Gigabyte GA-F2A88XM-HD3

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 56% Gunboat	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 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 51.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	9.94% 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	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	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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-F2A88XM-HD3 (all builds)
Memory	4.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20150108
Uptime	1.8 Days
Run Date	Oct 17 '18 at 23:04
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Athlon II X4 860K-$51 29,887 User benchmarks, average bench 45% P0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	51.4% Above average	Memory 71.5 1-Core 68.5 2-Core 121 53% 87 Pts	4-Core 182 8-Core 188 25% 185 Pts	64-Core 179 11% 179 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 51.4% Great: 54%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 270X-$199 77,943 User benchmarks, average bench 27% Sapphire(174B E270) 2GB CLim: 1100 MHz, MLim: 1450 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 18.10.1 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	9.94% Terrible	Lighting 0.07 Reflection 35.2 Parallax 47.1 0% 27.4 fps	MRender 31 Gravity 32.5 Splatting 40.8 29% 34.8 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 9.94% Great: 29%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Asmt 2115 500GB 474 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 44GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 232 233 223 238 241 239 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	56% Above average	Read 294 Write 86.6 Mixed 226 SusWrite 234 47% 210 MB/s	4K Read 20.3 4K Write 35.6 4K Mixed 24.6 81% 26.8 MB/s	DQ Read 106 DQ Write 101 DQ Mixed 108 80% 105 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 56% Great: 76%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 415GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 131 138 142 144 145 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	83.8% Excellent	Read 154 Write 156 Mixed 67 SusWrite 138 94% 129 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.7 133% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F3 DDR3 1866 C9 2x4GB 3,080 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	36.8% Below average	MC Read 16 MC Write 9.1 MC Mixed 14.3 38% 13.1 GB/s	SC Read 7.5 SC Write 8.3 SC Mixed 10.6 25% 8.8 GB/s	Latency 98 41% 98 ns
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 36.8% Great: 55%

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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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Typical GA-F2A88XM-HD3 Builds (Compare 172 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 7%

Tree trunk

Desktop 47%

Yacht

Workstation 6%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-F2A88XM-HD3 - $80

CPU
A10-7850K APU (2014 D.Ka)AMD $135Bench 45%, 19,875 samples	18x
A8-6600K APUAMD $88Bench 50%, 21,890 samples	17x
A8-7600 APU (2014 D.Ka)AMDBench 42%, 31,243 samples	14x

GPU
Radeon R7 GraphicsAMDBench 5%, 22,117 samples	11x
Radeon R7 GraphicsAMDBench 6%, 25,284 samples	11x
Radeon HD 8470DAMDBench 3%, 8,268 samples	8x

SSD
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $37Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	9x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	4x
SU 630 240GBAdataBench 62%, 346 samples	4x

RAM
BLS4G3D1609DS 2x4GBCrucialBench 43%, 4,102 samples	8x
GR1600D364L11 12GBUnknownBench 25%, 11 samples	6x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GBKingstonBench 41%, 7,567 samples	5x

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Value: 45% - Average

Total price: $252

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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