Gigabyte GA-F2A78M-HD2

Performance Results


Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 51% Yacht	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 50.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	6.11% 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	35.6% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-F2A78M-HD2 (all builds)
Memory	4.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1280 x 720 - 32 Bit colors, 1280 x 720 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150427
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Jul 27 '19 at 20:59
Run Duration	123 Seconds
Run User	PHL-User
Background CPU	17%

PC Performing as expected (51^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD A8-7600 APU (2014 D.Ka) 31,243 User benchmarks, average bench 42% P0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	50.2% Above average	Memory 69.2 1-Core 62.2 2-Core 117 50% 82.9 Pts	4-Core 180 8-Core 192 25% 186 Pts	64-Core 181 11% 181 Pts
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 50.2% Great: 51%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon R7 Graphics + R7 200 Dual Graphics 480 User benchmarks, average bench 6% Sapphire(174B E263) 2GB CLim: 780 MHz, MLim: 900 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 19.5.2 Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	6.11% Terrible	Lighting 7.3 Reflection 8.54 Parallax 9.06 6% 8.3 fps	MRender 7.95 Gravity 6.63 Splatting 8.61 6% 7.73 fps
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 6.11% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Crucial BX500 240GB-$29 142,801 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 104GB free (System drive) Firmware: M6CR013 SusWrite @10s intervals: 352 117 58 57 57 73 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	35.6% Below average	Read 404 Write 355 Mixed 343 SusWrite 119 68% 305 MB/s	4K Read 27.8 4K Write 6 4K Mixed 0.5 46% 11.4 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 35.6% Great: 92%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$31 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 137GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 118 121 121 124 121 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	63.2% Good	Read 99 Write 102 Mixed 92.3 SusWrite 121 77% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 193% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 63.2% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown U3A4G93-13G9H 2x4GB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	33.1% Below average	MC Read 14.8 MC Write 7.3 MC Mixed 13.2 34% 11.8 GB/s	SC Read 7.2 SC Write 7.1 SC Mixed 9.2 22% 7.83 GB/s	Latency 103 39% 103 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 33.1% Great: 34%

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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 $29Bench 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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Total price: $88

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 $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16