
Kingston DataTraveler 2.0 8GB 14,254 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 3GB free, PID 1665 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	5.17% Terrible	Read 20.6 Write 3.74 Mixed 5.16 9% 9.83 MB/s	4K Read 5.71 4K Write 0.005 4K Mixed 0.005 22% 1.91 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 5.17% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x1GB 68,489 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 2 of 2 slots used 2GB DIMM Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	15% Very poor	MC Read 5.7 MC Write 4.3 MC Mixed 4.4 14% 4.8 GB/s	SC Read 5.7 SC Write 4.4 SC Mixed 4.9 14% 5 GB/s	Latency 165 24% 165 ns
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 15% Great: 20%

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Typical GA-945GCM-S2C Builds (Compare 31 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 2%

Tree trunk

Desktop 37%

Jet ski

Workstation 2%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-945GCM-S2C

CPU
Pentium E5700Intel $22Bench 36%, 20,872 samples	6x
Core2 Duo E8500Intel $110Bench 42%, 18,841 samples	5x
Core2 Duo E8400Intel $89Bench 40%, 68,540 samples	4x

GPU
GeForce 210NvidiaBench 1%, 98,254 samples	8x
GeForce GT 710NvidiaBench 3%, 187,161 samples	7x
GeForce 9500 GTNvidiaBench 2%, 27,834 samples	2x

SSD
SSD Plus 120GBSanDisk $42Bench 58%, 87,912 samples	4x
X007-240GB 240GBImramBench 66%, 1 sample	4x
A400 120GBKingston $29Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	2x

RAM
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples	22x
3GBUnknownBench 14%, 81,553 samples	4x
1x2GBUnknownBench 17%, 99,586 samples	3x

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Value: 31% - Below average

Total price: $64

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16