Gigabyte GA-M56S-S3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 0% Tree trunk	Desktop 16% Surfboard	Workstation 0% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an extremely low single core score, this CPU can barely handle email and light web browsing. Finally, with a gaming score of 11.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is terrible.
Graphics	4.72% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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 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.

Very high background CPU (58%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Gigabyte M56S-S3
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-M56S-S3 (all builds)
Memory	2.4 GB free of 4 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20090122
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 19 '20 at 10:47
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	58%

PC Performing as expected (45^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 4000+ 2,693 User benchmarks, average bench 31% Socket M2, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads Base clock 2.1 GHz Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	11.1% Very poor	Memory 11.8 1-Core 30.5 2-Core 59.9 18% 34.1 Pts	4-Core 60.8 8-Core 60.9 8% 60.8 Pts	64-Core 60.4 4% 60.4 Pts
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 11.1% Great: 45%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce 9600 GT 20,826 User benchmarks, average bench 4% Asus(1043 827C) 512MB Ram: 512MB, Driver: 341.81 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	4.72% Terrible	Lighting 5.77 Reflection 8.46 Parallax 1.91 5% 5.38 fps	MRender 8.1 Gravity 4.03 Splatting 5.57 5% 5.9 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.72% Great: 5%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
SPCCSolidStateDisk 256GB 35 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 199GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFQE1.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 65 80 64 73 71 70 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 7% Great: 54%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 331GB free Firmware: 20.01H20 SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 80 63 74 71 70 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	55.2% Above average	Read 120 Write 115 Mixed 61.9 SusWrite 72 68% 92.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1 177% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 55.2% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x2GB 446,702 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 2 of 4 slots used 4GB DIMM Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	13.9% Very poor	MC Read 5.3 MC Write 4.8 MC Mixed 5.1 14% 5.07 GB/s	SC Read 3.9 SC Write 3.7 SC Mixed 3.4 10% 3.67 GB/s	Latency 388 10% 388 ns
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 13.9% Great: 44%

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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 $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