Gigabyte GA-F2A78M-HD2

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 39%
Jet ski
Desktop
Desktop 54%
Yacht
Workstation
Workstation 28%
Raft
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 44.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics90.9% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Very high background CPU (31%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardGigabyte GA-F2A78M-HD2  (all builds)
Memory12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20150427
Uptime0 Days
Run DateOct 06 '17 at 14:41
Run Duration111 Seconds
Run User GBR-User
Background CPU 31%
Watch Gameplay: 1080 + 9600K How to compare your gameplay

 PC Performing as expected (46th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Athlon II X4 860K-$51
P0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg)
Performing as expected (50th percentile)
44.6% Average
Memory 67.1
1-Core 64.2
2-Core 94.2
48% 75.2 Pts
4-Core 124
8-Core 161
18% 142 Pts
64-Core 155
10% 155 Pts
Poor: 34%
This bench: 44.6%
Great: 54%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400
CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 385.69
Performing below potential (3rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide
90.9% Outstanding
Lighting 109
Reflection 130
Parallax 125
89% 121 fps
MRender 111
Gravity 135
Splatting 107
95% 117 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 90.9%
Great: 110%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Hds721010kla33r RSD HUA 1TB
771GB free (System drive)
Firmware: GKAOA99A Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s
Performing above expectations (77th percentile)
44% Average
Read 77.3
Write 75.8
Mixed 76.4
58% 76.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.74
4K Write 1.42
4K Mixed 0.41
103% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 22%
This bench: 44%
Great: 47%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston KHX1866C10D3/ 16GB
1866, 1600 MHz
8192, 8192 MB
Performing as expected (54th percentile)
37.5% Below average
MC Read 16.2
MC Write 9.6
MC Mixed 15.3
39% 13.7 GB/s
SC Read 6.6
SC Write 6.9
SC Mixed 11.2
24% 8.23 GB/s
Latency 108
37% 108 ns
Poor: 23%
This bench: 37.5%
Great: 49%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical GA-F2A78M-HD2 Builds (Compare 248 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 17%
Surfboard
Desktop
Desktop 56%
Gunboat
Workstation
Workstation 13%
Tree trunk

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-F2A78M-HD2

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