Asus M3A78-EM

Performance Results


Gaming 2% Tree trunk	Desktop 43% Speed boat	Workstation 2% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (35th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 65 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 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 45.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	0.5% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	17.5% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
Memory	4GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and although it's sufficient for most games, some will benefit from up to 8GB of RAM. 4GB is also enough for modest file and system caches which allow for a responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M3A78-EM (all builds)
Memory	2.3 GB free of 4 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20090316
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 12 '16 at 20:18
Run Duration	466 Seconds
Run User	AUT-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Processor model unknown 429 User benchmarks, average bench 48% AM2, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	45.3% Average	Memory 75.2 1-Core 45.8 2-Core 91.6 46% 70.9 Pts	4-Core 92.8 8-Core 91.7 12% 92.2 Pts	64-Core 92.6 6% 92.6 Pts
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 45.3% Great: 55%

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)	0.5% Terrible	Lighting 0.57 Reflection 1.38 Parallax 0.16 0% 0.7 fps	MRender 0.76 Gravity 0.33 Splatting 0.96 1% 0.68 fps
Poor: 0% ↑ This bench: 0.5% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$30 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 179GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z32080RL 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 0 100 3 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 7 (A5) Unknown 100 100 4296146959 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 2 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 55 50 214748364845 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 21474967557 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 48 (EA) Unknown 100 100 147 (F1) Unknown 253 253 90 (F2) Unknown 253 253 69 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	17.5% Very poor	Read 140 Write 90.3 Mixed 95.7 24% 109 MB/s	4K Read 7.06 4K Write 9.18 4K Mixed 2.03 18% 6.09 MB/s	DQ Read 9.03 DQ Write 47.5 DQ Mixed 2.94 10% 19.8 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 17.5% Great: 86%
sky USB 32GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 9GB free, PID 1226 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	4.95% Terrible	Read 13.5 Write 5.88 Mixed 6.2 10% 8.54 MB/s	4K Read 2.99 4K Write 0.32 4K Mixed 0.49 39% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 4.95% Great: 8%
Intenso Alu Line 8GB 109 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 7GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	3.33% Terrible	Read 12.5 Write 5.96 Mixed 3.76 8% 7.41 MB/s	4K Read 0.88 4K Write 0.004 4K Mixed 0.004 4% 0.3 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.33% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x1GB 54,972 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 4 of 4 slots used 4GB DIMM DDR2 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	20.5% Poor	MC Read 6.9 MC Write 5.6 MC Mixed 7 19% 6.5 GB/s	SC Read 4.7 SC Write 5 SC Mixed 6.4 15% 5.37 GB/s	Latency 89.9 44% 89.9 ns
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 20.5% Great: 28%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16