Asus M3A

Performance Results


Gaming 2% Tree trunk	Desktop 38% Jet ski	Workstation 2% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (37th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 63 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.
Processor	With a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 37.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	1.08% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	43.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	4GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and although it's sufficient for most games, some will benefit from up to 8GB of RAM. 4GB is also enough for modest file and system caches which allow for a responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Very high background CPU (39%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus M3A (all builds)
Memory	1.9 GB free of 4 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20100611
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 02 '17 at 20:08
Run Duration	361 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	39%

PC Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4800+-$150 1,985 User benchmarks, average bench 35% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads Base clock 2.5 GHz Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	37.9% Below average	Memory 64.3 1-Core 36.7 2-Core 69.4 38% 56.8 Pts	4-Core 70.7 8-Core 65.9 9% 68.3 Pts	64-Core 67.6 4% 67.6 Pts
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 37.9% Great: 46%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce 7600 GT 1,212 User benchmarks, average bench 1% Asus(1043 823B) 256MB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 8.15.11.8593 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	1.08% Terrible	Lighting 2 Reflection 0.62 Parallax 0.44 2% 1.02 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1.08% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 540s Series 120GB 4,012 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 80GB free (System drive) Firmware: LSF036C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 14 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 6 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 40 40 128851640360 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 6 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 4450 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 0 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 0 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 4450 (F2) Unknown 100 100 2920 (F9) Unknown 100 100 100 (FC) Unknown 100 100 1	43.7% Average	Read 255 Write 129 Mixed 167 40% 183 MB/s	4K Read 20.6 4K Write 34.1 4K Mixed 18.6 73% 24.4 MB/s	DQ Read 88.7 DQ Write 63.5 DQ Mixed 40.8 40% 64.4 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 43.7% Great: 84%
Seagate ST3500320NS 500GB-$100 3,663 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 170GB free Firmware: SN06 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 81 63 120133713 (03) Spinup time 99 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 332 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (07) Seek error rate 70 60 11635977 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1530 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 37 164 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 45 454426651 (C2) HDA temperature 27 55 77309411355 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 40 36 120133713 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	31% Below average	Read 54.2 Write 53.4 Mixed 25.9 33% 44.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.78 4K Write 1.73 4K Mixed 0.49 119% 1 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 31% Great: 61%
General USB Flash Disk 8GB 759 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 6GB free, PID 8005 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	3.87% Terrible	Read 16.4 Write 3.49 Mixed 5.22 8% 8.36 MB/s	4K Read 3.02 4K Write 0.006 4K Mixed 0.004 12% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 3.87% Great: 9%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x2GB 446,702 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 2 of 4 slots used 4GB DIMM DDR2 Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	19.2% Very poor	MC Read 7.2 MC Write 6.3 MC Mixed 6.6 19% 6.7 GB/s	SC Read 3.3 SC Write 2.4 SC Mixed 3.7 9% 3.13 GB/s	Latency 116 35% 116 ns
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 19.2% Great: 44%

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

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Typical M3A Builds (Compare 17 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 11%

Tree trunk

Desktop 55%

Gunboat

Workstation 8%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: Asus M3A

CPU
Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 6400+AMDBench 44%, 870 samples	3x
Athlon II X2 245AMDBench 41%, 6,247 samples	2x
Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4800+AMD $150Bench 35%, 1,985 samples	2x

GPU
GTX 750-TiNvidia $92Bench 17%, 309,423 samples	2x
GeForce GTS 450NvidiaBench 7%, 25,436 samples	2x
Radeon HD 5450AMDBench 1%, 66,079 samples	2x

SSD
Solid State Disk 128GBSpccBench 69%, 14,793 samples	2x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	2x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	1x

RAM
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 183,252 samples	10x
6GBUnknownBench 25%, 111,301 samples	3x
4x1GBUnknownBench 18%, 54,972 samples	2x

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Value: 44% - Average

Total price: $92

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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