Gigabyte GA-78LMT-S2P

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 1%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 15%
Surfboard
Workstation
Workstation 1%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (23rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 77 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.
ProcessorWith an extremely low single core score, this CPU can barely handle email and light web browsing. Finally, with a gaming score of 15.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is terrible.
Graphics0.49% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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.
Memory8GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.
Very high background CPU (72%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardGigabyte GA-78LMT-S2P  (all builds)
Memory3.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 8.1
BIOS Date20120320
Uptime3.4 Days
Run DateJun 08 '18 at 22:00
Run Duration211 Seconds
Run User GBR-User
Background CPU 72%

 PC Performing below expectations (23rd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Athlon II X2 265-$50
Socket M2, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg)
Performing way below expectations (0th percentile)
15.1% Very poor
Memory 25.2
1-Core 16.8
2-Core 31.3
16% 24.4 Pts
4-Core 29.4
8-Core 30.4
4% 29.9 Pts
64-Core 37.4
2% 37.4 Pts
Poor: 36%
This bench: 15.1%
Great: 50%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
ATI Radeon 3000 Graphics
Gigabyte(1458 D000) 512MB
Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 8.97.10.6
Performing as expected (50th percentile)
0.49% Terrible
Lighting 0.5
Reflection 1.08
Parallax 0.16
0% 0.58 fps
MRender 0.81
Gravity 0.37
Splatting 1.09
1% 0.75 fps
Poor: 0%
This bench: 0.49%
Great: 1%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32
583GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing below expectations (40th percentile)
79.6% Very good
Read 145
Write 133
Mixed 111
97% 129 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 2.13
4K Mixed 0.22
97% 1.05 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 79.6%
Great: 109%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36
98GB free
Firmware: CC38 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s
Performing below expectations (34th percentile)
48.6% Average
Read 86.4
Write 83
Mixed 24
47% 64.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.54
4K Write 1.41
4K Mixed 0.32
84% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 28%
This bench: 48.6%
Great: 70%
Seagate ST3200826AS 200GB
22GB free
Firmware: 3.06 Max speed: UDMA 100 100 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (8th percentile)
18.2% Very poor
Read 39.7
Write 23.7
Mixed 26.9
23% 30.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 0.59
4K Mixed 0.32
67% 0.47 MB/s
Poor: 16%
This bench: 18.2%
Great: 37%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown 2x4GB
2 of 2 slots used
8GB DIMM
Performing way below expectations (6th percentile)
15.4% Very poor
MC Read 5.9
MC Write 4.6
MC Mixed 7.1
17% 5.87 GB/s
SC Read 1.4
SC Write 3
SC Mixed 2.8
7% 2.4 GB/s
Latency 284
14% 284 ns
Poor: 17%
This bench: 15.4%
Great: 65%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical GA-78LMT-S2P Builds (Compare 475 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 5%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 50%
Yacht
Workstation
Workstation 5%
Tree trunk

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-78LMT-S2P - $260

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 62% - Good Total price: $378
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