Gigabyte GA-G41M-Combo

Performance Results


Gaming 4% Tree trunk	Desktop 44% Speed boat	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 45.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	1.48% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	31.3% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-G41M-Combo (all builds)
Memory	5.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20100609
Uptime	6.4 Days
Run Date	May 21 '20 at 04:09
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing as expected (48^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core2 Duo E8400-$89 68,540 User benchmarks, average bench 40% Socket 775, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 2.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	45.7% Average	Memory 77.6 1-Core 42.4 2-Core 78.2 44% 66.1 Pts	4-Core 83.6 8-Core 82 11% 82.8 Pts	64-Core 75.3 5% 75.3 Pts
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 45.7% Great: 47%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
ATI Radeon HD 4300 14,988 User benchmarks, average bench 1% Gigabyte(1458 21AE) 512MB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 8.970.100.9001 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	1.48% Terrible	Lighting 1.9 Reflection 2.92 Parallax 1.44 2% 2.09 fps	MRender 1.9 Gravity 0.77 Splatting 2.13 1% 1.6 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1.48% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM810 2.5" 7mm 128GB 4,365 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 11GB free (System drive) Firmware: AXM08D1Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 98 101 61 42 39 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	31.3% Below average	Read 218 Write 184 Mixed 124 SusWrite 69.7 33% 149 MB/s	4K Read 15.2 4K Write 26.9 4K Mixed 14.8 56% 19 MB/s	DQ Read 16.5 DQ Write 29.7 DQ Mixed 17 15% 21.1 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 31.3% Great: 50%
Toshiba X300 5TB-$125 12,743 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: FP2A SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 99 102 76 37 40 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	63.3% Good	Read 147 Write 143 Mixed 57.5 SusWrite 72.4 77% 105 MB/s	4K Read 2.6 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1.1 273% 2 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 63.3% Great: 109%

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 potential (22^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	22% Poor	MC Read 7.6 MC Write 6.4 MC Mixed 6.4 19% 6.8 GB/s	SC Read 6.6 SC Write 6.4 SC Mixed 6.9 19% 6.63 GB/s	Latency 85.1 47% 85.1 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 22% Great: 65%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Typical GA-G41M-Combo Builds (Compare 735 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 5%

Tree trunk

Desktop 44%

Speed boat

Workstation 4%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-G41M-Combo

CPU
Core2 Quad Q9550Intel $161Bench 49%, 34,093 samples	62x
Core2 Quad Q6600Intel $100Bench 42%, 59,658 samples	62x
Core2 Duo E8400Intel $89Bench 40%, 68,540 samples	62x

GPU
G41 Express ChipsetIntelBench 0%, 33,874 samples	140x
GT 1030NvidiaBench 14%, 185,384 samples	36x
GeForce GT 710NvidiaBench 3%, 187,161 samples	33x

SSD
A400 120GBKingston $30Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	21x
X007-240GB 240GBImramBench 66%, 1 sample	17x
860 Evo 250GBSamsung $52Bench 104%, 296,814 samples	12x

RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	255x
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples	244x
1x4GBUnknownBench 28%, 154,807 samples	68x

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Total price: $191

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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