Gigabyte GA-F2A78M-HD2

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 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 46.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Boot Drive	22.9% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
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.

High background CPU (28%). 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, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-F2A78M-HD2 (all builds)
Memory	2.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160119
Uptime	6.6 Days
Run Date	Apr 17 '21 at 07:15
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	MYS-User
Background CPU	28%

PC Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Athlon II X4 860K-$51 29,887 User benchmarks, average bench 45% P0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	46.6% Average	Memory 65.2 1-Core 63.5 2-Core 107 48% 78.5 Pts	4-Core 162 8-Core 175 22% 168 Pts	64-Core 177 11% 177 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 46.6% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Spccsoli dStateDisk 512GB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 124GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFQ SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 26 30 19 105 19 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	22.9% Poor	Read 170 Write 96.5 Mixed 61.7 SusWrite 50.3 21% 94.7 MB/s	4K Read 16.2 4K Write 17.8 4K Mixed 2.4 37% 12.1 MB/s	DQ Read 108 DQ Write 18.7 DQ Mixed 22.5 27% 49.8 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 22.9% Great: 76%
Toshiba MK6475GSX 640GB-$66 9,402 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 223GB free Firmware: GT00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 44 45 43 44 44 43 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	23.7% Poor	Read 38.2 Write 35.9 Mixed 15.5 SusWrite 44 24% 33.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.4 79% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 23.7% Great: 45%
Seagate Expansion 2TB 49,966 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 226GB free Firmware: 9300 SusWrite @10s intervals: 57 59 58 59 58 59 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	35.7% Below average	Read 65.2 Write 58.7 Mixed 50.1 SusWrite 58.2 43% 58 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 3.3 4K Mixed 1.1 208% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 35.7% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT51264BD160B 2x4GB 732 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	34.7% Below average	MC Read 15.3 MC Write 8.6 MC Mixed 13.7 36% 12.5 GB/s	SC Read 7.5 SC Write 6.8 SC Mixed 9.5 23% 7.93 GB/s	Latency 113 35% 113 ns
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 34.7% Great: 47%

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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%

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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 $28Bench 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: $87

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16