Gigabyte GA-F2A68HM-S1

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU, SSD
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 53.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
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.

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Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-F2A68HM-S1 (all builds)
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	3840 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151224
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 10 '21 at 14:25
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	SRB-User
Background CPU	100%

PC Performing as expected (48^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 845-$50 6,391 User benchmarks, average bench 45% P0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	53.7% Above average	Memory 68.4 1-Core 71.2 2-Core 133 54% 90.8 Pts	4-Core 228 8-Core 219 30% 223 Pts	64-Core 210 13% 210 Pts
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 53.7% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Biostar S100E-120GB 120GB 192 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 7GB free (System drive) Firmware: N120 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 402 Write 165 Mixed 85.2 47% 217 MB/s	4K Read 17.2 4K Write 18.6 4K Mixed 6.6 44% 14.1 MB/s	DQ Read 70.9 DQ Write 27.6 DQ Mixed 9.9 18% 36.1 MB/s
Poor: 37% Great: 69%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$38 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 85GB free Firmware: CC27 SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 181 184 183 186 184 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 190 Write 173 Mixed 91.7 SusWrite 168 114% 156 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 1.5TB-$89 40,945 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 46GB free Firmware: CC1H SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 87 87 85 88 85 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	52.5% Above average	Read 97 Write 92 Mixed 60.5 SusWrite 86 62% 83.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.9 157% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 52.5% Great: 70%
WDC WD5000AAKB-00H8A 500GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 3GB free, PID 1040 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 25 25 26 27 28 27 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	12.9% Very poor	Read 23.3 Write 23 Mixed 21 SusWrite 26.2 32% 23.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.5 59% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 12.9% Great: 19%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 10,715 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1866 MHz Performing below potential (22^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	39% Below average	MC Read 17.6 MC Write 8 MC Mixed 17.5 41% 14.4 GB/s	SC Read 5.7 SC Write 6.9 SC Mixed 11.2 23% 7.93 GB/s	Latency 105 38% 105 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 39% Great: 54%

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Gaming 6%

Tree trunk

Desktop 44%

Speed boat

Workstation 6%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-F2A68HM-S1

CPU
A8-7600 APU (2014 D.Ka)AMDBench 42%, 31,243 samples	91x
A8-7650K APU (2014 D.Ka)AMDBench 44%, 15,487 samples	48x
A6-6400K APUAMD $81Bench 40%, 13,306 samples	43x

GPU
Radeon R7 GraphicsAMDBench 5%, 22,117 samples	80x
Radeon HD 8470DAMDBench 3%, 8,268 samples	29x
GeForce GT 730NvidiaBench 5%, 164,888 samples	28x

SSD
A400 120GBKingston $28Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	24x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	19x
S800 120GBRamstaBench 57%, 1,678 samples	8x

RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	14x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 2x4GBKingstonBench 41%, 7,567 samples	14x
HyperX DDR3 1866 C10 1x8GBKingstonBench 31%, 4,775 samples	11x

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Value: 12% - Very poor

Total price: $28

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16