Gigabyte GA-F2A78M-HD2

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 39%
Jet ski
Desktop
Desktop 55%
Yacht
Workstation
Workstation 27%
Raft
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 47.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics86.2% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.
Run History
MotherboardGigabyte GA-F2A78M-HD2  (all builds)
Memory5.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20160119
Uptime0.1 Days
Run DateMar 29 '20 at 17:42
Run Duration123 Seconds
Run User GBR-User
Background CPU7%
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 PC Performing as expected (50th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Athlon X4 880K-$105
P0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 2.8 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (64th percentile)
47.5% Average
Memory 69.5
1-Core 52.2
2-Core 86.2
45% 69.3 Pts
4-Core 150
8-Core 149
20% 150 Pts
64-Core 144
9% 144 Pts
Poor: 36%
This bench: 47.5%
Great: 55%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195
CLim: 2164 MHz, MLim: 2611 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.87
Relative performance (0th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
86.2% Excellent
Lighting 94.4
Reflection 117
Parallax 0.38
77% 70.6 fps
MRender 120
Gravity 146
Splatting 118
104% 128 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 86.2%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32
707GB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 164 166 166 166 167 167 MB/s
Performing above expectations (74th percentile)
95.8% Outstanding
Read 168
Write 165
Mixed 104
SusWrite 166
111% 150 MB/s
4K Read 1.2
4K Write 3
4K Mixed 1.2
239% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 95.8%
Great: 109%
Toshiba MK3275GSX 320GB
110GB free (System drive)
Firmware: GT001M
SusWrite @10s intervals: 47 49 46 50 51 58 MB/s
Performing as expected (52nd percentile)
32.6% Below average
Read 63.5
Write 51.7
Mixed 18
SusWrite 50
33% 45.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.6
111% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 11%
This bench: 32.6%
Great: 46%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Adata 1x8GB
1 of 4 slots used
8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing below potential (9th percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
25% Poor
MC Read 9.4
MC Write 7.7
MC Mixed 7.8
24% 8.3 GB/s
SC Read 6.4
SC Write 6.3
SC Mixed 8.3
20% 7 GB/s
Latency 102
39% 102 ns
Poor: 21%
This bench: 25%
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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 86% - Excellent Total price: $87
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