Gigabyte GA-F2A88XM-DS2

Performance Results


Gaming 22% Surfboard	Desktop 61% Destroyer	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 49.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	39.3% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	73% 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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-F2A88XM-DS2 (all builds)
Memory	5.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151225
Uptime	2.5 Days
Run Date	May 21 '19 at 04:00
Run Duration	127 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Athlon X4 845-$50 6,391 User benchmarks, average bench 45% P0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	49.2% Average	Memory 62.4 1-Core 74 2-Core 139 53% 91.8 Pts	4-Core 205 8-Core 228 28% 217 Pts	64-Core 229 14% 229 Pts
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 49.2% Great: 54%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280-$185 33,175 User benchmarks, average bench 30% Sapphire(174B A003) CLim: 1156 MHz, MLim: 1456 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 19.5.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	39.3% Below average	Lighting 50.6 Reflection 36.7 Parallax 61.8 41% 49.7 fps	MRender 34.1 Gravity 49.2 Splatting 45.5 36% 42.9 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 39.3% Great: 34%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba THNSNH128GCST 128GB 1,729 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 27GB free (System drive) Firmware: HTLA SusWrite @10s intervals: 342 295 315 287 207 89 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	73% Very good	Read 405 Write 354 Mixed 357 SusWrite 256 77% 343 MB/s	4K Read 20.5 4K Write 52.1 4K Mixed 31.3 99% 34.6 MB/s	DQ Read 236 DQ Write 218 DQ Mixed 210 162% 221 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 73% Great: 100%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1TB 4,752 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 277GB free, PID b207 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 80 82 82 82 82 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	38.4% Below average	Read 106 Write 101 Mixed 36.9 SusWrite 81.3 106% 81.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.6 80% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 38.4% Great: 50%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M378B5173QH0- 2x4GB 152 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 1600 MHz clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (42^nd percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	33.9% Below average	MC Read 14.4 MC Write 8.2 MC Mixed 14 35% 12.2 GB/s	SC Read 7.4 SC Write 7.5 SC Mixed 9.6 23% 8.17 GB/s	Latency 121 33% 121 ns
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 33.9% Great: 48%

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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 12%

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Desktop 59%

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Workstation 10%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-F2A88XM-DS2 - $75

CPU
A8-6600K APUAMD $88Bench 50%, 21,890 samples	26x
Athlon II X4 860KAMD $51Bench 45%, 29,887 samples	22x
A8-5600K APUAMD $250Bench 49%, 14,744 samples	14x

GPU
GTX 750-TiNvidia $92Bench 17%, 309,423 samples	17x
GT 1030NvidiaBench 14%, 185,384 samples	8x
Quadro K4000NvidiaBench 13%, 11,114 samples	5x

SSD
A400 120GBKingston $29Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	5x
SSDNow V300 240GBKingston $35Bench 64%, 176,713 samples	4x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	4x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GBKingstonBench 41%, 7,567 samples	8x
99U5471-052.A 1x8GBKingstonBench 23%, 201 samples	4x
1x8GBUnknownBench 38%, 168,538 samples	4x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $274	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $183	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) $37	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