Gigabyte GA-G41M-Combo

Performance Results


Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 43% Speed boat	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


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 below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 42.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	3.59% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	30.2% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait 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 (57%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 2 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-G41M-Combo (all builds)
Memory	3.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.4 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit kolorów
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121025
Uptime	1.9 Days
Run Date	Jan 18 '21 at 12:48
Run Duration	132 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	57%

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 Xeon X5460-$190 10,360 User benchmarks, average bench 52% Socket 775, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.15 GHz, turbo 2.95 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	42.9% Average	Memory 74.6 1-Core 40.3 2-Core 51.9 40% 55.6 Pts	4-Core 63.5 8-Core 163 13% 113 Pts	64-Core 163 10% 163 Pts
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 42.9% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 730 164,888 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Gigabyte(1458 365B) 2GB CLim: 750 MHz, MLim: 450 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	3.59% Terrible	Lighting 4.3 Reflection 7.7 Parallax 1.8 4% 4.6 fps	MRender 6.1 Gravity 4.7 Splatting 3.5 4% 4.77 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.59% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata SU630 240GB 60,212 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 118GB free (System drive) Firmware: N191129a SusWrite @10s intervals: 30 30 32 32 31 31 MB/s Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	30.2% Below average	Read 203 Write 35.9 Mixed 61.6 SusWrite 30.8 18% 82.9 MB/s	4K Read 20.2 4K Write 17.1 4K Mixed 17.3 62% 18.2 MB/s	DQ Read 23.6 DQ Write 24.9 DQ Mixed 21.5 17% 23.3 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 30.2% Great: 101%
WD Green 1.5TB (2011)-$51 6,566 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 1TB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 32 30 33 32 32 36 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	38.6% Below average	Read 102 Write 93 Mixed 73.2 SusWrite 32.5 56% 75.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.7 132% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 38.6% Great: 65%

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 way below expectations (18^th percentile)	20.9% Poor	MC Read 7.5 MC Write 6.3 MC Mixed 6 19% 6.6 GB/s	SC Read 5.6 SC Write 5.9 SC Mixed 5.6 16% 5.7 GB/s	Latency 91.1 44% 91.1 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 20.9% 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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Typical GA-G41M-Combo Builds (Compare 736 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 5%

Tree trunk

Desktop 44%

Speed boat

Workstation 4%

Tree trunk

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	245x
1x4GBUnknownBench 28%, 154,807 samples	68x

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Value: 50% - Average

Total price: $190

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $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) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16