Asus M3A78-EM

Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 58% Gunboat	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 46.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	17.7% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	41.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	6GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 6GB 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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M3A78-EM (all builds)
Memory	4.7 GB free of 6 GB @ 0.5 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20101008
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 15 '19 at 03:24
Run Duration	122 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Sempron 150 79 User benchmarks, average bench 39% AM2, 1 CPU, 1 cores, 1 threads Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 2.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	46.5% Average	Memory 83.5 1-Core 58.1 2-Core 59.5 48% 67 Pts	4-Core 58.9 8-Core 59.5 8% 59.2 Pts	64-Core 60.1 4% 60.1 Pts
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 46.5% Great: 46%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 6870 25,443 User benchmarks, average bench 15% Sapphire(174B 174B) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	17.7% Very poor	Lighting 23.9 Reflection 16.4 Parallax 20.8 20% 20.4 fps	MRender 13.7 Gravity 16.3 Splatting 20.8 14% 16.9 fps
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 17.7% Great: 16%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel SSDSC2BF180A5L 180GB 1,596 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 69GB free (System drive) Firmware: LTVi SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 142 136 129 118 112 MB/s Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	41.1% Average	Read 151 Write 156 Mixed 147 SusWrite 128 33% 145 MB/s	4K Read 16.1 4K Write 55.7 4K Mixed 21.7 82% 31.2 MB/s	DQ Read 24.2 DQ Write 69.7 DQ Mixed 27.7 27% 40.5 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 41.1% Great: 81%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 6GB 111,301 User benchmarks, average bench 25% null MHz 1024, 1024, 2048, 2048 MB Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	26.7% Poor	MC Read 7.2 MC Write 9.5 MC Mixed 8.1 24% 8.27 GB/s	SC Read 7.3 SC Write 9.9 SC Mixed 8.3 24% 8.5 GB/s	Latency 74.3 54% 74.3 ns
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 26.7% Great: 46%

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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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $490	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16