Gigabyte GA-G41M-Combo

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 0% Tree trunk	Desktop 17% Surfboard	Workstation 0% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (25th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 75 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 38.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	0.41% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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	2GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows however a minimum of 4GB is recommended for gaming or any other RAM intensive tasks such as photo/video editing. This system will also be a little more responsive with 4GB of RAM.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 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 (68%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-G41M-Combo (all builds)
Memory	0.6 GB free of 2 GB @ 0.4 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20121025
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Jul 20 '19 at 16:33
Run Duration	214 Seconds
Run User	BGD-User
Background CPU	68%

PC Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Pentium Dual E2200-$54 8,325 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Socket 775, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads Base clock 2.4 GHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	38.4% Below average	Memory 69.7 1-Core 25.5 2-Core 40.8 34% 45.3 Pts	4-Core 46.4 8-Core 35.1 6% 40.8 Pts	64-Core 44.8 3% 44.8 Pts
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 38.4% Great: 42%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel G41 Express Chipset 33,874 User benchmarks, average bench 0% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 782MB Driver: igdumd64.dll Ver. 8.15.10.2104 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	0.41% Terrible	Lighting 0.53 Reflection 0.15 Parallax 0.56 0% 0.42 fps	MRender 0.38 Gravity 0.3 Splatting 0.57 0% 0.42 fps
Poor: 0% ↑ This bench: 0.41% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 530GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 29 57 67 73 65 77 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	38.6% Below average	Read 72.8 Write 34.6 Mixed 60.4 SusWrite 61.4 43% 57.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 146% 1 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 38.6% Great: 109%
Toshiba DT01ACA050 500GB-$25 163,843 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 266GB free Firmware: MS1OA750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 35 54 51 45 61 41 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	38.6% Below average	Read 86.5 Write 24 Mixed 16.6 SusWrite 47.9 32% 43.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.2 61% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 38.6% Great: 103%
Hitachi HDS721050CLA362 500GB-$59 47,815 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 241GB free Firmware: JP2OA3EA SusWrite @10s intervals: 30 53 71 70 68 71 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	50.6% Above average	Read 116 Write 102 Mixed 51.2 SusWrite 60.5 60% 82.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.6 119% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 50.6% Great: 74%
Hitachi HDS721032CLA362 320GB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 34GB free, PID 2338 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 9.8 12 14 13 13 14 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	9.47% Terrible	Read 18.5 Write 18 Mixed 15.1 SusWrite 12.6 22% 16 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.2 52% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 9.47% Great: 17%
Mass Storage Device 500GB 5,742 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 198GB free, PID 6116 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 9.2 12 13 13 13 13 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	5.83% Terrible	Read 8.7 Write 11.9 Mixed 9.2 SusWrite 12.3 15% 10.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.1 24% 0.3 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 5.83% Great: 22%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1x2GB 99,586 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 1 of 4 slots used 2GB DIMM Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	10.3% Very poor	MC Read 3 MC Write 2.3 MC Mixed 3.1 8% 2.8 GB/s	SC Read 2.6 SC Write 1.6 SC Mixed 2.7 7% 2.3 GB/s	Latency 102 39% 102 ns
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 10.3% Great: 26%

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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%

Tree trunk

Desktop 44%

Speed boat

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 $29Bench 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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Total price: $190

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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