Asus M3A78-VM

Performance Results


Gaming 3% Tree trunk	Desktop 43% Speed boat	Workstation 3% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 50.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	0.57% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	27% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait 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 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-VM (all builds)
Memory	5.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20100914
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 11 '18 at 11:32
Run Duration	182 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Phenom 9950 2,150 User benchmarks, average bench 46% AM2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.6 GHz Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	50.1% Above average	Memory 74.2 1-Core 34.5 2-Core 68.4 40% 59 Pts	4-Core 153 8-Core 153 20% 153 Pts	64-Core 154 10% 154 Pts
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 50.1% Great: 54%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
ATI Radeon HD 3200 5,730 User benchmarks, average bench 1% Asus(1043 82F1) 256MB Driver: atiumd64.dll Ver. 8.632.0.0 Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	0.57% Terrible	Lighting 0.6 Reflection 1.15 Parallax 0.44 0% 0.73 fps	MRender 0.95 Gravity 0.27 Splatting 1.3 1% 0.84 fps
Poor: 0% ↑ This bench: 0.57% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk S128G 126GB 21,984 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 75GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3.2.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2499 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 712 (A5) Unknown 100 100 1472097 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 376 (AE) Unknown 100 100 79 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 62 38 231929413670 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1253 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 402 (F1) Unknown 100 100 6000562866 (F2) Unknown 100 100 4275596691	27% Poor	Read 195 Write 137 Mixed 156 36% 163 MB/s	4K Read 14.7 4K Write 8.26 4K Mixed 6.29 35% 9.77 MB/s	DQ Read 17.2 DQ Write 9.97 DQ Mixed 7.57 7% 11.6 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 27% Great: 56%
WD WD6400AACS-00G8B1 640GB 9,045 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 584GB free Firmware: 05.04C05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 4 (03) Spinup time 165 134 4741 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1411 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 61 61 29065 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1407 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 138 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1411 (C2) HDA temperature 113 102 34 (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 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	49.2% Average	Read 84.8 Write 86.2 Mixed 62.9 58% 78 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 2.42 4K Mixed 0.34 104% 1.09 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 49.2% Great: 49%
WD WD1600AABS-00PRA0 160GB 8,028 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 149GB free Firmware: 05.06H05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 168 159 2591 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 155 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 6566 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 151 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 69 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 155 (C2) HDA temperature 106 99 37 (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 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	41.8% Average	Read 72.9 Write 72.8 Mixed 26.1 42% 57.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 1.24 4K Mixed 0.37 88% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 41.8% Great: 52%

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 (56^th percentile)	22% Poor	MC Read 7.8 MC Write 5.9 MC Mixed 8.2 21% 7.3 GB/s	SC Read 4.5 SC Write 4.6 SC Mixed 5.5 14% 4.87 GB/s	Latency 92.1 43% 92.1 ns
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 22% Great: 45%

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Gaming 8%

Tree trunk

Desktop 51%

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Workstation 7%

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Motherboard: Asus M3A78-VM

CPU
Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 6400+AMDBench 44%, 870 samples	3x
Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 6000+AMDBench 41%, 5,594 samples	2x
Phenom II X4 830AMDBench 52%, 1,495 samples	1x

GPU
GTX 460Nvidia $203Bench 12%, 31,648 samples	4x
Radeon HD 3200ATIBench 1%, 5,730 samples	2x
GeForce GT 630NvidiaBench 4%, 60,212 samples	1x

SSD
Green 240GB (2018)WD $42Bench 45%, 156,194 samples	2x
Ultra 3D 500GBSanDisk $69Bench 99%, 13,482 samples	1x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $37Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	1x

RAM
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 183,252 samples	3x
4GBUnknownBench 26%, 42,830 samples	2x
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples	2x

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Value: 14% - Very poor

Total price: $245

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