Asus M3A78-CM

Performance Results


Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 52% Yacht	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 48.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	10.8% 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 Drive	40.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M3A78-CM (all builds)
Memory	5 GB free of 6 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20100823
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 24 '20 at 11:01
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	UKR-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Athlon II X3 445-$100 3,101 User benchmarks, average bench 44% AM2, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 3 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	48.5% Average	Memory 74.1 1-Core 46 2-Core 91.5 46% 70.5 Pts	4-Core 136 8-Core 136 18% 136 Pts	64-Core 136 8% 136 Pts
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 48.5% Great: 51%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
ATI HD 4870 22,563 User benchmarks, average bench 9% Sapphire(174B E850) 512MB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 8.970.100.3000 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	10.8% Very poor	Lighting 13.6 Reflection 11.5 Parallax 9.75 11% 11.6 fps	MRender 9.71 Gravity 9.27 Splatting 16.7 10% 11.9 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 10.8% Great: 12%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
JAJS300M120C 120GB 386 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 70GB free (System drive) Firmware: Q0308CS SusWrite @10s intervals: 178 179 179 183 182 181 MB/s Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	40.9% Average	Read 182 Write 173 Mixed 174 SusWrite 180 40% 177 MB/s	4K Read 16.9 4K Write 26.4 4K Mixed 20.2 66% 21.2 MB/s	DQ Read 23.8 DQ Write 68.7 DQ Mixed 34.8 30% 42.4 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 40.9% Great: 96%
Ut165 USB2FlashStorage 4GB 421 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 4GB free, PID 0165 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 7.2 7.6 8 8 8.1 7.2 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	5.87% Terrible	Read 21.1 Write 6.5 Mixed 3 SusWrite 7.7 10% 9.57 MB/s	4K Read 4.8 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 18% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 5.87% Great: 9%

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 above expectations (73^rd percentile)	27.8% Poor	MC Read 10.9 MC Write 7.2 MC Mixed 10 27% 9.37 GB/s	SC Read 7.2 SC Write 6.6 SC Mixed 8 21% 7.27 GB/s	Latency 92.3 43% 92.3 ns
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 27.8% Great: 46%

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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-CM Builds (Compare 20 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 9%

Tree trunk

Desktop 55%

Yacht

Workstation 8%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: Asus M3A78-CM

CPU
Phenom II X4 955AMD $83Bench 51%, 41,403 samples	3x
Phenom II X4 945AMDBench 51%, 12,746 samples	2x
Athlon II X4 630AMDBench 45%, 7,197 samples	2x

GPU
GTX 460Nvidia $203Bench 12%, 31,648 samples	2x
GeForce GT 620NvidiaBench 2%, 17,163 samples	2x
GTX 770Nvidia $279Bench 34%, 116,895 samples	1x

SSD
Trion 150 240GBOCZ $196Bench 79%, 15,660 samples	1x
Sata III 128GBIntensoBench 67%, 2,059 samples	1x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	1x

RAM
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 183,252 samples	12x
6GBUnknownBench 25%, 111,301 samples	2x
4GBUnknownBench 26%, 42,830 samples	1x

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Value: 21% - Poor

Total price: $482

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	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) $30	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