Gigabyte GA-M56S-S3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 2% Tree trunk	Desktop 25% Surfboard	Workstation 1% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 44.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	14.2% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 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 (29%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Gigabyte M56S-S3
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-M56S-S3 (all builds)
Memory	2.4 GB free of 2 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20071204
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Jun 03 '20 at 12:49
Run Duration	183 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	29%

PC Performing as expected (46^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 6000+ 5,594 User benchmarks, average bench 41% Socket M2, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads Base clock 3 GHz Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	44.5% Average	Memory 77.1 1-Core 42.8 2-Core 73.5 44% 64.5 Pts	4-Core 72.7 8-Core 73.7 10% 73.2 Pts	64-Core 73.9 5% 73.9 Pts
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 44.5% Great: 48%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7770 38,053 User benchmarks, average bench 12% Gigabyte(1458 2556) 1GB CLim: 1050 MHz, MLim: 1125 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 19.12.2 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	14.2% Very poor	Lighting 17.7 Reflection 17.4 Parallax 22.9 14% 19.3 fps	MRender 14.1 Gravity 16.2 Splatting 19.2 14% 16.5 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 14.2% Great: 14%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Blue 320GB (2008)-$39 64,707 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 69GB free (System drive) Firmware: 12.01B02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 22 39 31 40 44 45 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	24.8% Poor	Read 49 Write 41.3 Mixed 40.5 SusWrite 36.7 31% 41.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 166% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 24.8% Great: 60%
WD WD3200AAJB-00J3A0 320GB 1,313 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 220GB free Firmware: 00.02C01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 40 44 43 44 46 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	32.7% Below average	Read 70.8 Write 68.8 Mixed 41.5 SusWrite 42.7 41% 56 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1 183% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 32.7% Great: 46%
WD WD4000AAKB-00UKA0 400GB 50 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 102GB free Firmware: 07.01N01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 41 44 43 44 45 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	28.9% Poor	Read 57.5 Write 58 Mixed 38.3 SusWrite 42.6 36% 49.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 170% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 28.9% Great: 42%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 367GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 26 41 35 42 44 45 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	31.3% Below average	Read 69.5 Write 67.5 Mixed 52.3 SusWrite 38.9 42% 57.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1 181% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 31.3% Great: 69%
Seagate Basic 4TB 13 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 3.5TB free, PID aa14 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 32 30 33 32 32 32 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	21.9% Poor	Read 29.3 Write 31.5 Mixed 28.5 SusWrite 31.9 42% 30.3 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 3.4 4K Mixed 0.8 147% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 21.9% Great: 53%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1x2GB 99,586 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 1 of 4 slots used 2GB DIMM Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	22.9% Poor	MC Read 7.5 MC Write 7.6 MC Mixed 6.4 20% 7.17 GB/s	SC Read 6.4 SC Write 7.7 SC Mixed 6.5 20% 6.87 GB/s	Latency 86.1 46% 86.1 ns
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 22.9% Great: 26%

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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-M56S-S3 Builds (Compare 36 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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 $38Bench 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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16