Gigabyte GA-G41M-Combo

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 3% Tree trunk	Desktop 49% Yacht	Workstation 2% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 50.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	12.5% 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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-G41M-Combo (all builds)
Memory	2.3 GB free of 4 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20120229
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jun 13 '19 at 15:14
Run Duration	140 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (54^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 Q9505-$250 2,124 User benchmarks, average bench 47% Socket 775, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.85 GHz, turbo 2.65 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	50.7% Above average	Memory 74.4 1-Core 38.5 2-Core 81.6 43% 64.8 Pts	4-Core 158 8-Core 160 21% 159 Pts	64-Core 162 10% 162 Pts
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 50.7% Great: 54%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 460-$203 31,648 User benchmarks, average bench 12% PNY(196E 0865) 1GB CLim: 675 MHz, MLim: 900 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 376.19 Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	12.5% Very poor	Lighting 14.3 Reflection 16.8 Parallax 12.9 12% 14.7 fps	MRender 20.5 Gravity 14.5 Splatting 17 14% 17.3 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 12.5% Great: 14%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Blue 160GB (2007)-$38 56,540 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 43GB free (System drive) Firmware: 02.03E02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 60 64 69 70 71 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	40.4% Average	Read 78.3 Write 70.5 Mixed 40.7 SusWrite 61.9 46% 62.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 157% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 40.4% Great: 59%
WD i HTS54 External 500GB 14 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 98GB free, PID 1010 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 19 19 19 19 19 20 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	11.6% Very poor	Read 33.2 Write 25.2 Mixed 25 SusWrite 19.3 34% 25.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.4 42% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 11.6% Great: 19%
A-DATA SH93 320GB 19 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 17GB free, PID a93a Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 19 19 19 19 19 19 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	12.7% Very poor	Read 32.5 Write 24.7 Mixed 22.4 SusWrite 19 32% 24.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.5 60% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 12.7% Great: 21%

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 above expectations (76^th percentile)	21.7% Poor	MC Read 7.2 MC Write 6.6 MC Mixed 6.7 20% 6.83 GB/s	SC Read 5.9 SC Write 6.6 SC Mixed 6.8 18% 6.43 GB/s	Latency 91.5 44% 91.5 ns
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 21.7% Great: 44%

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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%

Tree trunk

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 $28Bench 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	245x
1x4GBUnknownBench 28%, 154,807 samples	68x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16