Asus M3A78-T

Performance Results


Gaming 49% Yacht	Desktop 65% Battle cruiser	Workstation 36% Jet ski


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 a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 59.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	83.4% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	64.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Asus M3A78-T (all builds)
Memory	3.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110127
Uptime	11.5 Days
Run Date	Aug 02 '19 at 03:56
Run Duration	189 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	3%

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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 X4 940 3,675 User benchmarks, average bench 49% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.35 GHz, turbo 3.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	59.3% Above average	Memory 85.9 1-Core 48.7 2-Core 98.8 51% 77.8 Pts	4-Core 192 8-Core 192 26% 192 Pts	64-Core 192 12% 192 Pts
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 59.3% Great: 56%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Device(0000 0000) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 431.36 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	83.4% Excellent	Lighting 103 Reflection 113 Parallax 106 84% 107 fps	MRender 97.2 Gravity 100 Splatting 104 83% 101 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 83.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 54GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0DB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 132 75 43 44 43 MB/s Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	64.1% Good	Read 253 Write 229 Mixed 221 SusWrite 74.5 44% 194 MB/s	4K Read 35.2 4K Write 58.2 4K Mixed 41.6 138% 45 MB/s	DQ Read 153 DQ Write 138 DQ Mixed 125 99% 139 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 64.1% Great: 118%
Ocz-vertex2 3.5 115GB 2,637 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 50GB free Firmware: 1.37 SusWrite @10s intervals: 68 54 51 55 56 54 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	44.2% Average	Read 179 Write 66.5 Mixed 96 SusWrite 56.3 22% 99.3 MB/s	4K Read 22.9 4K Write 53.5 4K Mixed 24.6 94% 33.7 MB/s	DQ Read 135 DQ Write 72.2 DQ Mixed 87.9 70% 98.4 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 44.2% Great: 49%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 1TB-$100 65,786 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 465GB free Firmware: 1AA01113 SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 95 97 98 96 98 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	53.5% Above average	Read 89.2 Write 94 Mixed 57.2 SusWrite 96.9 62% 84.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 174% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 53.5% Great: 62%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 564GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 75 74 76 74 75 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	58.7% Above average	Read 129 Write 116 Mixed 79 SusWrite 75 74% 99.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.7 150% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 58.7% Great: 83%
Toshiba X300 5TB-$125 12,743 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1TB free Firmware: FP2A SusWrite @10s intervals: 140 148 179 190 191 190 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 63% Great: 109%
WD My Book 25EE 4TB 13,827 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 3.5TB free, PID 25ee Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 20 20 21 21 21 21 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	15.7% Very poor	Read 22.3 Write 22.3 Mixed 20.8 SusWrite 20.8 29% 21.5 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.1 126% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 15.7% Great: 100%

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 (77^th percentile)	29.8% Poor	MC Read 10.1 MC Write 10.1 MC Mixed 9.1 28% 9.77 GB/s	SC Read 7.1 SC Write 7.7 SC Mixed 7.6 21% 7.47 GB/s	Latency 71.3 56% 71.3 ns
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 29.8% Great: 45%

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Gaming 25%

Raft

Desktop 56%

Gunboat

Workstation 19%

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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 $74Bench 106%, 202,785 samples	1x
CS900 500GB SSDPNYBench 75%, 16,267 samples	1x
A400 120GBKingston $30Bench 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: $399

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16