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Gigabyte GA-945PLM-S2

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 0%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 16%
Surfboard
Workstation
Workstation 0%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 36.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics0.91% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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.
Memory2GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows however a minimum of 4GB is recommended for gaming or any other RAM intensive tasks such as photo/video editing. This system will also be a little more responsive with 4GB of RAM.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 15 years and 3 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-945PLM-S2  (all builds)
Memory0.8 GB free of 2 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 7
BIOS Date20070110
Uptime0.2 Days
Run DateFeb 21 '22 at 11:44
Run Duration123 Seconds
Run User SRB-User
Background CPU8%

 PC Performing as expected (41st percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Pentium 4 3.20GHz
Socket 775, 1 CPU, 1 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
36.7% Below average
Memory 68.3
1-Core 28.3
2-Core 32.9
33% 43.2 Pts
4-Core 32.8
8-Core 32.9
4% 32.8 Pts
64-Core 33.1
2% 33.1 Pts
Poor: 17%
This bench: 36.7%
Great: 36%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GeForce 7600 GS
Gigabyte(1458 341A) 256MB
Ram: 256MB, Driver: 258.96
Performing as expected (56th percentile)
0.91% Terrible
Lighting 1.7
Reflection 1.5
Parallax 0.3
1% 1.17 fps
Poor: 0%
This bench: 0.91%
Great: 1%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Maxtor STM3160811AS 160GB
18GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 3.AAE
SusWrite @10s intervals: 31 35 24 8.9 36 21 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (8th percentile)
19.8% Very poor
Read 42.7
Write 42.3
Mixed 29.2
SusWrite 26
26% 35 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.1
4K Mixed 0.6
116% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 19%
This bench: 19.8%
Great: 40%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown 1x2GB
1 of 4 slots used
2GB DIMM
Performing below potential (3rd percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
12.4% Very poor
MC Read 3.6
MC Write 3.6
MC Mixed 3.2
10% 3.47 GB/s
SC Read 3.9
SC Write 4
SC Mixed 3.1
10% 3.67 GB/s
Latency 105
38% 105 ns
Poor: 7%
This bench: 12.4%
Great: 26%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical GA-945PLM-S2 Builds (Compare 10 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 0%
Incomplete
Desktop
Desktop 0%
Incomplete
Workstation
Workstation 0%
Incomplete

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-945PLM-S2

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