Asus M3A78-EM

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 0% Tree trunk	Desktop 31% Sail boat	Workstation 0% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 50.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	0.36% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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	3.5GB 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. 3.5GB is also enough for modest file and system caches which allow for a responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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Motherboard	Asus M3A78-EM (all builds)
Memory	2 GB free of 3.5 GB @ 0.5 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20101008
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 27 '17 at 19:07
Run Duration	237 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	24%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd 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 940 3,675 User benchmarks, average bench 49% AM2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	50.3% Above average	Memory 75.2 1-Core 43.9 2-Core 87.7 45% 68.9 Pts	4-Core 147 8-Core 158 20% 152 Pts	64-Core 164 10% 164 Pts
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 50.3% Great: 56%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce 7300 GT 1,554 User benchmarks, average bench 0% EVGA(3842 C447) 512MB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 8.16.11.9107 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	0.36% Terrible	Lighting 0.67 Reflection 0.62 Parallax 0.06 0% 0.45 fps
Poor: 0% ↑ This bench: 0.36% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate ST3250824AS Q 250GB 141 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 145GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3.BQH Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 253 0 (03) Spinup time 99 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 61 61 40937 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 45 40 11360288565974 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 11245 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1831 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 61 48 656539687 (C2) HDA temperature 39 52 64424509479 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 65 50 119885776 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	33% Below average	Read 56.1 Write 59 Mixed 28.7 35% 47.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.17 4K Write 0.41 4K Mixed 0.16 32% 0.25 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 33% Great: 36%
Seagate ST380021A 80GB 263 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 74GB free Firmware: 3.75 Max speed: UDMA 100 100 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 64 55 3491568 (03) Spinup time 82 82 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 67 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 14 (07) Seek error rate 89 60 883507588 (09) Power-on hours count 45 45 48725 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3143 (C2) HDA temperature 32 52 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 64 55 3491568 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 2 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 2 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	21.7% Poor	Read 38.8 Write 36.6 Mixed 21.6 24% 32.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 1.13 4K Mixed 0.34 84% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 21.7% Great: 22%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 3GB 81,553 User benchmarks, average bench 14% null MHz 1024, 1024, 1024, 512 MB Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	21.1% Poor	MC Read 7.4 MC Write 6.9 MC Mixed 5.8 19% 6.7 GB/s	SC Read 5.2 SC Write 6.1 SC Mixed 5.5 16% 5.6 GB/s	Latency 89.8 44% 89.8 ns
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 21.1% Great: 23%

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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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16