Asus M3N78-VM

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 15% Surfboard	Desktop 51% Yacht	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 45.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	35.8% 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	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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (33%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M3N78-VM (all builds)
Memory	4.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20100910
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 28 '22 at 23:14
Run Duration	251 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	33%

PC Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Phenom 9850 2,080 User benchmarks, average bench 46% AM2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 2.5 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	45.6% Average	Memory 67.9 1-Core 36.9 2-Core 74.9 40% 59.9 Pts	4-Core 140 8-Core 129 18% 134 Pts	64-Core 134 8% 134 Pts
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 45.6% Great: 53%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% EVGA(3842 3969) CLim: 1544 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	35.8% Below average	Lighting 46.2 Reflection 48.2 Parallax 43.2 38% 45.9 fps	MRender 37.3 Gravity 43.2 Splatting 38 32% 39.5 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 35.8% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Maxtor STM3500630A 500GB 37 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 429GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3.AAE SusWrite @10s intervals: 54 45 51 19 39 39 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	21.2% Poor	Read 32.4 Write 37.2 Mixed 39.4 SusWrite 41.1 28% 37.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.5 91% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 21.2% Great: 40%
General UDisk 8GB 7,759 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 7GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 14 15 16 13 15 16 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	8.8% Terrible	Read 28 Write 9.4 Mixed 6.8 SusWrite 14.9 17% 14.8 MB/s	4K Read 6.3 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 23% 2.1 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 8.8% Great: 10%

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 (64^th percentile)	23.5% Poor	MC Read 8.8 MC Write 6.1 MC Mixed 9.1 23% 8 GB/s	SC Read 5.1 SC Write 5 SC Mixed 6.8 16% 5.63 GB/s	Latency 106 38% 106 ns
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 23.5% 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 M3N78-VM Builds (Compare 36 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 4%

Tree trunk

Desktop 47%

Yacht

Workstation 4%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: Asus M3N78-VM

CPU
Phenom II X4 955AMD $83Bench 51%, 41,403 samples	5x
Phenom II X6 1055TAMD $175Bench 54%, 23,835 samples	3x
Phenom 9750AMDBench 44%, 1,906 samples	3x

GPU
GeForce 8200NvidiaBench 0%, 1,005 samples	5x
Radeon HD 6670AMDBench 6%, 32,193 samples	4x
GTX 650Nvidia $112Bench 8%, 69,673 samples	2x

SSD
WDS100T2B0B-00YS70 1TBWDCBench 96%, 39,874 samples	3x
MZ7LF192HCGS-000L1 192GBSamsungBench 50%, 1,857 samples	2x
WDS250G2B0A-00SM50 250GBWDCBench 87%, 12,305 samples	2x

RAM
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 183,252 samples	17x
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples	6x
4x1GBUnknownBench 18%, 54,972 samples	3x

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Value: 72% - Very good

Total price: $83

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $490	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16