Gigabyte GA-P31-DS3L

Performance Results


Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 48% Yacht	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 52.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	3.94% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	36.3% 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.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-P31-DS3L (all builds)
Memory	2.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20080710
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 13 '21 at 20:18
Run Duration	128 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core2 Extreme X9650-$850 3,122 User benchmarks, average bench 53% Socket 775, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 2.95 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	52.2% Above average	Memory 74.9 1-Core 44.9 2-Core 90.3 45% 70 Pts	4-Core 173 8-Core 176 23% 175 Pts	64-Core 176 11% 176 Pts
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 52.2% Great: 63%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 710 187,161 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Asus(1043 85E7) 2GB CLim: 954 MHz, MLim: 1252 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	3.94% Terrible	Lighting 4.7 Reflection 6.3 Parallax 5 4% 5.33 fps	MRender 6.4 Gravity 3.9 Splatting 5 4% 5.1 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.94% Great: 4%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Green 480GB (2018)-$69 25,452 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 378GB free (System drive) Firmware: UG400400 SusWrite @10s intervals: 208 171 121 128 162 149 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	36.3% Below average	Read 230 Write 216 Mixed 183 SusWrite 156 44% 197 MB/s	4K Read 16 4K Write 17.4 4K Mixed 15.8 54% 16.4 MB/s	DQ Read 17.8 DQ Write 19.8 DQ Mixed 17.9 14% 18.5 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 36.3% Great: 60%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 1TB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 96 97 97 97 97 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	54.7% Above average	Read 94.5 Write 86 Mixed 80.3 SusWrite 96.1 66% 89.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 139% 1 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 54.7% Great: 67%

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 below potential (15^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	20.2% Poor	MC Read 6.8 MC Write 6.2 MC Mixed 5.6 18% 6.2 GB/s	SC Read 6 SC Write 6.5 SC Mixed 5.7 17% 6.07 GB/s	Latency 90.7 44% 90.7 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 20.2% 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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Gaming 2%

Tree trunk

Desktop 40%

Speed boat

Workstation 2%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-P31-DS3L

CPU
Core2 Quad Q6600Intel $100Bench 42%, 59,658 samples	10x
Core2 Duo E8400Intel $89Bench 40%, 68,540 samples	8x
Core2 Duo E4500Intel $130Bench 33%, 8,675 samples	7x

GPU
GeForce GT 630NvidiaBench 4%, 60,212 samples	6x
GeForce 8600 GTNvidiaBench 2%, 8,099 samples	5x
GeForce 210NvidiaBench 1%, 98,254 samples	4x

SSD
Burst 120GBPatriotBench 66%, 15,567 samples	3x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $37Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	3x
MZ7TE128HMGR-000L1 128GBSamsungBench 62%, 5,980 samples	2x

RAM
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples	56x
2x1GBUnknownBench 14%, 68,489 samples	9x
4x1GBUnknownBench 18%, 54,972 samples	6x

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Value: 55% - Above average

Total price: $100

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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