Gigabyte GA-G31M-ES2L

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 2% Tree trunk	Desktop 48% Yacht	Workstation 2% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 46%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	9.73% 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	4GB 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. 4GB is also enough for modest file and system caches which allow for a responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-G31M-ES2L (all builds)
Memory	2 GB free of 4 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20080820
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Nov 22 '17 at 18:20
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	MYS-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core2 Duo E8400-$89 68,540 User benchmarks, average bench 40% Socket 775, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 2.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	46% Average	Memory 76.6 1-Core 47.4 2-Core 94.9 47% 73 Pts	4-Core 92.9 8-Core 93.9 12% 93.4 Pts	64-Core 93.8 6% 93.8 Pts
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 46% Great: 47%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 550-Ti-$250 54,392 User benchmarks, average bench 9% Gigabyte(1458 3536) 1GB CLim: 900 MHz, MLim: 1025 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	9.73% Terrible	Lighting 10.9 Reflection 12.9 Parallax 9.28 9% 11 fps	MRender 15.3 Gravity 11.4 Splatting 14.9 11% 13.9 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 9.73% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Hitachi HTS545050B9A300 500GB-$71 21,137 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 227GB free Firmware: PB4OC60F Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 144 144 90194313218 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 7693 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 6552 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 5620 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 441 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 22192 (C2) HDA temperature 183 183 214749741086 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 7 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 6 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	36.1% Below average	Read 65.7 Write 60.1 Mixed 59 46% 61.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.17 4K Mixed 0.27 68% 0.62 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 36.1% Great: 45%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 364GB free (System drive) Firmware: 15.01H15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 138 137 4091 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1197 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4024 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1174 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 194 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1002 (C2) HDA temperature 110 94 33 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	55.4% Above average	Read 97 Write 95.8 Mixed 72 66% 88.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.34 98% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 55.4% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x2GB 446,702 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 2 of 2 slots used 4GB DIMM Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	22.2% Poor	MC Read 7.6 MC Write 7.1 MC Mixed 6.2 20% 6.97 GB/s	SC Read 6.2 SC Write 6.9 SC Mixed 6.2 18% 6.43 GB/s	Latency 87.1 46% 87.1 ns
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 22.2% Great: 44%

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

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Typical GA-G31M-ES2L Builds (Compare 492 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 2%

Tree trunk

Desktop 40%

Jet ski

Workstation 2%

Tree trunk

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	379x
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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16