Asus M3A78-EM

Performance Results


Gaming 3% Tree trunk	Desktop 12% Tree trunk	Workstation 3% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (24th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 76 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 7.91%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is terrible.
Graphics	0.56% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	32.7% 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.

Very high background CPU (39%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus M3A78-EM (all builds)
Memory	2.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20101008
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Nov 27 '17 at 23:26
Run Duration	327 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	39%

PC Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Phenom 9600 734 User benchmarks, average bench 16% AM2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.3 GHz, turbo 2.3 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	7.91% Terrible	Memory 1.19 1-Core 28.1 2-Core 56.3 13% 28.5 Pts	4-Core 84.1 8-Core 80.6 11% 82.3 Pts	64-Core 120 7% 120 Pts
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 7.91% Great: 26%

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 as expected (59^th percentile)	0.56% Terrible	Lighting 0.63 Reflection 1.38 Parallax 0.38 0% 0.8 fps	MRender 0.81 Gravity 0.2 Splatting 1.17 1% 0.73 fps
Poor: 0% ↑ This bench: 0.56% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 3D 250GB-$30 23,658 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 84GB free (System drive) Firmware: X61130WD 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 100 100 108 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 32 (A5) Unknown 100 100 4063280 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 18 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1 (A9) Unknown 100 100 113 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 3 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 2 (C2) HDA temperature 62 43 184683659302 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 38654705673 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 174 (EA) Unknown 100 100 297 (F1) Unknown 253 253 272 (F2) Unknown 253 253 989 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	32.7% Below average	Read 196 Write 140 Mixed 139 35% 158 MB/s	4K Read 19 4K Write 20.2 4K Mixed 9.47 52% 16.2 MB/s	DQ Read 23.2 DQ Write 27.4 DQ Mixed 8.91 11% 19.8 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 32.7% Great: 105%
Wl3000gs A6472E 3TB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 2.5TB free Firmware: 01.0 Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	15.1% Very poor	Read 24.8 Write 26.7 Mixed 25.1 19% 25.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.81 4K Write 2.72 4K Mixed 0.22 108% 1.25 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 15.1% Great: 96%
WD WD2500BEVS-22UST0 250GB 10,566 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 175GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 199 199 3133 (03) Spinup time 157 152 3108 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5383 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 13813 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 937 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 246 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 189 189 35520 (C2) HDA temperature 113 97 34 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 197 197 129 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	27.4% Poor	Read 49.5 Write 45.6 Mixed 17.9 28% 37.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.48 4K Mixed 0.32 82% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 27.4% Great: 32%
WD WD1500HLFS-01G6U1 150GB 7,915 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 7GB free Firmware: 04.04V02 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 5 (03) Spinup time 184 182 1791 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5626 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 55 55 33547 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5484 (C0) Power-off retract count 196 196 3393 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5626 (C2) HDA temperature 104 89 39 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	41.7% Average	Read 71.7 Write 73.1 Mixed 72 54% 72.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.85 4K Write 2.62 4K Mixed 0.61 151% 1.36 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 41.7% Great: 68%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 1.5TB-$88 40,945 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 7GB free Firmware: CC1H Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 88262287 (03) Spinup time 96 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3364 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 6 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 136124337 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 18210 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 5 (0C) Power cycle count 99 37 1746 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032842 (BD) vendor-specific 87 87 13 (BE) vendor-specific 61 43 60785557543 (C2) HDA temperature 39 57 81604378663 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 33 23 88262287 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -8538394966347 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1213314573 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3479025366	46.2% Average	Read 81.3 Write 79.7 Mixed 56.2 54% 72.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.45 4K Mixed 0.34 84% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 46.2% Great: 70%
ST925041 0AS 250GB 233GB free, PID b159 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	11.4% Very poor	Read 20.6 Write 20.8 Mixed 21.6 27% 21 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 1.23 4K Mixed 0.41 58% 0.74 MB/s

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 way below expectations (17^th percentile)	16% Very poor	MC Read 7.3 MC Write 4.6 MC Mixed 6.7 18% 6.2 GB/s	SC Read 2.5 SC Write 3.3 SC Mixed 3.4 9% 3.07 GB/s	Latency 494 8% 494 ns
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 16% Great: 45%

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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 i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $150
Intel Core i5-13600K $270	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $388	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $90
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4070 $520	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $353