Gigabyte GA-A55M-DS2

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 54% Yacht	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (38th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 62 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 53.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	9.76% 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	38.2% 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-A55M-DS2 (all builds)
Memory	5.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120229
Uptime	15.7 Days
Run Date	Jun 29 '17 at 23:17
Run Duration	335 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing below expectations (38^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 (85^th percentile)	53.3% Above average	Memory 80.6 1-Core 46.2 2-Core 92.5 48% 73.1 Pts	4-Core 149 8-Core 182 21% 166 Pts	64-Core 156 10% 156 Pts
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 53.3% Great: 56%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 550-Ti-$250 54,392 User benchmarks, average bench 9% PNY(196E 089C) 1GB CLim: 900 MHz, MLim: 1026 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 378.78 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	9.76% Terrible	Lighting 10.9 Reflection 12.8 Parallax 9.25 9% 11 fps	MRender 15.2 Gravity 11.4 Splatting 14.9 11% 13.9 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 9.76% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force GT 60GB 1,562 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 31GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.3. Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	38.2% Below average	Read 247 Write 75.6 Mixed 122 32% 148 MB/s	4K Read 16.8 4K Write 40.8 4K Mixed 14.3 66% 24 MB/s	DQ Read 105 DQ Write 77.6 DQ Mixed 7.01 28% 63.2 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 38.2% Great: 69%
AMD 2+0 Stripe/RAID0 498GB 275 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 426GB free Firmware: 1.10 Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	66% Good	Read 109 Write 120 Mixed 120 88% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 7.45 4K Mixed 0.67 239% 2.92 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 66% Great: 122%
Lexar USB Flash Drive 128GB 2,523 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 92GB free, PID a838 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	9.47% Terrible	Read 29.7 Write 13.2 Mixed 18.1 23% 20.3 MB/s	4K Read 2.69 4K Write 0.54 4K Mixed 0.46 44% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 9.47% Great: 37%
Lexar USB Flash Drive 128GB 2,523 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 73GB free, PID a838 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	10.4% Very poor	Read 31.6 Write 14.8 Mixed 30.2 31% 25.5 MB/s	4K Read 3.31 4K Write 0.59 4K Mixed 0.49 49% 1.46 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 10.4% Great: 37%
Lexar JumpDrive S25 USB 3.0 32GB-$13 3,792 User benchmarks, average bench 21% 22GB free, PID a838 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	7.42% Terrible	Read 29.1 Write 6.2 Mixed 5.55 13% 13.6 MB/s	4K Read 1.88 4K Write 0.46 4K Mixed 0.37 35% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 7.42% Great: 33%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x4GB 424,126 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 2 of 2 slots used 8GB DIMM Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	41.2% Average	MC Read 17.2 MC Write 14.9 MC Mixed 13.4 43% 15.2 GB/s	SC Read 6.4 SC Write 5.8 SC Mixed 8.2 19% 6.8 GB/s	Latency 79.5 50% 79.5 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 41.2% Great: 65%

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Gaming 5%

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Desktop 37%

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Workstation 5%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-A55M-DS2 - $73

CPU
A4-3300 APUAMD $90Bench 35%, 2,884 samples	25x
A8-3870 APUAMD $81Bench 47%, 6,332 samples	18x
A6-3500 APUAMD $60Bench 39%, 2,804 samples	15x

GPU
Radeon HD 6410DAMDBench 2%, 3,128 samples	22x
Radeon HD 6530DAMDBench 3%, 4,675 samples	12x
Radeon HD 6550DAMDBench 4%, 4,197 samples	8x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	3x
PM830 128GBSamsungBench 61%, 13,767 samples	2x
SSD 120GBBench 68%, 22,748 samples	2x

RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	28x
1x4GBUnknownBench 28%, 154,807 samples	20x
6GBUnknownBench 25%, 111,301 samples	11x

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Value: 42% - Average

Total price: $191

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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