Gigabyte GA-M56S-S3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 3% Tree trunk	Desktop 41% Speed boat	Workstation 2% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (7th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 93 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 36.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	11.4% 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	6GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 6GB 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.

Very high background CPU (48%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Gigabyte M56S-S3
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-M56S-S3 (all builds)
Memory	3.6 GB free of 6 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20071204
Uptime	6.6 Days
Run Date	Nov 19 '20 at 15:28
Run Duration	1045 Seconds
Run User	MNE-User
Background CPU	48%

PC Performing way below expectations (7^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, turbo 3 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	36.9% Below average	Memory 59.3 1-Core 39.6 2-Core 88 39% 62.3 Pts	4-Core 86.8 8-Core 84.8 12% 85.8 Pts	64-Core 77 5% 77 Pts
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 36.9% Great: 48%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 6850 31,600 User benchmarks, average bench 12% MSI(1462 2441) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	11.4% Very poor	Lighting 14 Reflection 11.9 Parallax 14.8 11% 13.6 fps	MRender 11.9 Gravity 11.3 Splatting 17 11% 13.4 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 11.4% Great: 13%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 47GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1.9 2.1 2.1 2.2 2.5 8.3 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	29.6% Poor	Read 98.9 Write 98.3 Mixed 66.8 SusWrite 3.2 50% 66.8 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1.1 223% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 29.6% Great: 109%
Maxtor 6Y120P0 123GB 340 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 50GB free Firmware: YAR41BW0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 2.1 2.2 1.8 2 2.2 2.1 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Write 46.5 Mixed 4.2 SusWrite 2 13% 17.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.8 158% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 7% Great: 32%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 133GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 2.3 1.9 2.1 2.2 2.6 2.9 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	31% Below average	Read 106 Write 77.4 Mixed 53.2 SusWrite 2.3 44% 59.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.9 129% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 31% Great: 109%
Samsung SP1654N 160GB 267 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 49GB free Firmware: BV100-37 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1.4 1.4 1.7 1.6 1.5 1.5 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	1.4% Terrible	Read 2.7 Write 2.7 Mixed 2.5 SusWrite 1.5 2% 2.35 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 128% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 1.4% Great: 33%
WD Blue 250GB (2008)-$80 11,055 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 198GB free Firmware: 01.03E01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 2.2 2.3 2.6 2.2 3.1 3.3 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	20.2% Poor	Read 67.1 Write 70.8 Mixed 52.3 SusWrite 2.6 36% 48.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 160% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 20.2% Great: 61%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 3x2GB 45,030 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 3 of 4 slots used 6GB DIMM Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	14.5% Very poor	MC Read 4.7 MC Write 4.6 MC Mixed 4.3 13% 4.53 GB/s	SC Read 4.4 SC Write 3.9 SC Mixed 4 12% 4.1 GB/s	Latency 130 31% 130 ns
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 14.5% 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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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 $300	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 $45	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