Gigabyte GA-F2A88XM-DS2

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 5%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 47%
Yacht
Workstation
Workstation 3%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing way below expectations (16th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 84 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 46.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics10.6% 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 (56%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
Run History
4 years ago, 4 years ago.
MotherboardGigabyte GA-F2A88XM-DS2  (all builds)
Memory9.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit farver
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20140624
Uptime5.1 Days
Run DateJan 04 '20 at 23:50
Run Duration140 Seconds
Run User DNK-User
Background CPU 56%

 PC Performing way below expectations (16th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Athlon II X4 740K
P0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.35 GHz (avg)
Performing below expectations (39th percentile)
46.9% Average
Memory 74.2
1-Core 48.8
2-Core 65.8
43% 62.9 Pts
4-Core 124
8-Core 81.1
15% 102 Pts
64-Core 125
8% 125 Pts
Poor: 37%
This bench: 46.9%
Great: 57%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198
CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 441.41
Relative performance (0th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
10.6% Very poor
Lighting 0.07
Reflection 42.8
Parallax 0.09
0% 14.3 fps
MRender 38.7
Gravity 39.6
Splatting 36
31% 38.1 fps
Poor: 30%
This bench: 10.6%
Great: 36%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$28
326GB free (System drive)
Firmware: MS2OA750
SusWrite @10s intervals: 61 68 43 49 60 48 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (1st percentile)
17.7% Very poor
Read 6.8
Write 39
Mixed 7.2
SusWrite 54.9
20% 27 MB/s
4K Read 0
4K Write 0.5
4K Mixed 0.4
54% 0.3 MB/s
Poor: 47%
This bench: 17.7%
Great: 107%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown Kingston KHX1600C10D3/ 16GB
1600, 1600 MHz
8192, 8192 MB
Performing below potential (7th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
24.5% Poor
MC Read 10.5
MC Write 5.8
MC Mixed 8.9
24% 8.4 GB/s
SC Read 3.9
SC Write 4
SC Mixed 6.6
14% 4.83 GB/s
Latency 92
44% 92 ns
Poor: 24%
This bench: 24.5%
Great: 47%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical GA-F2A88XM-DS2 Builds (Compare 170 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 12%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 59%
Gunboat
Workstation
Workstation 10%
Tree trunk

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-F2A88XM-DS2 - $75

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