Asus M3A78-EM

Performance Results


Gaming 1% Tree trunk	Desktop 23% Surfboard	Workstation 1% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 52.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	0.53% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	21% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
Memory	2GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows however a minimum of 4GB is recommended for gaming or any other RAM intensive tasks such as photo/video editing. This system will also be a little more responsive with 4GB of RAM.
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.

Run History

5 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus M3A78-EM (all builds)
Memory	0.7 GB free of 2 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1024 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20090327
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 22 '19 at 18:03
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (54^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 920 1,017 User benchmarks, average bench 50% AM2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	52.4% Above average	Memory 76.7 1-Core 41.7 2-Core 83 44% 67.1 Pts	4-Core 166 8-Core 166 22% 166 Pts	64-Core 167 10% 167 Pts
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 52.4% Great: 56%

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. 8.632.1.2000 Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	0.53% Terrible	Lighting 0.57 Reflection 1.38 Parallax 0.44 0% 0.8 fps	MRender 0.86 Gravity 0.27 Splatting 1.13 1% 0.75 fps
Poor: 0% ↑ This bench: 0.53% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 120GB-$32 166,392 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 72GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFK71E0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 86 48 39 10 47 MB/s Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	21% Poor	Read 169 Write 119 Mixed 119 SusWrite 57.1 26% 116 MB/s	4K Read 10.3 4K Write 11.2 4K Mixed 8.6 33% 10 MB/s	DQ Read 10.1 DQ Write 26.9 DQ Mixed 12.5 11% 16.5 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 21% Great: 85%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 852GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 72 79 79 81 80 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	51.1% Above average	Read 101 Write 98.7 Mixed 66.3 SusWrite 77.3 63% 85.8 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.6 132% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 51.1% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1x2GB 99,586 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 1 of 4 slots used 2GB DIMM DDR2 Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	18.1% Very poor	MC Read 5.4 MC Write 5.5 MC Mixed 5.5 16% 5.47 GB/s	SC Read 5.2 SC Write 5.2 SC Mixed 4.6 14% 5 GB/s	Latency 87 46% 87 ns
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 18.1% Great: 26%

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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 M3A78-EM Builds (Compare 52 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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) $35	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