Asus A78M-A

Performance Results


Gaming 35% Jet ski	Desktop 67% Battle cruiser	Workstation 26% Raft


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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 56.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	60.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	55.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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

Motherboard	Asus A78M-A (all builds)
Memory	10.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140120
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Jan 09 '18 at 08:50
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	PHL-User
Background CPU	16%

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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 A10-6800K APU (2013 D.Ri)-$467 11,295 User benchmarks, average bench 51% FM2+ , 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 4.1 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	56.2% Above average	Memory 83.1 1-Core 71.6 2-Core 130 59% 94.7 Pts	4-Core 165 8-Core 216 24% 190 Pts	64-Core 194 12% 194 Pts
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 56.2% Great: 61%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Gigabyte(1458 3741) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.59 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	60.6% Good	Lighting 76.4 Reflection 73.1 Parallax 63.9 62% 71.1 fps	MRender 72.2 Gravity 68.5 Splatting 70.1 58% 70.3 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 60.6% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 55GB free (System drive) Firmware: 527A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 35705488 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 -53695681126018 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 329 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 60 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 35 39 1005024903203 (C2) HDA temperature 35 39 1005024903203 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 35705488 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 35705488 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 35705488 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 7218 (EA) Unknown 0 0 3950 (F1) Unknown 0 0 3950 (F2) Unknown 0 0 2120	55.3% Above average	Read 473 Write 127 Mixed 184 57% 261 MB/s	4K Read 25.8 4K Write 69.4 4K Mixed 10.2 89% 35.1 MB/s	DQ Read 22.3 DQ Write 129 DQ Mixed 9.63 27% 53.5 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 55.3% Great: 73%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 806GB free Firmware: CC29 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 64829440 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1719 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 18577320 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 8453 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 326 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 62 605814814 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 91 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 85 85 31424 (C2) HDA temperature 30 40 85899345950 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 57157424779782 (F1) Unknown 100 253 9474253288 (F2) Unknown 100 253 13775241875	88.9% Excellent	Read 161 Write 149 Mixed 159 118% 156 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.27 80% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 88.9% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown F3-10666CL9-8GBNT 16GB 54 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 1333, 1333 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	31.4% Below average	MC Read 14.6 MC Write 6.4 MC Mixed 10.7 30% 10.6 GB/s	SC Read 7 SC Write 7 SC Mixed 8.9 22% 7.63 GB/s	Latency 75.1 53% 75.1 ns
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 31.4% Great: 52%

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

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Gaming 9%

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Desktop 54%

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Workstation 8%

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Motherboard: Asus A78M-A - $75

CPU
A8-6600K APUAMD $88Bench 50%, 21,890 samples	13x
A10-7700K APU (2014 D.Ka)AMDBench 45%, 11,026 samples	10x
A10-5800K APU (2012 D.Tr)AMD $119Bench 50%, 18,312 samples	9x

GPU
Radeon HD 6770AMDBench 10%, 16,639 samples	9x
Radeon R7 GraphicsAMDBench 5%, 22,117 samples	6x
R9 270AMD $140Bench 24%, 47,409 samples	5x

SSD
BX500 240GBCrucial $28Bench 56%, 142,801 samples	5x
0 240GBCt240bx5Bench 50%, 1,468 samples	5x
Agility 3 120GBOCZ $102Bench 49%, 38,562 samples	4x

RAM
1x8GBUnknownBench 38%, 168,538 samples	7x
Kingston KHX1600C10D3/4G 8GBUnknownBench 36%, 310 samples	4x
DDR3 1600G DDR3 1600G Transcend JM1333KLU-2G Transcend JM1333KLU-2G 8GBAdataBench 35%, 5 samples	4x

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Value: 56% - Above average

Total price: $191

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 $40	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