Asus M3N78-VM

Performance Results


Gaming 4% Tree trunk	Desktop 41% Speed boat	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 43.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	0.8% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	52.8% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Asus M3N78-VM (all builds)
Memory	0.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20080702
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 10 '20 at 23:58
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	JPN-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing as expected (44^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Phenom 8450e Triple-Core 118 User benchmarks, average bench 38% AM2, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 3 threads Base clock 2.1 GHz, turbo 2.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	43.9% Average	Memory 73 1-Core 30.7 2-Core 60.5 38% 54.7 Pts	4-Core 88.8 8-Core 91.4 12% 90.1 Pts	64-Core 90.3 6% 90.3 Pts
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 43.9% Great: 45%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 5450 66,079 User benchmarks, average bench 1% MSI(1462 2340) 1GB Driver: aticfx32.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	0.8% Terrible	Lighting 0.87 Reflection 1.38 Parallax 1.03 1% 1.09 fps	MRender 1.29 Gravity 0.63 Splatting 1.52 1% 1.15 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 0.8% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk SD9SB8W512G1122 512GB 404 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 183GB free (System drive) Firmware: X6107000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 173 173 192 197 202 202 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	52.8% Above average	Read 193 Write 196 Mixed 155 SusWrite 190 41% 183 MB/s	4K Read 24.6 4K Write 40.4 4K Mixed 30.5 98% 31.8 MB/s	DQ Read 34.4 DQ Write 91.3 DQ Mixed 44.1 39% 56.6 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 52.8% Great: 116%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 SusWrite @10s intervals: 49 60 64 66 66 66 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	57.5% Above average	Read 138 Write 94.3 Mixed 39.7 SusWrite 61.9 61% 83.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 3.7 4K Mixed 0.4 146% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 57.5% Great: 114%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$61 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 156GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 49 60 64 66 66 66 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	38.6% Below average	Read 72 Write 78.1 Mixed 49.3 SusWrite 61.8 48% 65.3 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.9 186% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 38.6% Great: 84%
SDHC Card 32GB 13,791 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 29GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 46 46 50 49 50 50 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	32.2% Below average	Read 86.2 Write 50.3 Mixed 58.4 SusWrite 48.6 78% 60.9 MB/s	4K Read 4.8 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 3.4 222% 3.6 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 32.2% Great: 33%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x2GB 183,252 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 4 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR2 Performing below potential (17^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	15.4% Very poor	MC Read 4.6 MC Write 4.8 MC Mixed 4.5 13% 4.63 GB/s	SC Read 3.6 SC Write 4.1 SC Mixed 3.7 11% 3.8 GB/s	Latency 94.5 42% 94.5 ns
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 15.4% Great: 45%

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Gaming 4%

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Desktop 47%

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Workstation 4%

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Motherboard: Asus M3N78-VM

CPU
Phenom II X4 955AMD $83Bench 51%, 41,403 samples	5x
Phenom II X6 1055TAMD $175Bench 54%, 23,835 samples	3x
Phenom 9750AMDBench 44%, 1,906 samples	3x

GPU
GeForce 8200NvidiaBench 0%, 1,005 samples	5x
Radeon HD 6670AMDBench 6%, 32,193 samples	4x
GTX 650Nvidia $112Bench 8%, 69,673 samples	2x

SSD
WDS100T2B0B-00YS70 1TBWDCBench 96%, 39,874 samples	3x
MZ7LF192HCGS-000L1 192GBSamsungBench 50%, 1,857 samples	2x
WDS250G2B0A-00SM50 250GBWDCBench 87%, 12,305 samples	2x

RAM
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 183,252 samples	17x
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples	6x
4x1GBUnknownBench 18%, 54,972 samples	3x

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Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $83

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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