ECS A55F-M3

Performance Results


Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 49% Yacht	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 53.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	4.1% 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	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

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	ECS A55F-M3 (all builds)
Memory	5.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110914
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 23 '18 at 21:29
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	CHL-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing as expected (51^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD A8-3870 APU-$81 6,332 User benchmarks, average bench 47% P0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 2.95 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	53.3% Above average	Memory 74.8 1-Core 47 2-Core 93.8 46% 71.9 Pts	4-Core 187 8-Core 186 25% 187 Pts	64-Core 187 12% 187 Pts
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 53.3% Great: 56%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 6550D 4,197 User benchmarks, average bench 4% AMD(1002 9640) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.0 Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	4.1% Terrible	Lighting 5.2 Reflection 5.69 Parallax 4.66 4% 5.18 fps	MRender 4.38 Gravity 3.97 Splatting 5.43 4% 4.59 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 4.1% Great: 5%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX500 500GB-$44 237,241 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 316GB free Firmware: M3CR020 SusWrite @10s intervals: 190 206 208 207 211 212 MB/s Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	56.4% Above average	Read 219 Write 213 Mixed 211 SusWrite 206 48% 212 MB/s	4K Read 23.2 4K Write 51.2 4K Mixed 32.2 104% 35.5 MB/s	DQ Read 36 DQ Write 78.1 DQ Mixed 45.9 38% 53.3 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 56.4% Great: 125%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 114GB free (System drive) Firmware: KC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 75 97 101 102 108 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	57.9% Above average	Read 106 Write 119 Mixed 50.7 SusWrite 96 68% 92.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.9 150% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 57.9% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX2133C11D3/4GX 8GB 129 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	36.3% Below average	MC Read 15.8 MC Write 13.1 MC Mixed 10.9 38% 13.3 GB/s	SC Read 6.9 SC Write 4.7 SC Mixed 7.9 19% 6.5 GB/s	Latency 90.9 44% 90.9 ns
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 36.3% Great: 46%

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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 A55F-M3 Builds (Compare 25 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 3%

Tree trunk

Desktop 39%

Jet ski

Workstation 3%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: ECS A55F-M3

CPU
A6-3500 APUAMD $60Bench 39%, 2,804 samples	8x
Athlon II X4 631AMDBench 46%, 1,364 samples	7x
A4-3300 APUAMD $90Bench 35%, 2,884 samples	5x

GPU
Radeon HD 6530DAMDBench 3%, 4,675 samples	7x
Radeon HD 6410DAMDBench 2%, 3,128 samples	5x
GeForce 210NvidiaBench 1%, 98,254 samples	2x

SSD
SU650 120GBAdata $14Bench 63%, 42,288 samples	3x
128GB 128GBSSDBench 65%, 7,332 samples	1x
A400 120GBKingston $30Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	1x

RAM
HMT325U6BFR8C-H9 4GBHynixBench 42%, 98 samples	2x
99U5471-020.A00LF 1x4GBKingstonBench 26%, 3,387 samples	1x
9905474-019.A00LF 1x2GBKingstonBench 22%, 127 samples	1x

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Value: 52% - Above average

Total price: $74

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16