Gigabyte GA-F2A78M-HD2

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 5%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 49%
Yacht
Workstation
Workstation 4%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (28th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 72 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.
ProcessorWith 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 49.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics8.58% 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 DriveThe 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Very high background CPU (36%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
MotherboardGigabyte GA-F2A78M-HD2  (all builds)
Memory11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20160119
Uptime11.1 Days
Run DateJan 09 '19 at 19:51
Run Duration122 Seconds
Run User GBR-User
Background CPU 36%

 PC Performing below expectations (28th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Athlon X4 880K-$105
P0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (72nd percentile)
49.3% Average
Memory 63.7
1-Core 68.3
2-Core 127
51% 86.2 Pts
4-Core 204
8-Core 203
27% 203 Pts
64-Core 195
12% 195 Pts
Poor: 36%
This bench: 49.3%
Great: 55%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD RX 460-$90
CLim: 1220 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.7
Relative performance (0th percentile)
8.58% Terrible
Lighting 0.1
Reflection 30.7
Parallax 32.6
0% 21.1 fps
MRender 30.3
Gravity 25.7
Splatting 34.4
25% 30.1 fps
Poor: 17%
This bench: 8.58%
Great: 22%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31
361GB free (System drive)
Firmware: MS2OA750
SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 113 106 119 137 132 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (10th percentile)
58.5% Above average
Read 86.8
Write 142
Mixed 39
SusWrite 117
70% 96.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.3
90% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 47%
This bench: 58.5%
Great: 107%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Adata 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing below potential (1st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
33.8% Below average
MC Read 15.5
MC Write 8.2
MC Mixed 13.2
35% 12.3 GB/s
SC Read 6.6
SC Write 6.2
SC Mixed 9.4
21% 7.4 GB/s
Latency 117
34% 117 ns
Poor: 49%
This bench: 33.8%
Great: 98%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Typical GA-F2A78M-HD2 Builds (Compare 248 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 17%
Surfboard
Desktop
Desktop 56%
Gunboat
Workstation
Workstation 13%
Tree trunk

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-F2A78M-HD2

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