Asus M3A78

Performance Results


Gaming 3% Tree trunk	Desktop 41% Speed boat	Workstation 3% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 41.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	4.73% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	49.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	5GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 5GB 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 8 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.

Very high background CPU (43%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M3A78 (all builds)
Memory	2.2 GB free of 5 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20080901
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 01 '18 at 09:38
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	RUS-User
Background CPU	43%

PC Performing as expected (57^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Phenom X3 8650 1,447 User benchmarks, average bench 41% AM2, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 3 threads Base clock 2.3 GHz Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	41.5% Average	Memory 66.1 1-Core 31.4 2-Core 62.9 36% 53.5 Pts	4-Core 100 8-Core 101 14% 101 Pts	64-Core 101 6% 101 Pts
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 41.5% Great: 48%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
ATI Radeon HD 4670 21,442 User benchmarks, average bench 4% PwrHis(1787 2268) 512MB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 8.970.100.1100 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	4.73% Terrible	Lighting 5.67 Reflection 8.42 Parallax 3.75 5% 5.95 fps	MRender 5.9 Gravity 3.93 Splatting 7.65 5% 5.83 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.73% Great: 5%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
T-64 64GB 394 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 7GB free (System drive) Firmware: T170601b Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (38^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 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 512 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 258 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AD) Unknown 200 200 12890538009 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 70 (BB) vendor-specific 100 0 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 43 (CE) Flying height 200 200 3 (CF) Spin high current 200 200 86 (D0) Spin buzz 200 200 25 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1135945679 (F2) Unknown 100 100 2226040425 (F5) Unknown 100 100 31485813	49.1% Average	Read 255 Write 220 Mixed 210 51% 228 MB/s	4K Read 24.5 4K Write 45 4K Mixed 10.6 74% 26.7 MB/s	DQ Read 83.1 DQ Write 98.5 DQ Mixed 14.9 32% 65.5 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 49.1% Great: 76%
Seagate ST3500410AS 500GB 4,621 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 132GB free Firmware: CC34 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 91 215192676 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5915 (05) Reallocated sector count 1 1 4106 (07) Seek error rate 66 60 391231301799 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 11476 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5921 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 92 92 8 (BC) Unknown 100 98 618484728091 (BD) vendor-specific 1 1 185 (BE) vendor-specific 64 57 605618212 (C2) HDA temperature 36 43 73014444068 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 39 21 215192676 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 9 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -46325517227554 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3814609645 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3513339695	40.2% Average	Read 59.1 Write 80.7 Mixed 17.2 38% 52.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 1.52 4K Mixed 0.54 114% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 40.2% Great: 72%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 5GB 14,654 User benchmarks, average bench 18% null MHz 2048, 1024, 1024, 1024 MB Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	20.6% Poor	MC Read 8 MC Write 5.4 MC Mixed 7.3 20% 6.9 GB/s	SC Read 4.8 SC Write 4.3 SC Mixed 5.5 14% 4.87 GB/s	Latency 111 36% 111 ns
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 20.6% Great: 34%

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

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Typical M3A78 Builds (Compare 9 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 7%

Tree trunk

Desktop 52%

Yacht

Workstation 6%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: Asus M3A78

CPU
Phenom II X6 1055TAMD $175Bench 54%, 23,835 samples	1x
Phenom II X6 1090TAMD $240Bench 57%, 23,506 samples	1x
Phenom II X4 920AMDBench 50%, 1,017 samples	1x

GPU
GeForce GTS 250NvidiaBench 7%, 14,881 samples	1x
GTX 760Nvidia $209Bench 26%, 161,132 samples	1x
GTX 660Nvidia $170Bench 20%, 123,956 samples	1x

SSD
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $37Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	1x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	1x
A400 120GBKingston $29Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	1x

RAM
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 183,252 samples	3x
5GBUnknownBench 18%, 14,654 samples	2x
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples	2x

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Value: 52% - Above average

Total price: $212

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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