Asus M3A78

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 1% Tree trunk	Desktop 44% Speed boat	Workstation 1% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 52.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	1.16% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (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	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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M3A78 (all builds)
Memory	1 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20100914
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 07 '20 at 01:13
Run Duration	147 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing as expected (56^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 920 1,017 User benchmarks, average bench 50% AM2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	52.8% Above average	Memory 78.3 1-Core 41.5 2-Core 82.4 45% 67.4 Pts	4-Core 161 8-Core 160 22% 160 Pts	64-Core 159 10% 159 Pts
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 52.8% Great: 56%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
ATI Radeon HD 4300 14,988 User benchmarks, average bench 1% XFX(1682 2461) 512MB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 8.970.100.1100 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	1.16% Terrible	Lighting 1.53 Reflection 2.62 Parallax 1.28 1% 1.81 fps	MRender 1.43 Gravity 0.7 Splatting 1.43 1% 1.19 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1.16% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 182GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 144 128 150 156 155 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	86.4% Excellent	Read 160 Write 154 Mixed 60.5 SusWrite 141 94% 129 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.5 110% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 86.4% Great: 112%
Seagate ST31500541AS 1.5TB 9,968 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC34 SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 86 87 85 85 85 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	48.6% Average	Read 83.3 Write 81.8 Mixed 46 SusWrite 85.7 54% 74.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 1 170% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 48.6% Great: 56%
Sony Flash Disk 16GB 93 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 14GB free, PID 05ba Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 4.4 6.2 5.9 8.4 9 8.3 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	5.01% Terrible	Read 18.5 Write 5.5 Mixed 12 SusWrite 7 13% 10.8 MB/s	4K Read 3.4 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 13% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 5.01% Great: 8%

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 (71^st percentile)	26.8% Poor	MC Read 10.1 MC Write 6.8 MC Mixed 10.1 26% 9 GB/s	SC Read 5.9 SC Write 5.8 SC Mixed 6.9 18% 6.2 GB/s	Latency 83.8 48% 83.8 ns
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 26.8% Great: 45%

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

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Typical M3A78 Builds (Compare 9 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 7%

Tree trunk

Desktop 52%

Yacht

Workstation 6%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: Asus M3A78

CPU
Phenom II X6 1055TAMD $175Bench 54%, 23,835 samples	1x
Phenom II X6 1090TAMD $240Bench 57%, 23,506 samples	1x
Phenom II X4 920AMDBench 50%, 1,017 samples	1x

GPU
GeForce GTS 250NvidiaBench 7%, 14,881 samples	1x
GTX 760Nvidia $209Bench 26%, 161,132 samples	1x
GTX 660Nvidia $170Bench 20%, 123,956 samples	1x

SSD
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $37Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	1x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	1x
A400 120GBKingston $29Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	1x

RAM
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 183,252 samples	3x
5GBUnknownBench 18%, 14,654 samples	2x
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples	2x

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Value: 52% - Above average

Total price: $212

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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