Gigabyte GA-G31M-ES2L

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 2%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 24%
Surfboard
Workstation
Workstation 2%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing way below expectations (14th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 86 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.
ProcessorWith an extremely low single core score, this CPU can barely handle email and light web browsing. Finally, with a gaming score of 22.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very poor.
Graphics1.09% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive23.4% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
Memory4GB 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 VersionAlthough 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.
MotherboardGigabyte GA-G31M-ES2L  (all builds)
Memory0.8 GB free of 4 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 7
BIOS Date20100430
Uptime0.2 Days
Run DateOct 20 '21 at 12:00
Run Duration175 Seconds
Run User TUR-User
Background CPU0%

 PC Performing way below expectations (14th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Pentium E5200-$50
Socket 775, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 2.5 GHz
Performing way below expectations (6th percentile)
22.1% Poor
Memory 40.1
1-Core 20.6
2-Core 29.7
21% 30.1 Pts
4-Core 24.7
8-Core 40.1
4% 32.4 Pts
64-Core 51.7
3% 51.7 Pts
Poor: 22%
This bench: 22.1%
Great: 43%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 5450
Sapphire(174B E164) 512MB
Driver: aticfx32.dll Ver. 15.201.1701.0
Performing as expected (50th percentile)
1.09% Terrible
Lighting 1.2
Reflection 2.4
Parallax 1.7
1% 1.77 fps
MRender 1.9
Gravity 0.8
Splatting 2
1% 1.57 fps
Poor: 1%
This bench: 1.09%
Great: 1%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38
69GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 580ABBF0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 20 30 29 27 41 27 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (2nd percentile)
23.4% Poor
Read 155
Write 46.4
Mixed 104
SusWrite 29.1
18% 83.8 MB/s
4K Read 12.4
4K Write 21.9
4K Mixed 9.8
43% 14.7 MB/s
DQ Read 24
DQ Write 85.7
DQ Mixed 35.6
33% 48.4 MB/s
Poor: 30%
This bench: 23.4%
Great: 73%
Seagate ST3160318AS 160GB-$43
43GB free
Firmware: CC38
Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete
Read 546
Write 19
Mixed 17.2
139% 194 MB/s
4K Read 97.6
4K Write 1
4K Mixed 1.4
4,241% 33.3 MB/s
Poor: 14% Great: 58%
WDC WD50 00BPVT-00HXZT1 500GB
188GB free, PID 2329
Operating at USB 2.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 12 15 19 22 25 22 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (4th percentile)
9.39% Terrible
Read 28.7
Write 22.5
Mixed 18.7
SusWrite 19.3
29% 22.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 0.3
4K Mixed 0.3
22% 0.33 MB/s
Poor: 9%
This bench: 9.39%
Great: 18%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown 2x2GB
2 of 2 slots used
4GB DIMM
Performing way below expectations (8th percentile)
10% Very poor
MC Read 4
MC Write 3.2
MC Mixed 3
10% 3.4 GB/s
SC Read 2.1
SC Write 1.8
SC Mixed 1.8
5% 1.9 GB/s
Latency 202
20% 202 ns
Poor: 10%
This bench: 10%
Great: 44%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical GA-G31M-ES2L Builds (Compare 492 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 2%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 40%
Jet ski
Workstation
Workstation 2%
Tree trunk

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-G31M-ES2L

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