Gigabyte GA-G31M-S2L

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 2% Tree trunk	Desktop 35% Sail boat	Workstation 2% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 47.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	11.4% 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	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	3GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and although it's sufficient for most games, some will benefit from up to 8GB of RAM. 3GB is also enough for modest file and system caches which allow for a responsive system.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Gigabyte G31M-ES2L
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-G31M-S2L (all builds)
Memory	1.6 GB free of 3 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20090205
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 23 '21 at 05:16
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing as expected (58^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon X5450-$299 5,870 User benchmarks, average bench 50% Socket 775, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.65 GHz Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	47.3% Average	Memory 70.2 1-Core 36 2-Core 76.6 40% 60.9 Pts	4-Core 144 8-Core 145 19% 144 Pts	64-Core 150 9% 150 Pts
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 47.3% Great: 58%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 460-$203 31,648 User benchmarks, average bench 12% Nvidia(10DE 083D) 1GB CLim: 650 MHz, MLim: 850 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	11.4% Very poor	Lighting 13.1 Reflection 18.9 Parallax 13.2 11% 15.1 fps	MRender 20.4 Gravity 14.3 Splatting 13.2 13% 16 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 11.4% Great: 14%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 334GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC34 SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 80 97 99 108 110 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	58.4% Above average	Read 106 Write 114 Mixed 60.2 SusWrite 97 69% 94.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 1.1 183% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 58.4% Great: 70%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$24 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 466GB free Firmware: KC47 SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 126 126 127 128 127 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	73% Very good	Read 129 Write 126 Mixed 53.5 SusWrite 126 79% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.8 138% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 73% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 3GB 81,553 User benchmarks, average bench 14% null MHz 2048, 1024 MB Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	17.8% Very poor	MC Read 5.3 MC Write 6.1 MC Mixed 5.2 16% 5.53 GB/s	SC Read 3.7 SC Write 6.1 SC Mixed 5 14% 4.93 GB/s	Latency 101 40% 101 ns
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 17.8% Great: 23%

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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 2%

Tree trunk

Desktop 38%

Jet ski

Workstation 2%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-G31M-S2L

CPU
Core2 Quad Q6600Intel $100Bench 42%, 59,658 samples	25x
Pentium E5200Intel $50Bench 36%, 13,848 samples	19x
Core2 Quad Q9400Intel $170Bench 46%, 24,176 samples	14x

GPU
GeForce 210NvidiaBench 1%, 98,254 samples	15x
GeForce 9500 GTNvidiaBench 2%, 27,834 samples	13x
Radeon HD 4670ATIBench 4%, 21,442 samples	13x

SSD
A400 120GBKingston $30Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	10x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	8x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	4x

RAM
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples	184x
3GBUnknownBench 14%, 81,553 samples	22x
1x2GBUnknownBench 17%, 99,586 samples	14x

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Value: 45% - Average

Total price: $130

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