Gigabyte GA-F2A78M-HD2

Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 54% Yacht	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 52.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	8.18% 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	55.2% 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.

Very high background CPU (76%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-F2A78M-HD2 (all builds)
Memory	10.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160119
Uptime	19.2 Days
Run Date	Dec 09 '17 at 21:03
Run Duration	120 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	76%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD A10-7870K APU (2014 D.Ka)-$135 9,821 User benchmarks, average bench 46% P0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	52.5% Above average	Memory 69.5 1-Core 68.9 2-Core 124 53% 87.3 Pts	4-Core 206 8-Core 209 28% 208 Pts	64-Core 208 13% 208 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 52.5% Great: 55%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon R7 Graphics 25,284 User benchmarks, average bench 6% Gigabyte(1458 D000) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 22.19.662.4 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	8.18% Terrible	Lighting 10.4 Reflection 9.54 Parallax 14.6 8% 11.5 fps	MRender 7.29 Gravity 10.8 Splatting 9.52 8% 9.21 fps
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 8.18% Great: 8%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 240GB-$89 105,079 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 28GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3J96R9 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2066 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 753 (64) Unknown 100 100 2019680 (65) Unknown 100 100 312960 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 8 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 99 99 595 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1381 (B7) Unknown 99 99 7 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 29 100 167504838685 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 99 99 1 (E9) Unknown 100 100 3501 (EA) Unknown 100 100 1489 (F1) Unknown 100 100 2749 (F2) Unknown 100 100 3231 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 0	55.2% Above average	Read 479 Write 235 Mixed 129 61% 281 MB/s	4K Read 22.3 4K Write 19.9 4K Mixed 9.15 56% 17.1 MB/s	DQ Read 174 DQ Write 73.9 DQ Mixed 27.3 46% 91.8 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 55.2% Great: 88%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 845GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 142 142 68 (03) Spinup time 127 127 12896764084 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2502 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 113 113 35 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2060 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 752 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 2502 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 2502 (C2) HDA temperature 222 222 180389543963 (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 200 200 0	103% Outstanding	Read 184 Write 176 Mixed 176 134% 179 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 2.14 4K Mixed 0.23 94% 1.02 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 2133 C11 2x8GB 677 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (32^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	37.8% Below average	MC Read 16.6 MC Write 9.3 MC Mixed 15.1 39% 13.7 GB/s	SC Read 8 SC Write 7.9 SC Mixed 10.2 25% 8.7 GB/s	Latency 103 39% 103 ns
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 37.8% Great: 58%

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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 $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