Gigabyte GA-G41M-Combo

Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 48% Yacht	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (30th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 70 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 44%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	12.6% 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	27% 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 (63%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-G41M-Combo (all builds)
Memory	5.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.4 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20100609
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 29 '23 at 23:16
Run Duration	116 Seconds
Run User	SAU-User
Background CPU	63%

PC Performing below expectations (30^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 Q9400-$170 24,176 User benchmarks, average bench 46% Socket 775, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.65 GHz, turbo 2.5 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	44% Average	Memory 65.8 1-Core 35.3 2-Core 82.2 39% 61.1 Pts	4-Core 129 8-Core 137 18% 133 Pts	64-Core 139 9% 139 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 44% Great: 53%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GT 1030 185,384 User benchmarks, average bench 14% Nvidia(10DE 11E6) 2GB CLim: 2050 MHz, MLim: 625 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 516.94 Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	12.6% Very poor	Lighting 16 Reflection 11.9 Parallax 15.7 13% 14.5 fps	MRender 7 Gravity 18 Splatting 16.4 12% 13.8 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 12.6% Great: 15%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Imram X007-240GB 240GB 181GB free (System drive) Firmware: T0611A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 167 178 159 136 119 120 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	27% Poor	Read 117 Write 110 Mixed 112 SusWrite 146 28% 121 MB/s	4K Read 10.2 4K Write 25.1 4K Mixed 9.1 40% 14.8 MB/s	DQ Read 12.3 DQ Write 43 DQ Mixed 9.8 13% 21.7 MB/s

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 (16^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	20.6% Poor	MC Read 7.3 MC Write 6.3 MC Mixed 6.3 19% 6.63 GB/s	SC Read 5.9 SC Write 6 SC Mixed 6.8 18% 6.23 GB/s	Latency 112 36% 112 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 20.6% 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 5%

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Desktop 44%

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Workstation 4%

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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 $32Bench 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	244x
1x4GBUnknownBench 28%, 154,807 samples	68x

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Value: 49% - Average

Total price: $193

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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