Asus M3A78 PRO

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 3%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 47%
Yacht
Workstation
Workstation 2%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 52.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics7.95% 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.
Memory6GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 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.
MotherboardAsus M3A78 PRO  (all builds)
Memory3.8 GB free of 6 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display1600 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 7
BIOS Date20091201
Uptime0.1 Days
Run DateOct 21 '19 at 00:05
Run Duration106 Seconds
Run User CAN-User
Background CPU7%

 PC Performing as expected (52nd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Phenom II X4 940
CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3 GHz
Performing above expectations (68th percentile)
52.1% Above average
Memory 75.7
1-Core 43.8
2-Core 87.6
45% 69 Pts
4-Core 166
8-Core 169
22% 168 Pts
64-Core 174
11% 174 Pts
Poor: 33%
This bench: 52.1%
Great: 56%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
ATI Radeon HD 4770
AMD(1002 0D00) 512MB
Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 8.970.100.1100
Performing above expectations (75th percentile)
7.95% Terrible
Lighting 9.47
Reflection 10.2
Parallax 9.34
8% 9.68 fps
MRender 8.24
Gravity 8
Splatting 13.2
8% 9.82 fps
Poor: 7%
This bench: 7.95%
Great: 8%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung SP2504C 250GB-$29
189GB free (System drive)
Firmware: VT100-33
SusWrite @10s intervals: 45 47 53 51 58 58 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (6th percentile)
19% Very poor
Read 14.3
Write 53.9
Mixed 20.8
SusWrite 51.9
26% 35.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.2
4K Write 0.7
4K Mixed 0.4
66% 0.43 MB/s
Poor: 20%
This bench: 19%
Great: 38%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown 6GB
null MHz
1024, 2048, 1024, 2048 MB
Performing as expected (59th percentile)
22.3% Poor
MC Read 8
MC Write 6.8
MC Mixed 6.9
21% 7.23 GB/s
SC Read 4.9
SC Write 5.7
SC Mixed 6.2
16% 5.6 GB/s
Latency 88.9
45% 88.9 ns
Poor: 12%
This bench: 22.3%
Great: 46%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical M3A78 PRO Builds (Compare 7 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 4%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 47%
Yacht
Workstation
Workstation 4%
Tree trunk

Motherboard: Asus M3A78 PRO

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