Asus A78M-A

Performance Results


Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 52% Yacht	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 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 53.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	3.2% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	34.1% 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 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 A78M-A (all builds)
Memory	2 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1600 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20131230
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 20 '18 at 23:24
Run Duration	232 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (41^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD A6-5400K APU-$120 7,836 User benchmarks, average bench 40% FM2+ , 1 CPU, 1 cores, 2 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	53.6% Above average	Memory 95.6 1-Core 42.6 2-Core 68.6 49% 68.9 Pts	4-Core 68.4 8-Core 87.6 10% 78 Pts	64-Core 97 6% 97 Pts
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 53.6% Great: 52%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 7540D 4,337 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Asus(1043 8526) 768MB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 13.152.0.0 Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	3.2% Terrible	Lighting 3.9 Reflection 4.23 Parallax 3.41 3% 3.85 fps	MRender 4.14 Gravity 2.93 Splatting 4.61 3% 3.89 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 3.2% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata SU 800 256GB 336 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 50GB free (System drive) Firmware: Q012 SusWrite @10s intervals: 251 70 75 31 25 60 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	34.1% Below average	Read 198 Write 211 Mixed 183 SusWrite 85.1 38% 169 MB/s	4K Read 9.3 4K Write 22.4 4K Mixed 13.9 44% 15.2 MB/s	DQ Read 185 DQ Write 139 DQ Mixed 157 119% 160 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 34.1% Great: 109%
Hitachi HTS721080G9SA00 80GB 138 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 60GB free Firmware: MC4O SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 38 38 38 39 38 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	16.5% Very poor	Read 19 Write 37.2 Mixed 22.2 SusWrite 38.1 22% 29.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.5 93% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 16.5% Great: 23%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 227GB free Firmware: CC46 SusWrite @10s intervals: 71 69 69 71 71 71 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	37.4% Below average	Read 59.5 Write 70.7 Mixed 41.3 SusWrite 70.4 44% 60.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 134% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 37.4% Great: 70%
Generic SDXC/MMC 8GB 42 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 1GB free, PID 1345 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 9.2 10 10 10 11 10 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	3.94% Terrible	Read 10.7 Write 5 Mixed 5 SusWrite 10 10% 7.68 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 3% 0.3 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 3.94% Great: 12%
Corsair Flash Voyager USB 3.0 16GB-$46 378 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 10GB free, PID 1a03 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 17 18 18 19 19 19 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	9.15% Terrible	Read 22.4 Write 18.4 Mixed 7.3 SusWrite 18.4 21% 16.6 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0 23% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 9.15% Great: 38%
Kingston DataTraveler G3 16GB 985 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 11GB free, PID 6545 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 2.8 2.4 3.2 2.5 3.6 3.2 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	4.3% Terrible	Read 17.5 Write 15 Mixed 11 SusWrite 2.9 14% 11.6 MB/s	4K Read 3.5 4K Write 0.1 4K Mixed 0.1 20% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 4.3% Great: 7%
WD My Passport 082A 2TB 759 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 1.5TB free, PID 082a Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 98 100 103 104 103 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	39.8% Below average	Read 94.1 Write 61.5 Mixed 46.5 SusWrite 102 100% 75.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.5 62% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 39.8% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown Kingston KHX1600C9D3/4GX 8GB 442 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 1600, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (35^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	29.6% Poor	MC Read 12 MC Write 6.6 MC Mixed 9.5 27% 9.37 GB/s	SC Read 6 SC Write 4.9 SC Mixed 8.5 18% 6.47 GB/s	Latency 55.1 72% 55.1 ns
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 29.6% Great: 51%

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Gaming 9%

Tree trunk

Desktop 54%

Yacht

Workstation 8%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: Asus A78M-A - $75

CPU
A8-6600K APUAMD $88Bench 50%, 21,890 samples	13x
A10-7700K APU (2014 D.Ka)AMDBench 45%, 11,026 samples	10x
A10-5800K APU (2012 D.Tr)AMD $119Bench 50%, 18,312 samples	9x

GPU
Radeon HD 6770AMDBench 10%, 16,639 samples	9x
Radeon R7 GraphicsAMDBench 5%, 22,117 samples	6x
R9 270AMD $140Bench 24%, 47,409 samples	5x

SSD
BX500 240GBCrucial $28Bench 56%, 142,801 samples	5x
0 240GBCt240bx5Bench 50%, 1,468 samples	5x
Agility 3 120GBOCZ $102Bench 49%, 38,562 samples	4x

RAM
1x8GBUnknownBench 38%, 168,538 samples	7x
Kingston KHX1600C10D3/4G 8GBUnknownBench 36%, 310 samples	4x
DDR3 1600G DDR3 1600G Transcend JM1333KLU-2G Transcend JM1333KLU-2G 8GBAdataBench 35%, 5 samples	4x

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Value: 56% - Above average

Total price: $191

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 $177	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