Gigabyte GA-F2A78M-HD2

Performance Results


Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 53% Yacht	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 51.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	7.29% 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	46.7% 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 (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-F2A78M-HD2 (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160119
Uptime	2.2 Days
Run Date	May 22 '17 at 18:27
Run Duration	119 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	20%

PC Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD A10-7860K APU (2014 D.Ka)-$175 12,658 User benchmarks, average bench 43% P0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	51.4% Above average	Memory 70.1 1-Core 69.4 2-Core 118 52% 86 Pts	4-Core 190 8-Core 202 26% 196 Pts	64-Core 209 13% 209 Pts
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 51.4% Great: 52%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon R7 Graphics 25,284 User benchmarks, average bench 6% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Ram: 1GB, Driver: 17.4.4 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	7.29% Terrible	Lighting 9.2 Reflection 8.62 Parallax 12.6 8% 10.1 fps	MRender 7.33 Gravity 9.23 Splatting 8.52 7% 8.36 fps
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 7.29% Great: 8%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS1311 120GB-$63 12,393 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 35GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS131122 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 439 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 213 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 74 (AD) Unknown 100 100 589853 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 10 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1799	46.7% Average	Read 478 Write 119 Mixed 189 57% 262 MB/s	4K Read 19.2 4K Write 23.9 4K Mixed 9.22 54% 17.5 MB/s	DQ Read 156 DQ Write 56.7 DQ Mixed 39.2 47% 83.8 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 46.7% Great: 91%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 809GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 172 167 2375 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 542 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 703 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 328 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 17 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1239 (C2) HDA temperature 112 102 31 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	71.6% Very good	Read 159 Write 90.9 Mixed 137 97% 129 MB/s	4K Read 1.08 4K Write 2.24 4K Mixed 0.37 128% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 71.6% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT102464BD160 2x8GB 720 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	37% Below average	MC Read 16.5 MC Write 7.4 MC Mixed 15.7 38% 13.2 GB/s	SC Read 8.5 SC Write 7.6 SC Mixed 11 26% 9.03 GB/s	Latency 101 40% 101 ns
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 37% Great: 50%

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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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Value: 85% - Excellent

Total price: $88

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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