Gigabyte GA-F2A88XM-DS2

Performance Results


Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 50% Yacht	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 50%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	7.62% 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	39% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait 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 (23%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-F2A88XM-DS2 (all builds)
Memory	4.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151225
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 13 '18 at 23:36
Run Duration	270 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	23%

PC Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Athlon X4 880K-$105 8,721 User benchmarks, average bench 46% P0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	50% Above average	Memory 66.5 1-Core 69.6 2-Core 94.8 49% 77 Pts	4-Core 195 8-Core 203 26% 199 Pts	64-Core 196 12% 196 Pts
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 50% Great: 55%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 730 164,888 User benchmarks, average bench 5% MSI(1462 8A9F) 1GB CLim: 1006 MHz, MLim: 1252 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 398.82 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.62% Terrible	Lighting 9.57 Reflection 8.62 Parallax 10.1 8% 9.41 fps	MRender 11.5 Gravity 8.17 Splatting 7.7 7% 9.11 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.62% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 120GB-$32 166,392 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 28GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFK71E0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 160 46 54 53 14 8.4 MB/s Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	39% Below average	Read 200 Write 99.2 Mixed 107 SusWrite 55.8 26% 116 MB/s	4K Read 18.6 4K Write 45.7 4K Mixed 17.2 74% 27.2 MB/s	DQ Read 85.6 DQ Write 148 DQ Mixed 123 91% 119 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 39% Great: 85%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 747GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 129 129 130 129 130 131 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	76.1% Very good	Read 136 Write 64 Mixed 67 SusWrite 130 73% 99 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1.2 206% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 76.1% Great: 75%
Seagate Expansion Desk 3TB 13,194 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 2TB free Firmware: 9401 SusWrite @10s intervals: 157 164 177 170 180 179 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	96.9% Outstanding	Read 167 Write 150 Mixed 68 SusWrite 171 101% 139 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.8 159% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 96.9% Great: 103%
NMicro NM CMS20 4GB 4GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 7.1 7.7 8.4 8 8.4 8 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	6.47% Terrible	Read 23 Write 3.2 Mixed 7.2 SusWrite 7.9 11% 10.3 MB/s	4K Read 6 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 22% 2 MB/s

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C10 1x8GB 3,795 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	23.8% Poor	MC Read 9 MC Write 7.1 MC Mixed 7.5 22% 7.87 GB/s	SC Read 6.6 SC Write 7 SC Mixed 7.3 20% 6.97 GB/s	Latency 110 36% 110 ns
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 23.8% Great: 32%

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

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Gaming 12%

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Desktop 59%

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Workstation 10%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-F2A88XM-DS2 - $75

CPU
A8-6600K APUAMD $88Bench 50%, 21,890 samples	26x
Athlon II X4 860KAMD $51Bench 45%, 29,887 samples	22x
A8-5600K APUAMD $250Bench 49%, 14,744 samples	14x

GPU
GTX 750-TiNvidia $92Bench 17%, 309,423 samples	17x
GT 1030NvidiaBench 14%, 185,384 samples	8x
Quadro K4000NvidiaBench 13%, 11,114 samples	5x

SSD
A400 120GBKingston $32Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	5x
SSDNow V300 240GBKingston $35Bench 64%, 176,713 samples	4x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	4x

RAM
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GBKingstonBench 41%, 7,567 samples	8x
99U5471-052.A 1x8GBKingstonBench 23%, 201 samples	4x
1x8GBUnknownBench 38%, 168,538 samples	4x

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Value: 49% - Average

Total price: $288

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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