Asus M3A78-T

Performance Results


Gaming 3% Tree trunk	Desktop 45% Yacht	Workstation 3% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 48.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	3.1% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	22.1% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
Memory	6GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 6GB 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M3A78-T (all builds)
Memory	2.8 GB free of 6 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1280x1024x4294967296 szín
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20080718
Uptime	4.1 Days
Run Date	May 25 '19 at 21:18
Run Duration	153 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing as expected (58^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 5600+ 3,286 User benchmarks, average bench 39% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 2.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	48.1% Average	Memory 83.3 1-Core 20.1 2-Core 75.8 41% 59.7 Pts	4-Core 81.7 8-Core 64.7 10% 73.2 Pts	64-Core 75.1 5% 75.1 Pts
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 48.1% Great: 47%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
ATI Radeon HD 4670 21,442 User benchmarks, average bench 4% Gigabyte(1458 21C5) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 8.970.100.9001 Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	3.1% Terrible	Lighting 3.9 Reflection 6.15 Parallax 3.16 3% 4.4 fps	MRender 3 Gravity 3.37 Splatting 4.17 3% 3.51 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.1% Great: 5%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 120GB-$32 166,392 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 74GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFKB1E1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 63 63 67 65 67 68 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	22.1% Poor	Read 130 Write 96 Mixed 83 SusWrite 65.4 21% 93.5 MB/s	4K Read 11.1 4K Write 16.8 4K Mixed 10.7 40% 12.9 MB/s	DQ Read 13.2 DQ Write 21 DQ Mixed 15.8 12% 16.7 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 22.1% Great: 85%
Hitachi HDS721616PLA380 160GB-$46 8,198 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 139GB free Firmware: P22OABEA SusWrite @10s intervals: 66 65 66 65 67 68 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	40% Average	Read 73 Write 65 Mixed 40 SusWrite 66.2 45% 61 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 144% 1 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 40% Great: 39%
Samsung Spinpoint T166 500GB-$40 43,024 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 353GB free Firmware: CR100-13 SusWrite @10s intervals: 67 66 67 68 67 67 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	38.3% Below average	Read 66.2 Write 76.2 Mixed 47 SusWrite 67 47% 64.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.7 127% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 38.3% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 6GB 111,301 User benchmarks, average bench 25% null MHz 2048, 2048, 1024, 1024 MB Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	19.9% Very poor	MC Read 5.7 MC Write 5.7 MC Mixed 6.3 17% 5.9 GB/s	SC Read 4.3 SC Write 6.8 SC Mixed 5.4 16% 5.5 GB/s	Latency 74.6 54% 74.6 ns
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 19.9% Great: 46%

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

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Typical M3A78-T Builds (Compare 8 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 25%

Raft

Desktop 56%

Gunboat

Workstation 19%

Surfboard

Motherboard: Asus M3A78-T

CPU
Phenom 9950AMDBench 46%, 2,150 samples	3x
Phenom II X4 955AMD $83Bench 51%, 41,403 samples	2x
Phenom II X6 1055TAMD $175Bench 54%, 23,835 samples	1x

GPU
R9 390AMD $325Bench 50%, 82,117 samples	2x
GeForce 9600 GTNvidiaBench 4%, 20,826 samples	1x
Radeon HD 5570AMDBench 4%, 12,172 samples	1x

SSD
MX500 1TBCrucial $66Bench 106%, 202,785 samples	1x
CS900 500GB SSDPNYBench 75%, 16,267 samples	1x
A400 120GBKingston $32Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	1x

RAM
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 183,252 samples	3x
6GBUnknownBench 25%, 111,301 samples	2x
4x1GBUnknownBench 18%, 54,972 samples	2x

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Value: 39% - Below average

Total price: $391

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