Gigabyte GA-F2A78M-HD2

Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 54% Yacht	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 50.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	8.84% 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	50.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

19 months ago, 19 months ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-F2A78M-HD2 (all builds)
Memory	4.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1600 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160119
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Sep 22 '22 at 15:22
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing as expected (55^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 845-$50 6,391 User benchmarks, average bench 45% P0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	50.8% Above average	Memory 66.3 1-Core 71 2-Core 130 53% 89.2 Pts	4-Core 205 8-Core 207 27% 206 Pts	64-Core 202 12% 202 Pts
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 50.8% Great: 54%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 550-Ti-$250 54,392 User benchmarks, average bench 9% Asus(1043 83C2) 1GB CLim: 900 MHz, MLim: 1026 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	8.84% Terrible	Lighting 10.1 Reflection 14.5 Parallax 9.6 8% 11.4 fps	MRender 15.5 Gravity 11.3 Splatting 10.7 10% 12.5 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 8.84% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS900 240GB-$20 61,417 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 97GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS900812 SusWrite @10s intervals: 189 223 221 244 253 251 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	50.9% Above average	Read 339 Write 230 Mixed 231 SusWrite 230 58% 258 MB/s	4K Read 24.5 4K Write 15.8 4K Mixed 14.9 65% 18.4 MB/s	DQ Read 158 DQ Write 17.2 DQ Mixed 29.9 36% 68.3 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 50.9% Great: 91%
Hitachi HDS721032CLA362 320GB-$150 10,092 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 80GB free Firmware: JPFOA3EA SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 77 75 75 76 77 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	40.5% Average	Read 64.9 Write 62.6 Mixed 39.5 SusWrite 76 45% 60.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.7 124% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 40.5% Great: 50%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 2x4GB 4,786 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (39^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	35.6% Below average	MC Read 14.9 MC Write 8 MC Mixed 15.7 37% 12.9 GB/s	SC Read 7.7 SC Write 7.4 SC Mixed 9.6 24% 8.23 GB/s	Latency 110 36% 110 ns
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 35.6% 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%

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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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