Gigabyte GA-F2A78M-DS2

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 49%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Boot Drive	41.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	10GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 10GB 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.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-F2A78M-DS2 (all builds)
Memory	8.2 GB free of 10 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141224
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 06 '18 at 17:16
Run Duration	170 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing as expected (49^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD A4-5300 APU-$36 7,032 User benchmarks, average bench 40% P0, 1 CPU, 1 cores, 2 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	49% Average	Memory 83 1-Core 60.5 2-Core 94.4 52% 79.3 Pts	4-Core 90.1 8-Core 93.1 12% 91.6 Pts	64-Core 90.3 6% 90.3 Pts
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 49% Great: 51%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 7480D 8,289 User benchmarks, average bench 2% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 768MB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.301.1901.0 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 2% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Mushkin Chronos 120GB-$70 862 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 50GB free (System drive) Firmware: 560ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 5369825 (05) Reallocated sector count 93 93 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 125765232362898 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 878 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 142 (B1) Unknown 0 0 100 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 33 41 25772490785 (C2) HDA temperature 33 41 25772490785 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 5369825 (C4) Reallocation count 93 93 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 5369825 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 5369825 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 77 77 25769803776 (E9) Unknown 0 0 4826 (EA) Unknown 0 0 1181 (F1) Unknown 0 0 1181 (F2) Unknown 0 0 1603	41.6% Average	Read 443 Write 97.6 Mixed 125 48% 222 MB/s	4K Read 18.1 4K Write 12.4 4K Mixed 15.2 54% 15.2 MB/s	DQ Read 39.9 DQ Write 23 DQ Mixed 27.4 22% 30.1 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 41.6% Great: 84%
Samsung HD103SI 1TB-$89 48,059 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 861GB free Firmware: 1AG01118 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 81 81 6550 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2377 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 253 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2003 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2376 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 76 71 404226072 (C2) HDA temperature 76 71 404226072 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 361167 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 99 73 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	53.6% Above average	Read 89.8 Write 97 Mixed 99.4 72% 95.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.47 4K Mixed 0.38 91% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 53.6% Great: 59%
WD Blue 2.5" 160GB (2009)-$23 13,176 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 44GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 154 136 1300 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1669 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 4922 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1257 (BF) G-sense error rate 1 1 117 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 241 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5192 (C2) HDA temperature 114 94 29 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 12 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	21.2% Poor	Read 42.7 Write 31.1 Mixed 32.6 27% 35.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.27 4K Write 1.11 4K Mixed 0.17 50% 0.52 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 21.2% Great: 36%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905403-173.A CT102464BA160 10GB 1333, 1600 MHz 2048, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	28.9% Poor	MC Read 13.2 MC Write 5.1 MC Mixed 9.1 26% 9.13 GB/s	SC Read 8.8 SC Write 7.7 SC Mixed 11 26% 9.17 GB/s	Latency 75.2 53% 75.2 ns

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Gaming 5%

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Desktop 44%

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Workstation 5%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-F2A78M-DS2

CPU
A8-7600 APU (2014 D.Ka)AMDBench 42%, 31,243 samples	13x
A8-5600K APUAMD $250Bench 49%, 14,744 samples	7x
Athlon II X4 860KAMD $51Bench 45%, 29,887 samples	7x

GPU
Radeon R7 GraphicsAMDBench 5%, 22,117 samples	5x
Radeon R7 GraphicsAMDBench 6%, 25,284 samples	5x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	4x

SSD
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	5x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	5x
GP-GSTFS31480GNTD 480GBGigabyteBench 78%, 7,834 samples	2x

RAM
CT102464BA160 1x8GBCrucialBench 25%, 1,194 samples	4x
HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 2x4GBKingstonBench 40%, 4,425 samples	3x
CT102464BA160 2x8GBCrucialBench 40%, 880 samples	3x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
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