Asus M3A78-EM

Performance Results


Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 54% Yacht	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 58.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	5.32% 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	50.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 (31%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M3A78-EM (all builds)
Memory	5.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20101008
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 22 '18 at 06:54
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	31%

PC Performing above expectations (64^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 965-$144 43,442 User benchmarks, average bench 53% AM2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	58.3% Above average	Memory 82.6 1-Core 49.7 2-Core 100 50% 77.6 Pts	4-Core 200 8-Core 201 27% 200 Pts	64-Core 199 12% 199 Pts
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 58.3% Great: 61%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 630 60,212 User benchmarks, average bench 4% Asus(1043 8461) 2GB CLim: 901 MHz, MLim: 450 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	5.32% Terrible	Lighting 6.57 Reflection 7.12 Parallax 8.03 5% 7.24 fps	MRender 4.48 Gravity 7.23 Splatting 7.13 5% 6.28 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.32% Great: 5%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Extreme Pro 240GB-$79 10,862 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 152GB free (System drive) Firmware: X21200RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (0^th 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 253 100 14998 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 513 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 46 (A8) Unknown 100 100 281 (A9) Unknown 100 100 885 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 105 (AE) Unknown 100 100 46 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 533 (C2) HDA temperature 73 37 158914838555 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (D4) Unknown 100 100 738 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 818 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 27602 (F1) Unknown 253 253 12693 (F2) Unknown 253 253 11478 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	50.7% Above average	Read 240 Write 231 Mixed 235 53% 235 MB/s	4K Read 19.9 4K Write 36.7 4K Mixed 16.3 71% 24.3 MB/s	DQ Read 132 DQ Write 130 DQ Mixed 8.68 40% 90.1 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 50.7% Great: 114%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 591GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 72 48 8635 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4794 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 35645 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 648 (BF) G-sense error rate 252 252 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 50 214749216798 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 2 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 4 (DF) Load/unload retry count 252 252 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 4806	66.5% Good	Read 114 Write 117 Mixed 130 91% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.82 4K Write 2.54 4K Mixed 0.58 146% 1.31 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 66.5% Great: 75%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 1TB-$100 65,786 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 306GB free Firmware: 1AA01113 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 78 78 7520 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 2567 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 253 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 5631 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 125 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 76 68 404226072 (C2) HDA temperature 74 68 437780506 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 48434 (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 100 100 58 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	46.9% Average	Read 89.9 Write 73.3 Mixed 74.5 60% 79.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 1.92 4K Mixed 0.47 119% 1.05 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 46.9% Great: 62%

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 above expectations (76^th percentile)	28.5% Poor	MC Read 10.7 MC Write 7.6 MC Mixed 10.1 27% 9.47 GB/s	SC Read 6.3 SC Write 6.7 SC Mixed 7.5 20% 6.83 GB/s	Latency 75.9 53% 75.9 ns
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 28.5% Great: 45%

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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 $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 $177	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