Asus M3A78-EM

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 50% Yacht	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 49.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	12.3% 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.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Motherboard	Asus M3A78-EM (all builds)
Memory	2 GB free of 6 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20101008
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 18 '22 at 21:30
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing as expected (48^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Phenom 9850 2,080 User benchmarks, average bench 46% AM2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.5 GHz Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	49.9% Average	Memory 74.6 1-Core 38.7 2-Core 76.7 42% 63.3 Pts	4-Core 148 8-Core 149 20% 149 Pts	64-Core 151 9% 151 Pts
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 49.9% Great: 53%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7770 38,053 User benchmarks, average bench 12% Sapphire(174B E244) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 12.104.0.0 Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	12.3% Very poor	Lighting 15.7 Reflection 5.9 Parallax 22.1 13% 14.6 fps	MRender 13.9 Gravity 17.2 Splatting 11.7 11% 14.3 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 12.3% Great: 14%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 330 Series 180GB 5,848 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2GB free (System drive) Firmware: 300i Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable		Read 113 Write 108 Mixed 120 26% 114 MB/s	4K Read 7.5 4K Write 28.4 4K Mixed 17.5 49% 17.8 MB/s	DQ Read 24.5 DQ Write 62.8 DQ Mixed 29 26% 38.8 MB/s
Poor: 51% Great: 83%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 460GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 140 142 157 170 167 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	86.4% Excellent	Read 150 Write 158 Mixed 71.6 SusWrite 152 97% 133 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1 199% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 86.4% Great: 101%
WD WD3200JB-00KFA0 320GB 343 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 238GB free Firmware: 08.05J08 SusWrite @10s intervals: 14 14 14 15 15 15 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	8.27% Terrible	Read 13.2 Write 13.7 Mixed 13.5 SusWrite 14.8 10% 13.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.9 166% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 8.27% Great: 35%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 121GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 71 73 75 78 78 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	53% Above average	Read 110 Write 91.6 Mixed 61.6 SusWrite 74.1 62% 84.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 163% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 53% Great: 67%

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 below potential (32^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	19% Very poor	MC Read 5.9 MC Write 6 MC Mixed 5.9 17% 5.93 GB/s	SC Read 5 SC Write 4.8 SC Mixed 5 14% 4.93 GB/s	Latency 91.2 44% 91.2 ns
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 19% Great: 52%

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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 $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 $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 $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