Gigabyte GA-G31M-ES2L

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (34th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 66 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 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 55%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Boot Drive	41.6% 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 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.

High background CPU (25%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-G31M-ES2L (all builds)
Memory	1.3 GB free of 4 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20100809
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 29 '16 at 06:02
Run Duration	366 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	25%

PC Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core2 Extreme X9650-$850 3,122 User benchmarks, average bench 53% Socket 775, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.35 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	55% Above average	Memory 75.1 1-Core 51.6 2-Core 100 48% 75.6 Pts	4-Core 204 8-Core 203 27% 204 Pts	64-Core 203 13% 203 Pts
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 55% Great: 63%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 5850 15,020 User benchmarks, average bench 15% Asus(1043 034E) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.300.1025.1001 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 14% Great: 16%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HyperX Fury 120GB-$160 11,403 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 13GB free (System drive) Firmware: 605ABBF2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 71555553 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 -80908593920722 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 49 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 16 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 28 34 68721704988 (C2) HDA temperature 28 34 68721704988 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 71555553 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 71555553 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 71555553 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 42949672960 (E9) Unknown 0 0 1116 (EA) Unknown 0 0 623 (F1) Unknown 0 0 623 (F2) Unknown 0 0 745 (F4) Unknown 100 100 1507334	41.6% Average	Read 195 Write 117 Mixed 157 35% 156 MB/s	4K Read 26.3 4K Write 61.3 4K Mixed 10.9 86% 32.9 MB/s	DQ Read 28.7 DQ Write 60.1 DQ Mixed 11.6 18% 33.5 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 41.6% Great: 75%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320GB-$80 31,610 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 79GB free Firmware: 3.AAE Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 92 151400983 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6232 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 89 60 896097628 (09) Power-on hours count 73 73 24183 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4402 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 39 571539487 (C2) HDA temperature 31 61 55834574879 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 64 54 181675978 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	28% Poor	Read 48.5 Write 48.7 Mixed 23.1 30% 40.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 1.18 4K Mixed 0.4 92% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 28% Great: 43%
Generic STORAGE DEVICE 16GB 13 User benchmarks, average bench 8% 15GB free, PID b2b3 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	5.85% Terrible	Read 19.2 Write 10 Mixed 10.3 15% 13.2 MB/s	4K Read 3.67 4K Write 0.007 4K Mixed 0.01 14% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 5.85% Great: 9%
Verbatim STORE N GO 16GB 46 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 15GB free, PID 3623 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	4.98% Terrible	Read 17.2 Write 6.65 Mixed 9.67 12% 11.2 MB/s	4K Read 4.17 4K Write 0.02 4K Mixed 0.007 16% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 4.98% Great: 8%

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 above expectations (67^th percentile)	20.2% Poor	MC Read 6.5 MC Write 6.1 MC Mixed 6.1 18% 6.23 GB/s	SC Read 6.2 SC Write 6.2 SC Mixed 5.3 17% 5.9 GB/s	Latency 90.2 44% 90.2 ns
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 20.2% Great: 44%

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Gaming 2%

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Desktop 40%

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Workstation 2%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-G31M-ES2L

CPU
Core2 Duo E7500Intel $109Bench 39%, 39,897 samples	40x
Core2 Quad Q9400Intel $170Bench 46%, 24,176 samples	37x
Core2 Quad Q6600Intel $100Bench 42%, 59,658 samples	31x

GPU
GeForce 210NvidiaBench 1%, 98,254 samples	42x
GeForce 9500 GTNvidiaBench 2%, 27,834 samples	24x
GeForce GT 710NvidiaBench 3%, 187,161 samples	23x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	25x
SSD 120GBBench 68%, 22,748 samples	9x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	7x

RAM
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples	378x
3GBUnknownBench 14%, 81,553 samples	52x
1x2GBUnknownBench 17%, 99,586 samples	30x

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Value: 45% - Average

Total price: $137

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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 $40	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