Gigabyte GA-H55M-S2H

Performance Results


Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 52% Yacht	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (36th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 64 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 49.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	5.35% 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	53% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

20 months ago, 20 months ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H55M-S2H (all builds)
Memory	3.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20100820
Uptime	2.5 Days
Run Date	Aug 09 '22 at 18:31
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i3 530-$45 16,724 User benchmarks, average bench 46% Socket 1156, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.95 GHz, turbo 2.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	49.8% Average	Memory 68.9 1-Core 71.2 2-Core 129 54% 89.7 Pts	4-Core 180 8-Core 178 24% 179 Pts	64-Core 177 11% 177 Pts
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 49.8% Great: 51%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce 9800 GT 19,550 User benchmarks, average bench 5% MSI(1462 1861) 1GB Ram: 1GB, Driver: 342.01 Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	5.35% Terrible	Lighting 7.3 Reflection 9.5 Parallax 2.5 6% 6.43 fps	MRender 7 Gravity 5.9 Splatting 3.3 4% 5.4 fps
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 5.35% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 115GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 172 190 160 158 161 161 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	53% Above average	Read 227 Write 218 Mixed 197 SusWrite 167 46% 202 MB/s	4K Read 24.4 4K Write 45.8 4K Mixed 29.8 99% 33.3 MB/s	DQ Read 34.9 DQ Write 85.3 DQ Mixed 46.1 39% 55.4 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 53% Great: 124%
Maxtor 6B200P0 204GB 243 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 73GB free Firmware: BAH41BY0 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Read 27.1 Mixed 23.7 20% 25.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 3.2 4K Mixed 0.3 118% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 3% Great: 34%
WD WD3200JD-22K 320GB 730 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 17GB free Firmware: 08.05J08 SusWrite @10s intervals: 30 45 46 46 49 49 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	26.1% Poor	Read 45.9 Write 43.3 Mixed 36.5 SusWrite 44.3 31% 42.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.9 169% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 26.1% Great: 36%
WD WD6400AARS-00Y5B1 640GB 2,786 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 206GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 9.6 9.7 9.9 10 10 9.9 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	33.9% Below average	Read 108 Write 9.7 Mixed 16.7 SusWrite 9.8 26% 36.1 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.5 106% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 33.9% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x4GB 424,126 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	28.5% Poor	MC Read 9.4 MC Write 8.3 MC Mixed 12 28% 9.9 GB/s	SC Read 7.5 SC Write 6.3 SC Mixed 7.3 20% 7.03 GB/s	Latency 104 38% 104 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 28.5% Great: 65%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 5%

Tree trunk

Desktop 45%

Yacht

Workstation 5%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H55M-S2H

CPU
Core i3 530Intel $45Bench 46%, 16,724 samples	53x
Core i7 870Intel $100Bench 66%, 37,228 samples	50x
Core i3 540Intel $60Bench 46%, 24,563 samples	48x

GPU
HD Graphics (Clarkdale 0.733/0.9 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 20,588 samples	50x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	18x
GTX 750-TiNvidia $92Bench 17%, 309,423 samples	14x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	21x
BX500 240GBCrucial $29Bench 56%, 142,801 samples	13x
A400 120GBKingston $29Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	11x

RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	169x
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples	81x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	43x

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Value: 55% - Above average

Total price: $73

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $274	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 $183	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