Asus A78M-A

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 4% Tree trunk	Desktop 49% Yacht	Workstation 3% 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 46.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	7.4% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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 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 (67%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus A78M-A (all builds)
Memory	4.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors, 1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140120
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Mar 13 '17 at 16:31
Run Duration	510 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	67%

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 A10-7850K APU (2014 D.Ka)-$135 19,875 User benchmarks, average bench 45% FM2+ , 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	46.3% Average	Memory 71.1 1-Core 56 2-Core 132 51% 86.3 Pts	4-Core 130 8-Core 112 17% 121 Pts	64-Core 136 8% 136 Pts
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 46.3% Great: 54%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
AMD Radeon R7 Graphics 25,284 User benchmarks, average bench 6% Asus(1043 85CB) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 13.351.1007.0 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	7.4% Terrible	Lighting 9.23 Reflection 9 Parallax 11.8 8% 10 fps	MRender 7.33 Gravity 9.67 Splatting 9.04 7% 8.68 fps
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 7.4% Great: 8%
Nvidia GeForce 8400 GS 18,254 User benchmarks, average bench 1% Zotac(19DA 1182) 1GB Ram: 1GB, Driver: 342.1 Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	0.49% Terrible	Lighting 0.57 Reflection 1.19 Parallax 0.22 0% 0.66 fps	MRender 0.9 Gravity 0.4 Splatting 0.74 1% 0.68 fps
Poor: 0% ↑ This bench: 0.49% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 546GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 173 168 2350 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1346 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 3742 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1341 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 225 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1120 (C2) HDA temperature 115 110 28 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	102% Outstanding	Read 211 Write 146 Mixed 147 126% 168 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 2.27 4K Mixed 0.27 99% 1.06 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 109%
General USB Flash Disk 16GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 10% 12GB free Firmware: 1100 Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	11.1% Very poor	Read 33.1 Write 4.3 Mixed 6.81 11% 14.7 MB/s	4K Read 4.64 4K Write 0.005 4K Mixed 0.005 194% 1.55 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 11.1% Great: 11%
Kingston DT 101 G2 4GB 1,620 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 1GB free, PID 6545 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	6.27% Terrible	Read 17.5 Write 9.91 Mixed 12.2 16% 13.2 MB/s	4K Read 5.99 4K Write 0.05 4K Mixed 0.04 25% 2.03 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 6.27% Great: 6%

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 as expected (56^th percentile)	32.6% Below average	MC Read 11.8 MC Write 9.1 MC Mixed 13.5 33% 11.5 GB/s	SC Read 6.4 SC Write 7.6 SC Mixed 9.3 22% 7.77 GB/s	Latency 98.9 40% 98.9 ns
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 32.6% Great: 51%

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Typical A78M-A Builds (Compare 83 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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