Gigabyte GA-G31M-S2L

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 0% Tree trunk	Desktop 28% Raft	Workstation 0% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (32nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 68 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 relatively low single core score, this CPU can handle email, light web browsing and basic audio/video playback, but it will struggle to handle CPU intensive tasks. Finally, with a gaming score of 33.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	0.54% 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	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 (55%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-G31M-S2L (all builds)
Memory	1.1 GB free of 4 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20090601
Uptime	6 Days
Run Date	Aug 24 '19 at 22:03
Run Duration	204 Seconds
Run User	RUS-User
Background CPU	55%

PC Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Xeon E5310 20 User benchmarks, average bench 34% Socket 775, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 1.6 GHz Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	33.6% Below average	Memory 57.7 1-Core 17.8 2-Core 34.3 27% 36.6 Pts	4-Core 57.6 8-Core 60.9 8% 59.2 Pts	64-Core 67.9 4% 67.9 Pts
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 33.6% Great: 39%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce 8400 GS 18,254 User benchmarks, average bench 1% Asus(1043 8321) 512MB Ram: 512MB, Driver: 342.1 Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	0.54% Terrible	Lighting 0.57 Reflection 1.08 Parallax 0.25 0% 0.63 fps	MRender 1.33 Gravity 0.43 Splatting 0.78 1% 0.85 fps
Poor: 0% ↑ This bench: 0.54% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Blue 160GB (2007)-$24 56,540 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 25GB free (System drive) Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 22 88 84 74 91 77 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	45.3% Average	Read 85.3 Write 80 Mixed 62.2 SusWrite 72.6 55% 75 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.7 125% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 45.3% Great: 59%
WD WD800JD-75MSA3 80GB-$105 18,464 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 19GB free Firmware: 10.01E01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 13 15 15 15 14 17 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	14.2% Very poor	Read 34.5 Write 35.3 Mixed 28 SusWrite 14.7 21% 28.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 1 156% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 14.2% Great: 33%
Samsung HM160HI 160GB-$50 4,054 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 69GB free Firmware: HH100-06 SusWrite @10s intervals: 13 15 15 15 14 17 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	17.6% Very poor	Read 46.5 Write 15 Mixed 17 SusWrite 14.7 17% 23.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.7 113% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 17.6% Great: 36%
FUJITSU MHZ2250BS G2 250GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 12% 12GB free, PID 2329 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 14 14 14 14 15 15 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	11% Very poor	Read 21.5 Write 21.5 Mixed 17.8 SusWrite 14.4 25% 18.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.4 66% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 11% Great: 14%
Sony Storage Media 64GB 320 User benchmarks, average bench 19% 6GB free, PID 09c2 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 5.7 5 5.9 6.6 5.4 6 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	6.05% Terrible	Read 25.2 Write 20.8 Mixed 9.5 SusWrite 5.7 19% 15.3 MB/s	4K Read 3.6 4K Write 0.1 4K Mixed 0 17% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 6.05% Great: 26%
SanDisk Ultra Fit USB 3.0 64GB-$23 12,481 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 40GB free, PID 5583 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 11 12 11 11 11 10 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	11.3% Very poor	Read 24 Write 14.3 Mixed 14.8 SusWrite 11 20% 16 MB/s	4K Read 2.2 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.9 93% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 11.3% Great: 39%

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 below potential (22^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	13.2% Very poor	MC Read 5.5 MC Write 3.3 MC Mixed 3.9 12% 4.23 GB/s	SC Read 2.9 SC Write 3.2 SC Mixed 3.1 9% 3.07 GB/s	Latency 134 30% 134 ns
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 13.2% Great: 44%

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

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Gaming 2%

Tree trunk

Desktop 38%

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Workstation 2%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-G31M-S2L

CPU
Core2 Quad Q6600Intel $100Bench 42%, 59,658 samples	25x
Pentium E5200Intel $50Bench 36%, 13,848 samples	19x
Core2 Quad Q9400Intel $170Bench 46%, 24,176 samples	14x

GPU
GeForce 210NvidiaBench 1%, 98,254 samples	15x
GeForce 9500 GTNvidiaBench 2%, 27,834 samples	13x
Radeon HD 4670ATIBench 4%, 21,442 samples	13x

SSD
A400 120GBKingston $32Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	10x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	8x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	4x

RAM
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples	184x
3GBUnknownBench 14%, 81,553 samples	22x
1x2GBUnknownBench 17%, 99,586 samples	14x

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Value: 44% - Average

Total price: $132

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