Asus A78M-A

Performance Results


Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 50% Yacht	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 50%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	4.69% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	60.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus A78M-A (all builds)
Memory	5.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160113
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 04 '18 at 02:58
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	19%

PC Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD A8-7600 APU (2014 D.Ka) 31,243 User benchmarks, average bench 42% FM2+ , 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	50% Above average	Memory 66.9 1-Core 65.5 2-Core 126 51% 86.1 Pts	4-Core 194 8-Core 192 26% 193 Pts	64-Core 188 12% 188 Pts
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 50% Great: 51%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon R7 Graphics 22,117 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 85CB) 1GB Ram: 1GB, Driver: 17.12 Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	4.69% Terrible	Lighting 5.73 Reflection 6.92 Parallax 9.44 5% 7.36 fps	MRender 4.1 Gravity 6.73 Splatting 6.17 5% 5.67 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.69% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 120GB-$35 80,916 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 96GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3J96R9 SusWrite @10s intervals: 228 62 55 58 56 54 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	60.1% Good	Read 432 Write 369 Mixed 129 SusWrite 85.4 56% 254 MB/s	4K Read 29.1 4K Write 58.5 4K Mixed 14.4 94% 34 MB/s	DQ Read 252 DQ Write 224 DQ Mixed 106 116% 194 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 60.1% Great: 82%
Samsung HD322HJ 320GB-$44 40,147 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 286GB free Firmware: 1AC01118 SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 110 110 110 111 110 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	63.6% Good	Read 111 Write 110 Mixed 61.3 SusWrite 110 72% 98.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1.1 194% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 63.6% Great: 62%
Samsung M3 Portable 1TB 17,632 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 725GB free, PID 61b6 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 95 95 95 95 95 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	34.5% Below average	Read 64.2 Write 48.2 Mixed 40.6 SusWrite 94 84% 61.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 80% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 34.5% Great: 42%
General USB Flash Disk 8GB 594 User benchmarks, average bench 4% 7GB free, PID 800b Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 7 5.3 5.4 5.3 5.3 5.4 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	4.36% Terrible	Read 14.3 Write 7 Mixed 5.3 SusWrite 5.6 10% 8.05 MB/s	4K Read 4.5 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 17% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 4.36% Great: 4%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1x8GB 168,538 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1866 MHz Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	27.6% Poor	MC Read 10.7 MC Write 8.2 MC Mixed 9.1 27% 9.33 GB/s	SC Read 7.5 SC Write 7.5 SC Mixed 9.3 23% 8.1 GB/s	Latency 109 37% 109 ns
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 27.6% Great: 67%

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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 $29Bench 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: $192

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $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 $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