Gigabyte GA-G31M-ES2L

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (19th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 81 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.
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 36.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is 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	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.

Very high background CPU (41%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-G31M-ES2L (all builds)
Memory	1.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20091013
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 09 '20 at 10:08
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	41%

PC Performing way below expectations (19^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 Q9300-$38 10,428 User benchmarks, average bench 46% Socket 775, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 2.35 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	36.3% Below average	Memory 51.4 1-Core 33.1 2-Core 66.2 32% 50.2 Pts	4-Core 125 8-Core 124 17% 124 Pts	64-Core 121 8% 121 Pts
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 36.3% Great: 52%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 418GB free (System drive) Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 16 18 24 38 40 55 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	36.4% Below average	Read 94.9 Write 74.3 Mixed 47.6 SusWrite 31.9 46% 62.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.8 137% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 36.4% Great: 69%
Seagate ST3500630AS 500GB-$102 29,256 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 19GB free Firmware: 3.AAE SusWrite @10s intervals: 17 19 23 35 42 41 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	21.4% Poor	Read 45.1 Write 24 Mixed 18.2 SusWrite 29.6 21% 29.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 0.3 4K Mixed 0.3 51% 0.3 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 21.4% Great: 43%
Samsung Spinpoint T166 500GB-$40 43,024 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 1GB free Firmware: CR100-12 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 55 Write 59.3 Mixed 42.9 39% 52.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.6 105% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 22% Great: 44%
Sony Storage Media 4GB 737 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 4GB free, PID 0243 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 5.3 5.7 5.6 5.7 5.3 5.4 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	5.16% Terrible	Read 17.4 Write 4 Mixed 4.3 SusWrite 5.5 8% 7.8 MB/s	4K Read 6.1 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 23% 2.03 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 5.16% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x4GB 424,126 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 2 of 2 slots used 8GB DIMM Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	16.7% Very poor	MC Read 5.8 MC Write 6.4 MC Mixed 5.3 17% 5.83 GB/s	SC Read 3.6 SC Write 3.5 SC Mixed 3.4 10% 3.5 GB/s	Latency 156 26% 156 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 16.7% Great: 65%

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

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Gaming 2%

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Desktop 40%

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Workstation 2%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-G31M-ES2L

CPU
Core2 Duo E7500Intel $109Bench 39%, 39,897 samples	40x
Core2 Quad Q9400Intel $170Bench 46%, 24,176 samples	37x
Core2 Quad Q6600Intel $100Bench 42%, 59,658 samples	31x

GPU
GeForce 210NvidiaBench 1%, 98,254 samples	42x
GeForce 9500 GTNvidiaBench 2%, 27,834 samples	24x
GeForce GT 710NvidiaBench 3%, 187,161 samples	23x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	25x
SSD 120GBBench 68%, 22,748 samples	9x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	7x

RAM
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples	378x
3GBUnknownBench 14%, 81,553 samples	52x
1x2GBUnknownBench 17%, 99,586 samples	30x

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Value: 45% - Average

Total price: $137

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $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