Asus M3A78-EM

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 51.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Boot Drive	39.8% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait 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 (47%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M3A78-EM (all builds)
Memory	4.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20101008
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Feb 04 '18 at 18:43
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	47%

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PC Performing as expected (45^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 965-$144 43,442 User benchmarks, average bench 53% AM2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	51.2% Above average	Memory 82.5 1-Core 46 2-Core 98.3 49% 75.6 Pts	4-Core 114 8-Core 146 16% 130 Pts	64-Core 154 10% 154 Pts
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 51.2% Great: 61%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% EVGA(3842 6163) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.13 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 68.3 Reflection 72.7 Parallax 67.6 56% 69.5 fps	Gravity 55 Splatting 62.6 53% 58.8 fps
Poor: 51% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WDC WD20EZRX-00D8PB0 240GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 78GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 29942 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 128 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 82 82 568 (AE) Unknown 100 100 29 (B4) Unknown 0 0 4066 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 67 47 227633266721 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 1 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 82 82 18 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 67763623974 (F7) Unknown 100 100 1897966106 (F8) Unknown 100 100 2561501453	39.8% Below average	Read 186 Write 205 Mixed 184 43% 191 MB/s	4K Read 17.7 4K Write 38.2 4K Mixed 11.5 62% 22.5 MB/s	DQ Read 18.5 DQ Write 55.3 DQ Mixed 11.9 16% 28.6 MB/s
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 39.8% Great: 108%
Crucial_CT240M500SSD1 500GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 115% 50GB free Firmware: CR100-12 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 7296 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2645 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 253 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 253 0 (08) Seek timer performance 253 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 51626 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 253 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1197 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 10131850 (BB) vendor-specific 91 91 10 (BC) Unknown 100 100 13 (BE) vendor-specific 71 50 29 (C2) HDA temperature 151 85 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 10131850 (C4) Reallocation count 253 253 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 253 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 253 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 1 1 32767	7.45% Terrible	Read 55.1 Write 78.5 Mixed 38.1 13% 57.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 1.19 4K Mixed 0.24 2% 0.62 MB/s
Poor: 98% ↑ This bench: 7.45% Great: 136%
Samsung HD501LJ 2TB 16 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 379GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 180 174 3983 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 60 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 74 74 19228 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 59 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 22 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 196 196 14740 (C2) HDA temperature 117 93 30 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	62.9% Good	Read 95.1 Write 124 Mixed 75.4 73% 98.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.55 4K Mixed 0.13 50% 0.43 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 62.9% Great: 107%

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 (66^th percentile)	25.4% Poor	MC Read 9.4 MC Write 7 MC Mixed 9.1 24% 8.5 GB/s	SC Read 4.2 SC Write 4.3 SC Mixed 6.3 14% 4.93 GB/s	Latency 76 53% 76 ns
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 25.4% Great: 45%

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Workstation 4%

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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