Asus M3A78

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 2%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 50%
Yacht
Workstation
Workstation 2%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 54.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics7.7% 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 DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory4GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and although it's sufficient for most games, some will benefit from up to 8GB of RAM. 4GB is also enough for modest file and system caches which allow for a responsive system.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardAsus M3A78  (all builds)
Memory2.4 GB free of 4 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colori
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20090922
Uptime0 Days
Run DateSep 13 '19 at 20:01
Run Duration111 Seconds
Run User ITA-User
Background CPU8%

 PC Performing above expectations (68th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Phenom II X4 940
AM2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (92nd percentile)
54.8% Above average
Memory 79.8
1-Core 44.5
2-Core 88.1
47% 70.8 Pts
4-Core 174
8-Core 179
24% 176 Pts
64-Core 178
11% 178 Pts
Poor: 33%
This bench: 54.8%
Great: 56%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
ATI HD 4870
Sapphire(174B E810) 512MB
Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 8.970.100.9001
Performing below expectations (27th percentile)
7.7% Terrible
Lighting 9.8
Reflection 8.96
Parallax 6.62
8% 8.46 fps
MRender 7.33
Gravity 5.93
Splatting 11.7
7% 8.31 fps
Poor: 7%
This bench: 7.7%
Great: 12%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36
435GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CC44
SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 53 104 115 113 85 MB/s
Performing above expectations (66th percentile)
60.1% Good
Read 119
Write 109
Mixed 56.1
SusWrite 89.9
68% 93.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 0.8
144% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 28%
This bench: 60.1%
Great: 70%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown 2x2GB
2 of 4 slots used
4GB DIMM DDR2
Performing way above expectations (88th percentile)
28.2% Poor
MC Read 11.1
MC Write 6.8
MC Mixed 10.4
27% 9.43 GB/s
SC Read 6.6
SC Write 6.1
SC Mixed 7.5
19% 6.73 GB/s
Latency 80.9
49% 80.9 ns
Poor: 10%
This bench: 28.2%
Great: 44%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical M3A78 Builds (Compare 9 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 7%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 52%
Yacht
Workstation
Workstation 6%
Tree trunk

Motherboard: Asus M3A78

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 52% - Above average Total price: $212
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