Gigabyte GA-F2A78M-HD2

Performance Results


Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 55% Gunboat	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 53.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	6.9% 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	82.9% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-F2A78M-HD2 (all builds)
Memory	2.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150427
Uptime	2 Days
Run Date	Nov 18 '19 at 14:56
Run Duration	131 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing as expected (47^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD A10-7850K APU (2014 D.Ka)-$135 19,875 User benchmarks, average bench 45% P0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	53.9% Above average	Memory 71.6 1-Core 71 2-Core 125 54% 89.1 Pts	4-Core 212 8-Core 210 28% 211 Pts	64-Core 210 13% 210 Pts
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 53.9% Great: 54%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon R7 Graphics 25,284 User benchmarks, average bench 6% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Ram: 1GB, Driver: 19.7.4 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	6.9% Terrible	Lighting 8.57 Reflection 8.31 Parallax 11.6 7% 9.5 fps	MRender 6.81 Gravity 8.97 Splatting 8.61 7% 8.13 fps
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 6.9% Great: 8%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 58GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 323 139 138 138 141 137 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	82.9% Excellent	Read 410 Write 372 Mixed 320 SusWrite 169 71% 318 MB/s	4K Read 32 4K Write 86.4 4K Mixed 40.4 146% 52.9 MB/s	DQ Read 267 DQ Write 232 DQ Mixed 249 187% 249 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 115%
Seagate Expansion 500GB 1,703 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 42GB free, PID 2320 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 27 27 29 29 29 29 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	11.9% Very poor	Read 28.2 Write 28.5 Mixed 21 SusWrite 28.4 36% 26.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.5 36% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 11.9% Great: 41%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F3 DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GB 4,885 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (30^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	35% Below average	MC Read 15.2 MC Write 9 MC Mixed 12.9 35% 12.4 GB/s	SC Read 7.8 SC Write 7.9 SC Mixed 9.9 24% 8.53 GB/s	Latency 97.8 41% 97.8 ns
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 35% Great: 50%

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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%

Gunboat

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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Value: 85% - Excellent

Total price: $88

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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