Asus M3A78-EM

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 50% Yacht	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 47.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	16.6% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The 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.
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.

High background CPU (27%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M3A78-EM (all builds)
Memory	3.4 GB free of 6 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20080828
Uptime	6.1 Days
Run Date	May 22 '20 at 02:37
Run Duration	127 Seconds
Run User	MEX-User
Background CPU	27%

PC Performing as expected (59^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Phenom 9950 2,150 User benchmarks, average bench 46% AM2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 2.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	47.6% Average	Memory 69.4 1-Core 38 2-Core 76.6 40% 61.3 Pts	4-Core 152 8-Core 153 20% 152 Pts	64-Core 152 9% 152 Pts
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 47.6% Great: 54%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 6870 25,443 User benchmarks, average bench 15% XFX(1682 3103) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.301.1901.0 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	16.6% Very poor	Lighting 22.4 Reflection 15.5 Parallax 19.6 18% 19.2 fps	MRender 12.6 Gravity 15.6 Splatting 19.7 14% 15.9 fps
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 16.6% Great: 16%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD WD5000AZLX-00K4KA0 500GB 44,506 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 296GB free (System drive) Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 55 15 56 52 37 74 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	46.4% Average	Read 114 Write 136 Mixed 48.8 SusWrite 48.1 63% 86.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.7 112% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 46.4% Great: 104%
Fujitsu MHZ2160BH 160GB 186 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 60GB free Firmware: 00000009 SusWrite @10s intervals: 47 46 47 47 46 46 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	29.5% Poor	Read 56 Write 57 Mixed 39 SusWrite 46.3 37% 49.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.6 117% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 29.5% Great: 36%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 6GB 111,301 User benchmarks, average bench 25% null MHz 1024, 1024, 2048, 2048 MB Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	24.4% Poor	MC Read 9.7 MC Write 6 MC Mixed 9.2 24% 8.3 GB/s	SC Read 5.9 SC Write 5 SC Mixed 6.6 17% 5.83 GB/s	Latency 103 39% 103 ns
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 24.4% 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-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 $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