Asus M3A78-EM

Performance Results


Gaming 4% Tree trunk	Desktop 52% Yacht	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 57.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	3.95% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	46.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	6GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 6GB 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.

Very high background CPU (44%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M3A78-EM (all builds)
Memory	4.2 GB free of 6 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20101008
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 09 '18 at 16:43
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	44%

PC Performing as expected (56^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Phenom II X4 965-$144 43,442 User benchmarks, average bench 53% AM2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	57.1% Above average	Memory 80.7 1-Core 50 2-Core 101 50% 77.2 Pts	4-Core 196 8-Core 199 26% 198 Pts	64-Core 203 12% 203 Pts
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 57.1% Great: 61%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 710 187,161 User benchmarks, average bench 3% MSI(1462 8C93) 1GB CLim: 954 MHz, MLim: 450 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	3.95% Terrible	Lighting 4.7 Reflection 4.38 Parallax 4.44 4% 4.51 fps	MRender 4.81 Gravity 3.9 Splatting 6.17 4% 4.96 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.95% Great: 4%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Tcsunbow X3 60GB 291 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 20GB free (System drive) Firmware: Q1103A0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (61^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 45 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 40 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 100 (A3) Unknown 100 100 14 (A4) Unknown 100 100 7995 (A5) Unknown 100 100 40 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 11 (A8) Unknown 100 100 7000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 16 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 49 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 13832 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 5615 (F2) Unknown 100 100 6525 (F5) Unknown 100 100 5579	46.3% Average	Read 255 Write 216 Mixed 239 53% 236 MB/s	4K Read 19.1 4K Write 53.8 4K Mixed 5.23 64% 26 MB/s	DQ Read 126 DQ Write 103 DQ Mixed 6.09 34% 78.4 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 46.3% Great: 72%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$65 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 119GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 270 (03) Spinup time 163 162 6850 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2037 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 69 69 22931 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1959 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 61 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2036 (C2) HDA temperature 129 109 21 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 57 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	29.8% Poor	Read 54.2 Write 49.2 Mixed 47.8 38% 50.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.75 4K Mixed 0.27 85% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 29.8% Great: 57%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 3x2GB 45,030 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 3 of 4 slots used 6GB DIMM DDR2 Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	28.1% Poor	MC Read 10.5 MC Write 7.7 MC Mixed 9.9 27% 9.37 GB/s	SC Read 6.4 SC Write 6.4 SC Mixed 7.5 19% 6.77 GB/s	Latency 79.2 50% 79.2 ns
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 28.1% Great: 52%

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Gaming 4%

Tree trunk

Desktop 48%

Yacht

Workstation 4%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: Asus M3A78-EM - $18

CPU
Phenom II X4 965AMD $144Bench 53%, 43,442 samples	5x
Phenom II X2 550AMDBench 46%, 3,836 samples	4x
Phenom II X4 940AMDBench 49%, 3,675 samples	4x

GPU
Radeon HD 3200ATIBench 1%, 5,730 samples	9x
GeForce 210NvidiaBench 1%, 98,254 samples	3x
HD 4870ATIBench 9%, 22,563 samples	3x

SSD
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	5x
Premier SP550 240GBAdata $74Bench 79%, 29,295 samples	2x
128GB 128GBSSDBench 65%, 7,332 samples	2x

RAM
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 183,252 samples	29x
6GBUnknownBench 25%, 111,301 samples	5x
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples	5x

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Value: 57% - Above average

Total price: $200

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 $184	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) $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