Asus M3A78-T

Performance Results


Gaming 3% Tree trunk	Desktop 33% Sail boat	Workstation 3% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (38th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 62 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a relatively low single core score, this CPU can handle email, light web browsing and basic audio/video playback, but it will struggle to handle CPU intensive tasks. Finally, with a gaming score of 35.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	1.19% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	34.9% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
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.

Very high background CPU (47%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus M3A78-T (all builds)
Memory	2.1 GB free of 6 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	Χρώματα 1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110127
Uptime	16 Days
Run Date	Dec 28 '19 at 20:05
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	GRC-User
Background CPU	47%

PC Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Phenom 9650-$125 2,698 User benchmarks, average bench 43% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.3 GHz, turbo 2.3 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	35.1% Below average	Memory 52.3 1-Core 30.4 2-Core 60.1 31% 47.6 Pts	4-Core 105 8-Core 111 14% 108 Pts	64-Core 112 7% 112 Pts
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 35.1% Great: 50%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce 9400 GT 12,718 User benchmarks, average bench 1% MSI(1462 133A) 512MB Ram: 512MB, Driver: 342.1 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	1.19% Terrible	Lighting 1.17 Reflection 2.42 Parallax 0.44 1% 1.34 fps	MRender 3.1 Gravity 0.87 Splatting 2.13 2% 2.03 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1.19% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 19GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0BB0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 157 25 22 23 23 23 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	34.9% Below average	Read 192 Write 182 Mixed 172 SusWrite 45.8 33% 148 MB/s	4K Read 17.6 4K Write 23.5 4K Mixed 23.8 70% 21.6 MB/s	DQ Read 34.6 DQ Write 66.7 DQ Mixed 35.6 31% 45.6 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 34.9% Great: 108%
WD WD1002FBYS-02A6B0 1TB 28,278 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 287GB free Firmware: 03.00C06 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 106 107 107 107 107 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	62.2% Good	Read 110 Write 96 Mixed 72.3 SusWrite 106 71% 96.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 191% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 62.2% Great: 62%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 62GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 56 60 57 61 62 60 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	46.1% Average	Read 101 Write 93 Mixed 61.5 SusWrite 59.3 58% 78.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 160% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 46.1% Great: 67%
WD Black 640GB (2008)-$25 19,988 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 151GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 56 60 57 61 62 60 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	48.4% Average	Read 109 Write 101 Mixed 68.7 SusWrite 59.2 62% 84.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1 179% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 48.4% Great: 65%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 3x2GB 45,030 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 3 of 4 slots used 6GB DIMM DDR2 Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	18.1% Very poor	MC Read 6.8 MC Write 4.8 MC Mixed 6.9 18% 6.17 GB/s	SC Read 4.5 SC Write 4 SC Mixed 5.4 13% 4.63 GB/s	Latency 153 26% 153 ns
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 18.1% Great: 52%

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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-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 $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: $391

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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