Gigabyte GA-F2A78M-HD2

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 64% Destroyer	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 51.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	33.6% 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	75.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Very high background CPU (100%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

14 months ago, 14 months ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-F2A78M-HD2 (all builds)
Memory	2.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1600 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160119
Uptime	1.9 Days
Run Date	Feb 25 '23 at 22:08
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	100%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st 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 way above expectations (88^th percentile)	51.8% Above average	Memory 72.8 1-Core 66.7 2-Core 128 54% 89.2 Pts	4-Core 178 8-Core 191 24% 185 Pts	64-Core 190 12% 190 Pts
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 51.8% Great: 54%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% MSI(1462 3202) CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 528.49 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	33.6% Below average	Lighting 42.9 Reflection 45.3 Parallax 41 35% 43.1 fps	MRender 36.9 Gravity 41.3 Splatting 36.2 31% 38.1 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 33.6% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS900 240GB-$20 61,417 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 85GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS900812 SusWrite @10s intervals: 186 240 256 279 293 296 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	75.5% Very good	Read 385 Write 229 Mixed 252 SusWrite 258 63% 281 MB/s	4K Read 28.5 4K Write 63 4K Mixed 30.3 115% 40.6 MB/s	DQ Read 200 DQ Write 206 DQ Mixed 181 142% 195 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 91%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 192GB free Firmware: HP22 SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 100 99 99 101 98 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	55.5% Above average	Read 94.6 Write 96.1 Mixed 57.3 SusWrite 98.7 64% 86.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.9 153% 1 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 55.5% Great: 70%

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 (37^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	35.4% Below average	MC Read 15.2 MC Write 8 MC Mixed 15.1 36% 12.8 GB/s	SC Read 5.9 SC Write 7.4 SC Mixed 8.7 21% 7.33 GB/s	Latency 95.1 42% 95.1 ns
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 35.4% 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 $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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Total price: $88

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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