Asus M3A78

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 42% Speed boat	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (14th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 86 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 41.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	13.8% 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 Drive	The 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.
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.

Very high background CPU (71%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M3A78 (all builds)
Memory	0.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20100914
Uptime	8.7 Days
Run Date	Nov 21 '20 at 16:41
Run Duration	168 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	71%

PC Performing way below expectations (14^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 X6 1090T-$240 23,506 User benchmarks, average bench 57% AM2, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 1.55 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	41.3% Average	Memory 66.2 1-Core 17.4 2-Core 47.5 31% 43.7 Pts	4-Core 91.5 8-Core 128 14% 110 Pts	64-Core 127 8% 127 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 41.3% Great: 64%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7850-$174 49,592 User benchmarks, average bench 19% Gigabyte(1458 2553) 2GB CLim: 975 MHz, MLim: 1200 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 20.9.1 Relative performance (0^th percentile)	13.8% Very poor	Lighting 16.4 Reflection 13.7 Parallax 18.5 13% 16.2 fps	MRender 15.4 Gravity 21 Splatting 16.9 14% 17.8 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 13.8% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$50 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 961GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 32 15 9.9 10 23 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	52.8% Above average	Read 163 Write 90 Mixed 61.8 SusWrite 21.2 62% 83.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 126% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 52.8% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 638GB free Firmware: CC38 SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 34 25 22 21 30 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	36.9% Below average	Read 99.3 Write 80.7 Mixed 53.8 SusWrite 28.4 48% 65.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 0.8 172% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 36.9% Great: 70%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 500GB 1,344 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 449GB free, PID 0200 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 23 21 19 18 18 19 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	13.6% Very poor	Read 22.8 Write 23.5 Mixed 18 SusWrite 19.7 28% 21 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.6 87% 1 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 13.6% Great: 45%

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 as expected (42^nd percentile)	20.4% Poor	MC Read 8.6 MC Write 5.3 MC Mixed 7.9 21% 7.27 GB/s	SC Read 4.2 SC Write 3.3 SC Mixed 0.9 8% 2.8 GB/s	Latency 111 36% 111 ns
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 20.4% Great: 45%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Typical M3A78 Builds (Compare 9 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 7%

Tree trunk

Desktop 52%

Yacht

Workstation 6%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: Asus M3A78

CPU
Phenom II X6 1055TAMD $175Bench 54%, 23,835 samples	1x
Phenom II X6 1090TAMD $240Bench 57%, 23,506 samples	1x
Phenom II X4 920AMDBench 50%, 1,017 samples	1x

GPU
GeForce GTS 250NvidiaBench 7%, 14,881 samples	1x
GTX 760Nvidia $209Bench 26%, 161,132 samples	1x
GTX 660Nvidia $170Bench 20%, 123,956 samples	1x

SSD
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $37Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	1x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	1x
A400 120GBKingston $29Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	1x

RAM
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 183,252 samples	3x
5GBUnknownBench 18%, 14,654 samples	2x
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples	2x

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Value: 52% - Above average

Total price: $212

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	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) $30	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