Asus M3A78-EM

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 2% Tree trunk	Desktop 52% Yacht	Workstation 2% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 56.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	7.75% 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	4GB 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. 4GB is also enough for modest file and system caches which allow for a responsive system.
OS Version	Although 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.

Motherboard	Asus M3A78-EM (all builds)
Memory	3 GB free of 4 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20101008
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 22 '16 at 13:32
Run Duration	186 Seconds
Run User	TUR-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (70^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 940 3,675 User benchmarks, average bench 49% AM2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3 GHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	56.3% Above average	Memory 87.5 1-Core 47.3 2-Core 94.2 51% 76.3 Pts	4-Core 143 8-Core 175 20% 159 Pts	64-Core 184 11% 184 Pts
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 56.3% Great: 56%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
ATI Radeon HD 4810 48 User benchmarks, average bench 7% Sapphire(174B 3261) 512MB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 8.970.100.1100 Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	7.75% Terrible	Lighting 9.43 Reflection 9.69 Parallax 8.25 8% 9.13 fps	MRender 7.71 Gravity 7.8 Splatting 12.2 8% 9.24 fps
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 7.75% Great: 8%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Hitachi HDT725032VLAT80 320GB 179 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 166GB free Firmware: V54OA4EA Max speed: UDMA 133 133 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 141 141 25787040010 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 530 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5843 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 489 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 747 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 747 (C2) HDA temperature 176 176 201864249378 (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 200 200 39	33.6% Below average	Read 59.7 Write 57 Mixed 22.8 34% 46.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.26 89% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 33.6% Great: 40%
WD WD1600BEVS-22UST0 160GB 6,043 User benchmarks, average bench 22% 133GB free (System drive) Firmware: 04.01G04 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 67 (03) Spinup time 191 184 1450 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3755 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 10412 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2890 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1206 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 163 163 112194 (C2) HDA temperature 111 86 36 (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 9 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 1	25.3% Poor	Read 43.9 Write 43.9 Mixed 17 26% 34.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.32 79% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 25.3% Great: 34%
JMicron Generic 500GB 303 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 304GB free, PID 0567 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	11.9% Very poor	Read 26.2 Write 26.2 Mixed 9.29 25% 20.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 0.75 4K Mixed 0.17 33% 0.47 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 11.9% Great: 222%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x2GB 446,702 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 2 of 4 slots used 4GB DIMM DDR2 Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	23.9% Poor	MC Read 7.6 MC Write 7.3 MC Mixed 7.2 21% 7.37 GB/s	SC Read 6.6 SC Write 6.1 SC Mixed 6.6 18% 6.43 GB/s	Latency 70 57% 70 ns
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 23.9% Great: 44%

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

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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) $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