Asus M3A78-EM

Performance Results


Gaming 2% Tree trunk	Desktop 19% Surfboard	Workstation 2% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (12th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 88 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With an extremely low single core score, this CPU can barely handle email and light web browsing. Finally, with a gaming score of 15.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is terrible.
Graphics	0.4% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	30% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (100%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus M3A78-EM (all builds)
Memory	1.3 GB free of 6 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1400 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20101008
Uptime	4.9 Days
Run Date	Mar 22 '18 at 05:17
Run Duration	252 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	100%

PC Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Athlon Dual Core 4850e 607 User benchmarks, average bench 37% AM2, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 2.5 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	15.8% Very poor	Memory 22.1 1-Core 31.6 2-Core 55.7 21% 36.5 Pts	4-Core 55.2 8-Core 55.8 7% 55.5 Pts	64-Core 51.2 3% 51.2 Pts
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 15.8% Great: 45%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
ATI Radeon HD 3200 5,730 User benchmarks, average bench 1% Asus(1043 82F1) 256MB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 8.970.100.9001 Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	0.4% Terrible	Lighting 0.5 Reflection 1.08 Parallax 0.22 0% 0.6 fps	MRender 0.43 Gravity 0.2 Splatting 0.7 0% 0.44 fps
Poor: 0% ↑ This bench: 0.4% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 54GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT03B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (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 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1316 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 359 (B1) Unknown 99 99 6 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 57 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 184 (F1) Unknown 99 99 3287940920	30% Below average	Read 200 Write 152 Mixed 160 38% 171 MB/s	4K Read 13 4K Write 16.6 4K Mixed 7.59 38% 12.4 MB/s	DQ Read 26.8 DQ Write 36.6 DQ Mixed 12.3 15% 25.2 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 30% Great: 124%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 92GB free Firmware: EMT03B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (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 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 425 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 221 (B1) Unknown 99 99 3 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 57 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 147 (F1) Unknown 99 99 1838180250	29.5% Poor	Read 200 Write 153 Mixed 152 37% 168 MB/s	4K Read 12 4K Write 14.8 4K Mixed 7.99 36% 11.6 MB/s	DQ Read 24.7 DQ Write 32.4 DQ Mixed 12.5 14% 23.2 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 29.5% Great: 124%
Seagate ST31000333AS 1TB-$750 12,067 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 350GB free Firmware: CC1H Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 94 154928873 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1882 (05) Reallocated sector count 80 80 848 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 158989281 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 8811 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1358 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 159 (BC) Unknown 100 89 107375821873 (BD) vendor-specific 1 1 238 (BE) vendor-specific 69 49 588709919 (C2) HDA temperature 31 51 77309411359 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 39 30 154928873 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 2 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 121783797686857 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1585554731 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2869984396	52.4% Above average	Read 93.2 Write 89.3 Mixed 33 53% 71.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.77 4K Mixed 0.33 88% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 52.4% Great: 66%
WDC WD10 EVVS-63M5B0 1TB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 21% 138GB free, PID 0567 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	12.6% Very poor	Read 22.5 Write 23.2 Mixed 14.2 25% 20 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.34 4K Mixed 0.32 59% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 12.6% Great: 34%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 3x2GB 45,030 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 3 of 4 slots used 6GB DIMM DDR2 Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	8.97% Terrible	MC Read 3 MC Write 3.1 MC Mixed 2.7 8% 2.93 GB/s	SC Read 3 SC Write 2.9 SC Mixed 2.8 8% 2.9 GB/s	Latency 305 13% 305 ns
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 8.97% Great: 52%

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Gaming 4%

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Desktop 48%

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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 $269	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 $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