Gigabyte GA-F2A78M-HD2

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 2%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 34%
Sail boat
Workstation
Workstation 2%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (22nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 78 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 a relatively low single core score, this CPU can handle email, light web browsing and basic audio/video playback, but it will struggle to handle CPU intensive tasks. Finally, with a gaming score of 32.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics3.54% 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 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)
Memory2.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20160119
Uptime4.6 Days
Run DateMar 16 '19 at 12:33
Run Duration112 Seconds
Run User FRA-User
Background CPU 31%

 PC Performing below expectations (22nd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD A10-7860K APU (2014 D.Ka)-$175
P0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.25 GHz (avg)
Performing way below expectations (8th percentile)
32.2% Below average
Memory 42
1-Core 57
2-Core 104
39% 67.7 Pts
4-Core 130
8-Core 132
18% 131 Pts
64-Core 128
8% 128 Pts
Poor: 29%
This bench: 32.2%
Great: 52%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD Radeon R7 Graphics
Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB
Ram: 1GB, Driver: 18.10.2
Performing way below expectations (14th percentile)
3.54% Terrible
Lighting 4.13
Reflection 5.77
Parallax 9
3% 6.3 fps
MRender 2.71
Gravity 6.77
Splatting 4.57
4% 4.68 fps
Poor: 4%
This bench: 3.54%
Great: 8%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31
653GB free (System drive)
Firmware: MS2OA750
SusWrite @10s intervals: 138 139 148 146 147 152 MB/s
Performing above expectations (62nd percentile)
91.2% Outstanding
Read 173
Write 174
Mixed 38.5
SusWrite 145
96% 133 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 2.1
4K Mixed 0.7
138% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 47%
This bench: 91.2%
Great: 107%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Adata 1x8GB
1 of 4 slots used
8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing way below expectations (5th percentile)
18.8% Very poor
MC Read 7.8
MC Write 6.4
MC Mixed 6.7
20% 6.97 GB/s
SC Read 3.2
SC Write 2.5
SC Mixed 4.2
9% 3.3 GB/s
Latency 193
21% 193 ns
Poor: 21%
This bench: 18.8%
Great: 52%

 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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