Gigabyte GA-H55M-S2

Performance Results


Gaming 2% Tree trunk	Desktop 38% Jet ski	Workstation 2% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 51.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	3.07% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	20.5% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
Memory	3GB 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. 3GB is also enough for modest file and system caches which allow for a responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-H55M-S2 (all builds)
Memory	0.4 GB free of 3 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20100820
Uptime	5.6 Days
Run Date	Feb 14 '18 at 01:36
Run Duration	173 Seconds
Run User	IDN-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (51^st 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 (96^th percentile)	51.4% Above average	Memory 71.1 1-Core 72.2 2-Core 137 56% 93.4 Pts	4-Core 186 8-Core 184 25% 185 Pts	64-Core 184 11% 184 Pts
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 51.4% Great: 51%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
ATI Radeon HD 4670 21,442 User benchmarks, average bench 4% Gigabyte(1458 21C5) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 8.970.100.9001 Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	3.07% Terrible	Lighting 3.83 Reflection 5.77 Parallax 3.09 3% 4.23 fps	MRender 2.95 Gravity 3.33 Splatting 4.26 3% 3.52 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.07% Great: 5%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Kingston A400 120GB-$29 166,392 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 64GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFK71E0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 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 (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 286 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 44 (94) Unknown 255 255 0 (95) Unknown 255 255 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 6 (AA) Unknown 100 100 7 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 327697 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 255 255 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 11 (C2) HDA temperature 62 58 180390133798 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 99 (E9) Unknown 100 100 558 (F1) Unknown 100 100 428 (F2) Unknown 100 100 776 (F4) Unknown 100 100 5 (F5) Unknown 100 100 17 (F6) Unknown 100 100 32448	20.5% Poor	Read 139 Write 116 Mixed 167 31% 140 MB/s	4K Read 14 4K Write 5.55 4K Mixed 3.12 28% 7.57 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 20.5% Great: 85%
WD Green 500GB (2009)-$23 63,281 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 383GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 1210 (03) Spinup time 188 185 3558 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2698 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 16402 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2682 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 661 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 300762 (C2) HDA temperature 107 87 36 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 37 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 36 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 25	45.5% Average	Read 81.6 Write 76.9 Mixed 73.5 58% 77.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.71 4K Mixed 0.27 78% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 45.5% Great: 54%
Sony Hard Drive 1TB 2,286 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 577GB free, PID 05bf Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	12.2% Very poor	Read 29.9 Write 26.4 Mixed 24.3 34% 26.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.27 4K Write 0.68 4K Mixed 0.31 34% 0.42 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 12.2% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 3GB 81,553 User benchmarks, average bench 14% null MHz 1024, 2048 MB Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	25.8% Poor	MC Read 8.8 MC Write 8 MC Mixed 9.8 25% 8.87 GB/s	SC Read 7.2 SC Write 6.4 SC Mixed 4.2 17% 5.93 GB/s	Latency 98.9 40% 98.9 ns
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 25.8% Great: 23%

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Gaming 5%

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Desktop 46%

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Workstation 5%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-H55M-S2

CPU
Core i3 540Intel $60Bench 46%, 24,563 samples	67x
Core i5 760Intel $100Bench 64%, 34,495 samples	35x
Core i7 870Intel $100Bench 66%, 37,228 samples	34x

GPU
HD Graphics (Clarkdale 0.733/0.9 GHz)IntelBench 1%, 20,588 samples	30x
GeForce GT 730NvidiaBench 5%, 164,888 samples	16x
GeForce GT 710NvidiaBench 3%, 187,161 samples	14x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	17x
SD8SN8U-128G-1006 128GBSandiskBench 66%, 10,347 samples	12x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	10x

RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	120x
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples	59x
6GBUnknownBench 25%, 111,301 samples	27x

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Value: 55% - Above average

Total price: $88

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 $178	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