Gigabyte GA-M56S-S3

Performance Results


Gaming 4% Tree trunk	Desktop 43% Speed boat	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 47.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	2.14% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	30.8% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

System	Gigabyte M56S-S3
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-M56S-S3 (all builds)
Memory	6.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20090122
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 27 '20 at 21:52
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	MNE-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing as expected (44^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Phenom 9650-$125 2,698 User benchmarks, average bench 43% Socket M2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.3 GHz, turbo 2.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	47.6% Average	Memory 71.2 1-Core 37.4 2-Core 70.6 40% 59.7 Pts	4-Core 144 8-Core 127 18% 136 Pts	64-Core 132 8% 132 Pts
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 47.6% Great: 50%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 220 19,671 User benchmarks, average bench 2% Asus(1043 830F) 1GB Ram: 1GB, Driver: 342.01 Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	2.14% Terrible	Lighting 2.5 Reflection 4 Parallax 0.8 2% 2.43 fps	MRender 3.3 Gravity 2.5 Splatting 2.8 2% 2.87 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 2.14% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 480GB-$38 237,487 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 338GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFKB1H5 SusWrite @10s intervals: 201 202 189 199 210 205 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	30.8% Below average	Read 140 Write 95 Mixed 78.6 SusWrite 201 29% 129 MB/s	4K Read 11.8 4K Write 17.4 4K Mixed 10.2 40% 13.1 MB/s	DQ Read 12.7 DQ Write 16 DQ Mixed 12.5 10% 13.7 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 30.8% Great: 102%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 239GB free Firmware: CC38 SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 86 86 86 88 86 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	48.7% Average	Read 83.3 Write 83 Mixed 54.6 SusWrite 86.2 56% 76.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 1 173% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 48.7% Great: 68%

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 (64^th percentile)	24.4% Poor	MC Read 9.7 MC Write 6 MC Mixed 9.2 24% 8.3 GB/s	SC Read 5 SC Write 4.6 SC Mixed 7 16% 5.53 GB/s	Latency 98.7 40% 98.7 ns
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 24.4% Great: 45%

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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 $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 $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $64	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16