Gigabyte GA-A55M-S2HP

Performance Results


Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 47% Yacht	Workstation 5% 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 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 49.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	4.01% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	37% 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.

High background CPU (28%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-A55M-S2HP (all builds)
Memory	2.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110713
Uptime	27.3 Days
Run Date	Oct 13 '23 at 17:30
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	28%

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 A8-3870 APU-$81 6,332 User benchmarks, average bench 47% Socket M2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 2.95 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	49.7% Average	Memory 72 1-Core 46.6 2-Core 93.3 45% 70.6 Pts	4-Core 161 8-Core 165 22% 163 Pts	64-Core 168 10% 168 Pts
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 49.7% Great: 56%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
AMD Radeon HD 7450 10,238 User benchmarks, average bench 2% XFX(1682 3200) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	1.69% Terrible	Lighting 2.1 Reflection 2.5 Parallax 2 2% 2.2 fps	MRender 2 Gravity 2 Splatting 2 2% 2 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 1.69% Great: 2%
AMD Radeon HD 6550D 4,197 User benchmarks, average bench 4% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 512MB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.0 Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	4.01% Terrible	Lighting 5 Reflection 5.7 Parallax 4.6 4% 5.1 fps	MRender 5 Gravity 4 Splatting 5.1 4% 4.7 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 4.01% Great: 5%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SSD 240GB 240GB 5,968 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 146GB free (System drive) Firmware: U1224A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 233 185 47 81 75 59 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	37% Below average	Read 345 Write 299 Mixed 36.2 SusWrite 113 44% 198 MB/s	4K Read 18.2 4K Write 43.4 4K Mixed 0.8 52% 20.8 MB/s	DQ Read 27 DQ Write 84.9 DQ Mixed 2.3 17% 38.1 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 37% Great: 90%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 20GB free Firmware: 600ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 105 95 85 84 92 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	42.5% Average	Read 243 Write 121 Mixed 158 SusWrite 95.3 34% 154 MB/s	4K Read 17.5 4K Write 44.5 4K Mixed 22 78% 28 MB/s	DQ Read 28.1 DQ Write 94.7 DQ Mixed 29.6 32% 50.8 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 42.5% Great: 73%

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 as expected (47^th percentile)	36.1% Below average	MC Read 14.5 MC Write 12.9 MC Mixed 12 38% 13.1 GB/s	SC Read 5.5 SC Write 6.1 SC Mixed 9.1 20% 6.9 GB/s	Latency 91.6 44% 91.6 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 36.1% Great: 65%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0P 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	67	55	60	23.5"	1280 720	SAM0D2C C24F390

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Gaming 8%

Tree trunk

Desktop 46%

Yacht

Workstation 8%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-A55M-S2HP

CPU
A6-3670 APUAMDBench 46%, 2,400 samples	6x
A6-3650 APUAMDBench 44%, 2,748 samples	4x
A8-3850 APUAMD $80Bench 46%, 3,108 samples	2x

GPU
Radeon HD 6530DAMDBench 3%, 4,675 samples	7x
Radeon HD 6670AMDBench 6%, 32,193 samples	2x
HD 7770AMDBench 12%, 38,053 samples	1x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $94Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	4x
2.5" SATA3-128GB SSD 128GB980plusBench 66%, 66 samples	2x
SSDPR-CL100-120-G3 120GBBench 63%, 1,092 samples	2x

RAM
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	4x
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	3x
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples	3x

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Value: 25% - Poor

Total price: $94

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16