Gigabyte GA-MA74GM-S2

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 42% Speed boat	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 32.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	18.5% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (100%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-MA74GM-S2 (all builds)
Memory	5.2 GB free of 8 GB
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20090903
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 27 '21 at 01:54
Run Duration	223 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	100%

PC Performing as expected (47^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Athlon II X3 420e 99 User benchmarks, average bench 43% Socket M2, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 3 threads Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 2.6 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	32.4% Below average	Memory 46.2 1-Core 37.7 2-Core 76.9 33% 53.6 Pts	4-Core 108 8-Core 113 15% 111 Pts	64-Core 99.9 6% 99.9 Pts
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 32.4% Great: 55%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 750-Ti-$92 309,423 User benchmarks, average bench 17% EVGA(3842 3753) CLim: 1450 MHz, MLim: 1350 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	18.5% Very poor	Lighting 22.9 Reflection 20.2 Parallax 22 19% 21.7 fps	MRender 27.1 Gravity 23.7 Splatting 18.1 18% 23 fps
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 18.5% Great: 19%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Team T253X6512G 512GB 23 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 439GB free (System drive) Firmware: T0910A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 72 80 89 93 90 59 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 21% Great: 36%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 930GB free Firmware: JB0OA3J0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 86 94 94 91 69 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	64.4% Good	Read 139 Write 133 Mixed 48.7 SusWrite 85.1 74% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.6 129% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 64.4% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x4GB 424,126 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	23.8% Poor	MC Read 9.9 MC Write 7.1 MC Mixed 8.7 24% 8.57 GB/s	SC Read 5.4 SC Write 5.7 SC Mixed 6.5 17% 5.87 GB/s	Latency 175 23% 175 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 23.8% Great: 65%

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Typical GA-MA74GM-S2 Builds (Compare 25 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 3%

Tree trunk

Desktop 43%

Speed boat

Workstation 2%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-MA74GM-S2

CPU
Athlon II X2 250 (2013 D.Ri)AMDBench 40%, 19,471 samples	2x
Athlon II X4 640AMD $70Bench 45%, 18,839 samples	2x
Phenom II X4 920AMDBench 50%, 1,017 samples	2x

GPU
Radeon HD 6500AMDBench 4%, 1,367 samples	3x
GeForce 210NvidiaBench 1%, 98,254 samples	2x
Radeon HD 5670AMDBench 6%, 18,196 samples	2x

SSD
SSD Plus 240GBSanDisk $28Bench 61%, 133,640 samples	1x
S200 120GBKingdianBench 55%, 82 samples	1x
ARC 100 240GBOCZ $120Bench 87%, 11,799 samples	1x

RAM
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples	13x
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	7x
3GBUnknownBench 14%, 81,553 samples	2x

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Value: 20% - Very poor

Total price: $28

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 $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