Gigabyte GA-H55M-S2

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 0% Tree trunk	Desktop 35% Sail boat	Workstation 0% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (26th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 74 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 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 38.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	0.8% 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	4GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and although it's sufficient for most games, some will benefit from up to 8GB of RAM. 4GB is also enough for modest file and system caches which allow for a responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H55M-S2 (all builds)
Memory	2.4 GB free of 4 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20100820
Uptime	28.3 Days
Run Date	Aug 09 '19 at 11:47
Run Duration	110 Seconds
Run User	IND-User
Background CPU	17%

PC Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3 540-$60 24,563 User benchmarks, average bench 46% Socket 1156, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.05 GHz, turbo 3.05 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	38.3% Below average	Memory 43.3 1-Core 72 2-Core 117 44% 77.3 Pts	4-Core 193 8-Core 192 26% 192 Pts	64-Core 193 12% 193 Pts
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 38.3% Great: 52%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce 210 98,254 User benchmarks, average bench 1% Nvidia(10DE 080A) 512MB Ram: 512MB, Driver: 341.81 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	0.8% Terrible	Lighting 1 Reflection 1.27 Parallax 0.47 1% 0.91 fps	MRender 1.14 Gravity 0.87 Splatting 0.87 1% 0.96 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 0.8% Great: 1%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 230GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC46 SusWrite @10s intervals: 7.7 8.8 39 66 95 95 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	28.1% Poor	Read 46.3 Write 92.3 Mixed 7.7 SusWrite 51.8 36% 49.5 MB/s	4K Read 0 4K Write 0.1 4K Mixed 0 2% 0.03 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 28.1% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1x4GB 154,807 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 1 of 4 slots used 4GB DIMM Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	22% Poor	MC Read 8 MC Write 8.4 MC Mixed 8.4 24% 8.27 GB/s	SC Read 3.4 SC Write 3.8 SC Mixed 4.3 11% 3.83 GB/s	Latency 187 21% 187 ns
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 22% 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 5%

Tree trunk

Desktop 46%

Yacht

Workstation 5%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H55M-S2

CPU
Core i3 540Intel $60Bench 46%, 24,563 samples	67x
Core i5 760Intel $100Bench 64%, 34,495 samples	35x
Core i7 870Intel $100Bench 66%, 37,228 samples	34x

GPU
HD Graphics (Clarkdale 0.733/0.9 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 20,588 samples	30x
GeForce GT 730NvidiaBench 5%, 164,888 samples	16x
GeForce GT 710NvidiaBench 3%, 187,161 samples	14x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	17x
SD8SN8U-128G-1006 128GBSandiskBench 66%, 10,347 samples	12x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	10x

RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	120x
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples	59x
6GBUnknownBench 25%, 111,301 samples	27x

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Value: 55% - Above average

Total price: $88

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