Gigabyte GA-P31-DS3L

Performance Results


Gaming 3% Tree trunk	Desktop 42% Speed boat	Workstation 2% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (38th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 62 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 43.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	4.75% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	45.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 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.

Very high background CPU (59%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-P31-DS3L (all builds)
Memory	0.4 GB free of 4 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20080730
Uptime	2.3 Days
Run Date	Jul 16 '18 at 19:49
Run Duration	166 Seconds
Run User	EST-User
Background CPU	59%

PC Performing below expectations (38^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 Q6600-$100 59,658 User benchmarks, average bench 42% Socket 775, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.4 GHz Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	43.9% Average	Memory 71.3 1-Core 26.8 2-Core 52.6 36% 50.2 Pts	4-Core 98.1 8-Core 100 13% 99.2 Pts	64-Core 102 6% 102 Pts
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 43.9% Great: 50%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce 9600 GT 20,826 User benchmarks, average bench 4% Nvidia(10DE 0545) 512MB Ram: 512MB, Driver: 341.92 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	4.75% Terrible	Lighting 5.63 Reflection 8.65 Parallax 1.94 5% 5.41 fps	MRender 8.81 Gravity 4.03 Splatting 5.96 5% 6.27 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.75% Great: 5%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Vertex 4 128GB-$215 19,372 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 40GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.5 SusWrite @10s intervals: 45 48 48 50 50 51 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	45.1% Average	Read 232 Write 221 Mixed 184 SusWrite 48.7 38% 171 MB/s	4K Read 22.6 4K Write 50.8 4K Mixed 28.3 97% 33.9 MB/s	DQ Read 27.1 DQ Write 87.1 DQ Mixed 30.4 31% 48.2 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 45.1% Great: 104%
Seagate ST9320325AS 320GB-$34 18,767 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 47GB free Firmware: 0020LVM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 15 15 16 16 16 16 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	19.9% Very poor	Read 53.5 Write 46.8 Mixed 32.5 SusWrite 15.5 28% 37.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.7 123% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 19.9% Great: 39%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$65 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 103GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 52 49 52 51 50 52 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	28% Poor	Read 46.3 Write 43.5 Mixed 34.3 SusWrite 51 32% 43.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.6 119% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 28% Great: 57%
Samsung HM500JI 500GB-$100 8,795 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 57GB free Firmware: 2AC101C4 SusWrite @10s intervals: 15 15 16 16 16 16 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	13.9% Very poor	Read 32.6 Write 39.1 Mixed 27.5 SusWrite 15.5 21% 28.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.7 115% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 13.9% Great: 47%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x2GB 446,702 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 2 of 4 slots used 4GB DIMM Performing below potential (35^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	15.2% Very poor	MC Read 5.4 MC Write 4 MC Mixed 4.3 13% 4.57 GB/s	SC Read 4.3 SC Write 3.7 SC Mixed 4 11% 4 GB/s	Latency 98.4 41% 98.4 ns
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 15.2% Great: 44%

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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 $182	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