Gigabyte GA-F2A78M-HD2

Performance Results


Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 61% Destroyer	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	29.6% 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	55.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
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

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

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-F2A78M-HD2 (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190307
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 16 '21 at 19:25
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	17%

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PC Performing as expected (56^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 880K-$105 8,721 User benchmarks, average bench 46% P0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 4.4 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	50% Above average	Memory 62.7 1-Core 76.9 2-Core 135 54% 91.4 Pts	4-Core 214 8-Core 229 29% 222 Pts	64-Core 213 13% 213 Pts
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 50% Great: 55%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-Ti-$59 946,701 User benchmarks, average bench 29% EVGA(3842 6253) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 460.89 Performing below potential (76^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	29.6% Poor	Lighting 37.4 Reflection 42.3 Parallax 39.1 30% 39.6 fps	MRender 37.8 Gravity 38.9 Splatting 27.9 28% 34.9 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 29.6% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS900 120GB-$25 42,924 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 66GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS900613 SusWrite @10s intervals: 221 160 58 50 136 44 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	55.4% Above average	Read 297 Write 257 Mixed 228 SusWrite 111 50% 224 MB/s	4K Read 22.7 4K Write 68 4K Mixed 18.3 94% 36.3 MB/s	DQ Read 180 DQ Write 222 DQ Mixed 150 128% 184 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 55.4% Great: 87%
WD Blue 1TB (2010)-$39 55,121 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 931GB free Firmware: 19.01H19 SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 123 123 123 123 123 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	72% Very good	Read 129 Write 120 Mixed 102 SusWrite 122 87% 118 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 1 182% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 72% Great: 74%
WD WD10EURX 1TB-$25 53,598 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 131GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 116 118 119 116 120 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	68.3% Good	Read 121 Write 142 Mixed 71.8 SusWrite 116 83% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 187% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 68.3% Great: 87%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance LP DDR3 2x8GB 1,087 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 1333 MHz clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (23^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	36.8% Below average	MC Read 16.3 MC Write 8.4 MC Mixed 15.5 38% 13.4 GB/s	SC Read 7.9 SC Write 7.3 SC Mixed 10.8 25% 8.67 GB/s	Latency 120 33% 120 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 36.8% Great: 52%

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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%

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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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	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 $175	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16