Asus A78M-A

Performance Results


Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 48% Yacht	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (20th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 80 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 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 48.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	3.12% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	55.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (48%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus A78M-A (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140401
Uptime	8.3 Days
Run Date	May 04 '17 at 23:48
Run Duration	96 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	48%

PC Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD A10-7890K APU (2014 D.Ka)-$889 6,638 User benchmarks, average bench 47% FM2+ , 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 4.1 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	48.6% Average	Memory 65.5 1-Core 59.8 2-Core 123 49% 82.9 Pts	4-Core 185 8-Core 190 25% 187 Pts	64-Core 200 12% 200 Pts
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 48.6% Great: 57%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon R7 Graphics 25,284 User benchmarks, average bench 6% Asus(1043 85CB) 1GB Ram: 1GB, Driver: 16.6 Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	3.12% Terrible	Lighting 3.47 Reflection 6.31 Parallax 6.09 3% 5.29 fps	MRender 3.05 Gravity 4.83 Splatting 5.22 4% 4.37 fps
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 3.12% Great: 8%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX200 240GB-$36 36,559 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 195GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU02.6 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 15 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 92 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 25 (A3) Unknown 100 100 295 (94) Unknown 100 100 10324 (95) Unknown 100 100 167 (96) Unknown 100 100 0 (97) Unknown 100 100 145 (A4) Unknown 100 100 4220 (A5) Unknown 100 100 17 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 3 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 13 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 46356272578593 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 14002 (F2) Unknown 100 100 12481 (F5) Unknown 100 100 24924 (F6) Unknown 100 100 20648 (F7) Unknown 100 100 0	55.7% Above average	Read 454 Write 235 Mixed 258 70% 316 MB/s	4K Read 23.1 4K Write 27.6 4K Mixed 13.6 67% 21.4 MB/s	DQ Read 95.5 DQ Write 53.4 DQ Mixed 13.5 26% 54.2 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 55.7% Great: 91%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown BLS8G3D1609DS1S00. 16GB 506 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	22.7% Poor	MC Read 7.8 MC Write 7.9 MC Mixed 6.9 22% 7.53 GB/s	SC Read 6.3 SC Write 6.2 SC Mixed 6.7 18% 6.4 GB/s	Latency 112 36% 112 ns
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 22.7% Great: 59%

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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 A78M-A Builds (Compare 83 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 9%

Tree trunk

Desktop 54%

Yacht

Workstation 8%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: Asus A78M-A - $75

CPU
A8-6600K APUAMD $88Bench 50%, 21,890 samples	13x
A10-7700K APU (2014 D.Ka)AMDBench 45%, 11,026 samples	10x
A10-5800K APU (2012 D.Tr)AMD $119Bench 50%, 18,312 samples	9x

GPU
Radeon HD 6770AMDBench 10%, 16,639 samples	9x
Radeon R7 GraphicsAMDBench 5%, 22,117 samples	6x
R9 270AMD $140Bench 24%, 47,409 samples	5x

SSD
BX500 240GBCrucial $28Bench 56%, 142,801 samples	5x
0 240GBCt240bx5Bench 50%, 1,468 samples	5x
Agility 3 120GBOCZ $102Bench 49%, 38,562 samples	4x

RAM
1x8GBUnknownBench 38%, 168,538 samples	7x
Kingston KHX1600C10D3/4G 8GBUnknownBench 36%, 310 samples	4x
DDR3 1600G DDR3 1600G Transcend JM1333KLU-2G Transcend JM1333KLU-2G 8GBAdataBench 35%, 5 samples	4x

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Value: 56% - Above average

Total price: $191

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 $40	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