Gigabyte GA-F2A88XM-HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 52% Yacht	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 48.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	7.84% 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	79.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Very high background CPU (49%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-F2A88XM-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	3.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151225
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 01 '18 at 19:19
Run Duration	239 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	49%

PC Performing as expected (58^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD A10-7870K APU (2014 D.Ka)-$135 9,821 User benchmarks, average bench 46% P0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	48.2% Average	Memory 69.3 1-Core 61.5 2-Core 111 50% 80.5 Pts	4-Core 156 8-Core 178 22% 167 Pts	64-Core 170 10% 170 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 48.2% Great: 55%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon R7 Graphics 25,284 User benchmarks, average bench 6% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Ram: 1GB, Driver: 18.2.1 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	7.84% Terrible	Lighting 9.87 Reflection 9.58 Parallax 14.3 8% 11.2 fps	MRender 6.62 Gravity 10.5 Splatting 9.74 7% 8.96 fps
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 7.84% Great: 8%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 185GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT03B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 27 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 5 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 55 49 45 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 99 99 605559535	79.7% Very good	Read 486 Write 379 Mixed 402 94% 422 MB/s	4K Read 29.1 4K Write 39.9 4K Mixed 31.4 105% 33.5 MB/s	DQ Read 121 DQ Write 71.4 DQ Mixed 33.2 42% 75.2 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 79.7% Great: 134%
Seagate IronWolf 8TB (2016)-$176 904 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 5.5TB free Firmware: SC61 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 67 64 5567543 (03) Spinup time 84 84 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 101 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 56236161 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1030 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 14 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 57 53 724238379 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 401 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 2 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2576 (C2) HDA temperature 43 47 94489280555 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 6 1 5567543 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 35188667056883 (F1) Unknown 100 253 5040597894 (F2) Unknown 100 253 15702704549
Poor: 31% Great: 106%
General UDisk 4GB 5,358 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 4GB free, PID null Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	6.9% Terrible	Read 20.8 Write 8 Mixed 10.8 15% 13.2 MB/s	4K Read 8.98 4K Write 0.008 4K Mixed 0.008 34% 3 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.9% Great: 9%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F3 DDR3 2133 C11 2x4GB 1,027 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 2132 MHz Performing below potential (35^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	37.2% Below average	MC Read 16.3 MC Write 9.5 MC Mixed 15.5 39% 13.8 GB/s	SC Read 6 SC Write 6.4 SC Mixed 8.5 20% 6.97 GB/s	Latency 103 39% 103 ns
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 37.2% Great: 56%

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Gaming 7%

Tree trunk

Desktop 47%

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Workstation 6%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-F2A88XM-HD3 - $80

CPU
A10-7850K APU (2014 D.Ka)AMD $135Bench 45%, 19,875 samples	18x
A8-6600K APUAMD $88Bench 50%, 21,890 samples	17x
A8-7600 APU (2014 D.Ka)AMDBench 42%, 31,243 samples	14x

GPU
Radeon R7 GraphicsAMDBench 5%, 22,117 samples	11x
Radeon R7 GraphicsAMDBench 6%, 25,284 samples	11x
Radeon HD 8470DAMDBench 3%, 8,268 samples	8x

SSD
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $37Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	9x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	4x
SU 630 240GBAdataBench 62%, 346 samples	4x

RAM
BLS4G3D1609DS 2x4GBCrucialBench 43%, 4,102 samples	8x
GR1600D364L11 12GBUnknownBench 25%, 11 samples	6x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GBKingstonBench 41%, 7,567 samples	5x

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Value: 45% - Average

Total price: $252

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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