Gigabyte GA-F2A78M-HD2

Performance Results


Gaming 3% Tree trunk	Desktop 50% Yacht	Workstation 2% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 51.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	4.26% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	54.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	4GB 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. 4GB is also enough for modest file and system caches which allow for a responsive system.
OS Version	Although 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 (54%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-F2A78M-HD2 (all builds)
Memory	2.7 GB free of 4 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20160119
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 08 '19 at 21:35
Run Duration	117 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	54%

PC Performing as expected (49^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD A8-7670K APU (2014 D.Ka) 1,733 User benchmarks, average bench 47% P0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	51.8% Above average	Memory 73.6 1-Core 66.4 2-Core 93.5 50% 77.8 Pts	4-Core 174 8-Core 185 24% 179 Pts	64-Core 197 12% 197 Pts
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 51.8% Great: 55%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon R7 Graphics 22,117 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 512MB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.2201.0 Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	4.26% Terrible	Lighting 5.03 Reflection 6.65 Parallax 9.66 4% 7.11 fps	MRender 3.52 Gravity 7.47 Splatting 5.61 5% 5.53 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.26% Great: 6%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS1311 120GB-$63 12,393 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 84GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS131122 SusWrite @10s intervals: 217 71 84 85 84 87 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	54.2% Above average	Read 290 Write 261 Mixed 205 SusWrite 105 48% 215 MB/s	4K Read 17.7 4K Write 43 4K Mixed 23.6 80% 28.1 MB/s	DQ Read 274 DQ Write 238 DQ Mixed 161 146% 224 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 54.2% Great: 91%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT451U6AFR8A 1x4GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 22% 1 of 4 slots used 4GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	23.9% Poor	MC Read 8.9 MC Write 7.4 MC Mixed 6.4 22% 7.57 GB/s	SC Read 8.3 SC Write 7.2 SC Mixed 7.2 22% 7.57 GB/s	Latency 93.2 43% 93.2 ns
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 23.9% Great: 25%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 17%

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Desktop 56%

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Workstation 13%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-F2A78M-HD2

CPU
A8-7650K APU (2014 D.Ka)AMDBench 44%, 15,487 samples	30x
A8-7600 APU (2014 D.Ka)AMDBench 42%, 31,243 samples	27x
Athlon II X4 860KAMD $51Bench 45%, 29,887 samples	27x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	28x
Radeon R7 GraphicsAMDBench 5%, 22,117 samples	22x
Radeon R7 GraphicsAMDBench 6%, 25,284 samples	12x

SSD
BX500 240GBCrucial $28Bench 56%, 142,801 samples	9x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	6x
Ultra II 480GBSanDisk $39Bench 86%, 62,883 samples	5x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GBKingstonBench 46%, 10,715 samples	10x
TEAMGROUP-UD3 1x8GBUnknownBench 25%, 800 samples	8x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GBKingstonBench 41%, 7,567 samples	7x

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Value: 86% - Excellent

Total price: $87

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16