Gigabyte GA-M56S-S3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 0% Tree trunk	Desktop 9% Tree trunk	Workstation 0% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With 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 39.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	0.63% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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	The RAM on this system should be upgraded to at least 2GB although on 32bit systems 1GB will suffice as a bare minimum.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 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.

High background CPU (27%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Gigabyte M56S-S3
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-M56S-S3 (all builds)
Memory	0.8 GB free of 1 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20071204
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 14 '16 at 16:05
Run Duration	134 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	27%

PC Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4400+-$50 2,970 User benchmarks, average bench 34% Socket M2, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads Base clock 2.3 GHz Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	39.6% Below average	Memory 70.1 1-Core 33.8 2-Core 50.9 37% 51.6 Pts	4-Core 56 8-Core 60.6 8% 58.3 Pts	64-Core 66.6 4% 66.6 Pts
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 39.6% Great: 45%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
ATI Radeon HD 2400-PRO 2,899 User benchmarks, average bench 1% Sapphire(174B E530) 256MB Driver: atiumdag.dll Ver. 8.632.1.2000 Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	0.63% Terrible	Lighting 0.67 Reflection 1.38 Parallax 0.47 0% 0.84 fps	MRender 1.1 Gravity 0.27 Splatting 1.39 1% 0.92 fps
Poor: 0% ↑ This bench: 0.63% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 913GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 78 63 59839705 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1096 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 70 60 11553778 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 383 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 951 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 5 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 50 588709923 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1097 (C2) HDA temperature 35 18 77309411363 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 1 1 59839705 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 132967892517243 (F1) Unknown 100 253 4819498833 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1145464420	94.9% Outstanding	Read 179 Write 152 Mixed 53 94% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 1.53 4K Mixed 0.25 86% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 94.9% Great: 112%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 628GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 174 2191 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1151 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3624 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 848 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 26 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1124 (C2) HDA temperature 108 95 35 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	83.1% Excellent	Read 146 Write 144 Mixed 91.3 94% 127 MB/s	4K Read 0.96 4K Write 0.75 4K Mixed 0.26 83% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 83.1% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1x1GB 12,162 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 1 of 4 slots used 1GB DIMM Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	18.6% Very poor	MC Read 6.2 MC Write 5.2 MC Mixed 6 17% 5.8 GB/s	SC Read 5.7 SC Write 5.7 SC Mixed 4.7 15% 5.37 GB/s	Latency 101 40% 101 ns
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 18.6% Great: 52%

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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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Gaming 2%

Tree trunk

Desktop 43%

Speed boat

Workstation 2%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-M56S-S3

CPU
Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 6000+AMDBench 41%, 5,594 samples	6x
Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5600+AMDBench 39%, 3,286 samples	4x
Phenom II X4 955AMD $83Bench 51%, 41,403 samples	2x

GPU
GeForce GT 710NvidiaBench 3%, 187,161 samples	5x
GeForce 210NvidiaBench 1%, 98,254 samples	3x
GeForce 8600 GTNvidiaBench 2%, 8,099 samples	3x

SSD
860 Evo 250GBSamsung $52Bench 104%, 296,814 samples	3x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	2x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $37Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	1x

RAM
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples	7x
6GBUnknownBench 25%, 111,301 samples	6x
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 183,252 samples	5x

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Value: 22% - Poor

Total price: $52

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 $184	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) $35	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