Gigabyte GA-G31M-ES2L

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 3%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 43%
Speed boat
Workstation
Workstation 2%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall 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.
ProcessorWith 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 39.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics14.6% 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 DriveThe 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.
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.
Very high background CPU (47%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardGigabyte GA-G31M-ES2L  (all builds)
Memory1.1 GB free of 4 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 7
BIOS Date20100430
Uptime0 Days
Run DateSep 21 '19 at 17:13
Run Duration112 Seconds
Run User TUR-User
Background CPU 47%

 PC Performing below expectations (32nd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core2 Quad Q8400-$150
Socket 775, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 2.65 GHz
Performing below expectations (23rd percentile)
39.9% Below average
Memory 59.1
1-Core 36.6
2-Core 72.5
36% 56.1 Pts
4-Core 123
8-Core 117
16% 120 Pts
64-Core 138
8% 138 Pts
Poor: 31%
This bench: 39.9%
Great: 52%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD HD 6870
Sapphire(174B 174B) 1GB
Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.200.1062.0
Performing as expected (57th percentile)
14.6% Very poor
Lighting 18.4
Reflection 15.7
Parallax 19.6
15% 17.9 fps
MRender 13.7
Gravity 15.5
Splatting 19.9
14% 16.4 fps
Poor: 15%
This bench: 14.6%
Great: 16%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung HD502HI 500GB-$154
425GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1AG01118
SusWrite @10s intervals: 13 30 35 41 42 41 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (2nd percentile)
16% Very poor
Read 22.3
Write 18
Mixed 15
SusWrite 33.6
16% 22.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.2
4K Write 0.4
4K Mixed 0.3
49% 0.3 MB/s
Poor: 26%
This bench: 16%
Great: 59%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown 2x2GB
2 of 2 slots used
4GB DIMM
Performing as expected (47th percentile)
17.4% Very poor
MC Read 6.3
MC Write 5.8
MC Mixed 5.6
17% 5.9 GB/s
SC Read 3.7
SC Write 3.7
SC Mixed 4.2
11% 3.87 GB/s
Latency 130
31% 130 ns
Poor: 10%
This bench: 17.4%
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 491 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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