Gigabyte GA-946GM-S2

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 1% Tree trunk	Desktop 15% Tree trunk	Workstation 1% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (19th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 81 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 extremely low single core score, this CPU can barely handle email and light web browsing. Finally, with a gaming score of 24.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very poor.
Graphics	13% 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 Drive	The 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.
Memory	2GB 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 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, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-946GM-S2 (all builds)
Memory	0.7 GB free of 2 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20071126
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 22 '21 at 07:05
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	SVN-User
Background CPU	100%

PC Performing way below expectations (19^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 E6550-$15 11,349 User benchmarks, average bench 37% Socket 775, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads Base clock 1.85 GHz, turbo 1.85 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	24.6% Poor	Memory 43 1-Core 13.2 2-Core 29 21% 28.4 Pts	4-Core 39.2 8-Core 33.8 5% 36.5 Pts	64-Core 37.2 2% 37.2 Pts
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 24.6% Great: 43%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 650-Ti-$152 36,698 User benchmarks, average bench 14% Asus(1043 842A) 1GB CLim: 928 MHz, MLim: 1350 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	13% Very poor	Lighting 15.1 Reflection 17.1 Parallax 21.9 12% 18 fps	MRender 21.8 Gravity 15.4 Splatting 15.9 14% 17.7 fps
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 13% Great: 15%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 448GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 45 67 62 69 70 66 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	33.4% Below average	Read 52.7 Write 67.2 Mixed 48.6 SusWrite 63.1 43% 57.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1 173% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 33.4% Great: 69%
Generic Flash Disk 8GB 32,093 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 7GB free, PID 6387 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 2.8 3.9 4.2 4 4.2 4.8 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	2.45% Terrible	Read 10.2 Write 1.7 Mixed 4.7 SusWrite 4 6% 5.15 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 2% 0.13 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 2.45% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x1GB 68,489 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 2 of 4 slots used 2GB DIMM Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	11.9% Very poor	MC Read 4.8 MC Write 4 MC Mixed 3.8 12% 4.2 GB/s	SC Read 1 SC Write 2.5 SC Mixed 1.7 5% 1.73 GB/s	Latency 189 21% 189 ns
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 11.9% Great: 20%

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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-946GM-S2 Builds (Compare 4 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 3%

Tree trunk

Desktop 44%

Speed boat

Workstation 3%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-946GM-S2

CPU
Core2 6700Intel $230Bench 39%, 2,388 samples	2x
Core2 Quad Q6600Intel $100Bench 42%, 59,658 samples	2x

GPU
HD 4870ATIBench 9%, 22,563 samples	3x
GeForce GTS 450NvidiaBench 7%, 25,436 samples	1x

SSD
SATA 120GBASLBench 57%, 20 samples	3x

RAM
4x1GBUnknownBench 18%, 54,972 samples	4x

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Value: 41% - Average

Total price: $230

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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