Asus M3A78-EM

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 54% Yacht	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 56.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	10.6% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
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.

High background CPU (27%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M3A78-EM (all builds)
Memory	6.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20101008
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 29 '18 at 08:36
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	27%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Phenom II X6 1055T-$175 23,835 User benchmarks, average bench 54% AM2, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 2.75 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	56.9% Above average	Memory 84.7 1-Core 52.4 2-Core 102 52% 79.7 Pts	4-Core 160 8-Core 238 25% 199 Pts	64-Core 240 15% 240 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 56.9% Great: 61%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7750 22,655 User benchmarks, average bench 8% Asus(1043 0427) 1GB CLim: 820 MHz, MLim: 1150 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 17.7 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	10.6% Very poor	Lighting 12.7 Reflection 13.8 Parallax 15 10% 13.9 fps	MRender 11.6 Gravity 10.6 Splatting 16.4 11% 12.9 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 10.6% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD WD10JPLX-00MBPT0 1TB 11,708 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 879GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01H01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 12 9.3 12 8.5 12 15 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	35.8% Below average	Read 113 Write 85.4 Mixed 26 SusWrite 11.4 43% 59 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.6 114% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 35.8% Great: 75%
Hitachi HTS541612J9SA00 120GB-$40 2,383 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 82GB free Firmware: SBDOC70P SusWrite @10s intervals: 33 33 33 33 33 33 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	19.4% Very poor	Read 34.2 Write 30.3 Mixed 19.2 SusWrite 33 21% 29.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.5 96% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 19.4% Great: 25%
Fujitsu MHY2200BH 200GB-$46 859 User benchmarks, average bench 19% 152GB free Firmware: 0040020B SusWrite @10s intervals: 42 42 43 42 42 43 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	24.9% Poor	Read 44.4 Write 43.9 Mixed 29.7 SusWrite 42.2 30% 40 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.5 97% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 24.9% Great: 27%

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 (77^th percentile)	30.1% Below average	MC Read 11.7 MC Write 7.3 MC Mixed 10.7 28% 9.9 GB/s	SC Read 7.2 SC Write 6.9 SC Mixed 8.8 22% 7.63 GB/s	Latency 72.2 55% 72.2 ns
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 30.1% Great: 45%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Typical M3A78-EM Builds (Compare 52 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 4%

Tree trunk

Desktop 48%

Yacht

Workstation 4%

Tree trunk

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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16