Gigabyte GA-F2A78M-HD2

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 50% Yacht	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (38th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 62 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 a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 41.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	29.4% 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	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.

Very high background CPU (41%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-F2A78M-HD2 (all builds)
Memory	5.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140528
Uptime	4.9 Days
Run Date	Aug 25 '20 at 23:42
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	41%

PC Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD A10-7700K APU (2014 D.Ka) 11,026 User benchmarks, average bench 45% P0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	41.7% Average	Memory 60.3 1-Core 40.6 2-Core 88.8 39% 63.2 Pts	4-Core 131 8-Core 158 19% 145 Pts	64-Core 162 10% 162 Pts
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 41.7% Great: 53%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 270X-$199 77,943 User benchmarks, average bench 27% XFX(1682 9275) 2GB CLim: 1050 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 19.20 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	29.4% Poor	Lighting 36.9 Reflection 33.3 Parallax 44.6 30% 38.3 fps	MRender 29.7 Gravity 32.6 Splatting 38.4 28% 33.6 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 29.4% Great: 29%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 260GB free (System drive) Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 68 87 44 76 89 95 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	60.3% Good	Read 134 Write 144 Mixed 90.7 SusWrite 76.3 82% 111 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.2 221% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 60.3% Great: 109%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 994GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 124 128 126 127 126 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	74.6% Very good	Read 134 Write 106 Mixed 86.3 SusWrite 126 83% 113 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.2 221% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 74.6% Great: 101%
WD Elements 25A3 8TB 5,644 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 3.5TB free, PID 25a3 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 148 151 151 154 147 135 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	68.1% Good	Read 141 Write 151 Mixed 98.5 SusWrite 148 183% 134 MB/s	4K Read 1.8 4K Write 4.9 4K Mixed 1.3 218% 2.67 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 68.1% Great: 96%
WD Elements 25A3 4TB 7,568 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 2TB free, PID 25a3 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile)	1.59% Terrible	Read 0.8 Write 0.7 Mixed 0.7 SusWrite 0.8 1% 0.75 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.3 25% 0.33 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 1.59% Great: 105%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F3 DDR3 2133 C9 2x8GB 84 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	31.2% Below average	MC Read 13.6 MC Write 9 MC Mixed 11.9 33% 11.5 GB/s	SC Read 5.3 SC Write 6 SC Mixed 6.9 17% 6.07 GB/s	Latency 127 32% 127 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 31.2% Great: 66%

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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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Value: 85% - Excellent

Total price: $88

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $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