Asus M3A78-T

Performance Results


Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 60% Destroyer	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 53.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	29.4% 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	39.9% 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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M3A78-T (all builds)
Memory	5.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110127
Uptime	5.9 Days
Run Date	Jan 30 '17 at 22:06
Run Duration	121 Seconds
Run User	AUT-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing as expected (51^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 X4 945 12,746 User benchmarks, average bench 51% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	53.7% Above average	Memory 78.9 1-Core 44.1 2-Core 84.5 46% 69.2 Pts	4-Core 167 8-Core 171 22% 169 Pts	64-Core 170 10% 170 Pts
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 53.7% Great: 58%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 950-$100 111,509 User benchmarks, average bench 26% MSI(1462 3208) CLim: 1468 MHz, MLim: 1652 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 368.81 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	29.4% Poor	Lighting 37.3 Reflection 33.5 Parallax 30.2 30% 33.7 fps	MRender 37 Gravity 32.3 Splatting 32.3 28% 33.8 fps
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 29.4% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 830 256GB-$261 25,763 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 68GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXM03B1Q Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	39.9% Below average	Read 221 Write 188 Mixed 186 44% 198 MB/s	4K Read 17.9 4K Write 32.7 4K Mixed 12.9 61% 21.2 MB/s	DQ Read 20.5 DQ Write 43.4 DQ Mixed 13 15% 25.6 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 39.9% Great: 86%
Seagate NAS HDD 4TB-$145 4,962 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 895GB free Firmware: SC44 Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	50.9% Above average	Read 89.4 Write 87.9 Mixed 27.3 50% 68.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 1.55 4K Mixed 0.13 70% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 50.9% Great: 100%

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 (71^st percentile)	26.5% Poor	MC Read 9.1 MC Write 7.5 MC Mixed 9.8 25% 8.8 GB/s	SC Read 6 SC Write 6.4 SC Mixed 6.9 18% 6.43 GB/s	Latency 82.6 48% 82.6 ns
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 26.5% 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 M3A78-T Builds (Compare 8 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 25%

Raft

Desktop 56%

Gunboat

Workstation 19%

Surfboard

Motherboard: Asus M3A78-T

CPU
Phenom 9950AMDBench 46%, 2,150 samples	3x
Phenom II X4 955AMD $83Bench 51%, 41,403 samples	2x
Phenom II X6 1055TAMD $175Bench 54%, 23,835 samples	1x

GPU
R9 390AMD $325Bench 50%, 82,117 samples	2x
GeForce 9600 GTNvidiaBench 4%, 20,826 samples	1x
Radeon HD 5570AMDBench 4%, 12,172 samples	1x

SSD
MX500 1TBCrucial $66Bench 106%, 202,785 samples	1x
CS900 500GB SSDPNYBench 75%, 16,267 samples	1x
A400 120GBKingston $29Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	1x

RAM
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 183,252 samples	3x
6GBUnknownBench 25%, 111,301 samples	2x
4x1GBUnknownBench 18%, 54,972 samples	2x

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Value: 39% - Below average

Total price: $391

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 $178	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