Asus M3A78-EM

Performance Results


Gaming 32% Sail boat	Desktop 60% Destroyer	Workstation 25% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 53.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	57.6% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	44.9% 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.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus M3A78-EM (all builds)
Memory	5.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20101008
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 13 '18 at 15:20
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	KOR-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing as expected (57^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 X6 1055T-$175 23,835 User benchmarks, average bench 54% AM2, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 2.85 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	53.8% Above average	Memory 77.6 1-Core 46.1 2-Core 82.4 46% 68.7 Pts	4-Core 164 8-Core 242 25% 203 Pts	64-Core 244 15% 244 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 53.8% Great: 61%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 480-$75 261,163 User benchmarks, average bench 46% Sapphire(174B E347) CLim: 1400 MHz, MLim: 1920 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 18.12.1.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	57.6% Above average	Lighting 73.7 Reflection 70.4 Parallax 87.9 60% 77.3 fps	MRender 70.9 Gravity 70.3 Splatting 56.4 53% 65.9 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 57.6% Great: 53%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HP M700 120GB 1,660 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 77GB free (System drive) Firmware: Q1107A1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 167 139 47 38 40 34 MB/s Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	44.9% Average	Read 222 Write 195 Mixed 197 SusWrite 77.5 39% 173 MB/s	4K Read 29.9 4K Write 51.8 4K Mixed 19 97% 33.6 MB/s	DQ Read 37.5 DQ Write 74.9 DQ Mixed 15.5 23% 42.6 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 44.9% Great: 98%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 138GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 86 87 87 88 89 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	50.1% Above average	Read 86.8 Write 86.2 Mixed 60.3 SusWrite 87.4 59% 80.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 151% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 50.1% Great: 69%

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 (69^th percentile)	26.3% Poor	MC Read 10.2 MC Write 6.5 MC Mixed 9.5 25% 8.73 GB/s	SC Read 6.4 SC Write 5.3 SC Mixed 8 19% 6.57 GB/s	Latency 85 47% 85 ns
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 26.3% Great: 45%

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

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Desktop 48%

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Workstation 4%

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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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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