Gigabyte GA-M56S-S3

Performance Results


Gaming 4% Tree trunk	Desktop 48% Yacht	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (39th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 61 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 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 53.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	2.05% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	47.8% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 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.

System	Gigabyte M56S-S3
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-M56S-S3 (all builds)
Memory	6 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20100820
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Oct 17 '17 at 19:50
Run Duration	259 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Phenom II X4 940 3,675 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Socket M2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3 GHz Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	53.4% Above average	Memory 76.8 1-Core 44.3 2-Core 88.3 46% 69.8 Pts	4-Core 176 8-Core 176 24% 176 Pts	64-Core 175 11% 175 Pts
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 53.4% Great: 56%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce 9500 GT 27,834 User benchmarks, average bench 2% XFX(1682 400A) 1GB Ram: 1GB, Driver: 341.44 Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	2.05% Terrible	Lighting 2.4 Reflection 4.31 Parallax 0.81 2% 2.51 fps	MRender 3.76 Gravity 1.73 Splatting 2.74 2% 2.74 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 2.05% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 153GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 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 (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3520 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 733 (B1) Unknown 99 99 12 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 60 27 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 13 (F1) Unknown 99 99 7106006525	47.8% Average	Read 216 Write 149 Mixed 161 39% 175 MB/s	4K Read 26.9 4K Write 48.5 4K Mixed 19.4 91% 31.6 MB/s	DQ Read 37.9 DQ Write 86.6 DQ Mixed 25.2 30% 49.9 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 47.8% Great: 124%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 664GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 171 2283 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2673 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 8585 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1798 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 70 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2602 (C2) HDA temperature 123 103 20 (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 (F0) Head flying hours 91 91 6720 (F1) Unknown 200 200 18801407405 (F2) Unknown 200 200 21986025596	58.7% Above average	Read 100 Write 104 Mixed 115 80% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 2.34 4K Mixed 0.28 95% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 58.7% Great: 109%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 290GB free Firmware: 12.01C01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 179 175 6025 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7054 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 74 74 19040 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4033 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 435 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 7054 (C2) HDA temperature 130 103 20 (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	34.5% Below average	Read 58.7 Write 61.2 Mixed 30.2 37% 50 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 1.85 4K Mixed 0.35 90% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 34.5% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x2GB 183,252 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 4 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	26.1% Poor	MC Read 10.1 MC Write 6.1 MC Mixed 10.1 25% 8.77 GB/s	SC Read 5.5 SC Write 5.3 SC Mixed 7.7 18% 6.17 GB/s	Latency 86.7 46% 86.7 ns
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 26.1% Great: 45%

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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 $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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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