Gigabyte GA-78LMT-S2

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 15% Tree trunk	Desktop 57% Gunboat	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (19th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 81 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 54.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	28.4% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.

High background CPU (27%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-78LMT-S2 (all builds)
Memory	3 GB free of 8 GB @ 0 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121019
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	May 25 '20 at 02:49
Run Duration	109 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	27%

PC Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8320-$129 106,454 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Socket M2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 2.9 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	54.6% Above average	Memory 78.1 1-Core 47.2 2-Core 88.1 47% 71.1 Pts	4-Core 171 8-Core 238 26% 205 Pts	64-Core 270 17% 270 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 54.6% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280-$185 33,175 User benchmarks, average bench 30% XFX(1682 3003) CLim: 1000 MHz, MLim: 1300 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 19.12.2 Performing below potential (26^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	28.4% Poor	Lighting 36.5 Reflection 26.4 Parallax 48.5 30% 37.1 fps	MRender 25.3 Gravity 35.7 Splatting 32.5 26% 31.2 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 28.4% Great: 34%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 323GB free (System drive) Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 58 60 65 68 82 82 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	47% Average	Read 94.2 Write 90.2 Mixed 68.7 SusWrite 69.1 60% 80.5 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1.2 228% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 47% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1x8GB 168,538 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 1 of 2 slots used 8GB DIMM Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	25.1% Poor	MC Read 8.5 MC Write 8.3 MC Mixed 7.7 23% 8.17 GB/s	SC Read 6.4 SC Write 6.9 SC Mixed 6.4 19% 6.57 GB/s	Latency 84.1 48% 84.1 ns
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 25.1% Great: 67%

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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 19%

Surfboard

Desktop 64%

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Workstation 15%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-78LMT-S2 - $59

CPU
FX-6300AMD $57Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	285x
FX-4300AMD $73Bench 52%, 55,454 samples	244x
FX-8300AMD $168Bench 58%, 49,767 samples	53x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	72x
Radeon 3000 GraphicsATIBench 1%, 21,841 samples	42x
GeForce GT 730NvidiaBench 5%, 164,888 samples	39x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	35x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	13x
A400 120GBKingston $32Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	12x

RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	350x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	264x
1x8GBUnknownBench 38%, 168,538 samples	99x

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Value: 86% - Excellent

Total price: $203

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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