Asus A78M-A

Performance Results


Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 54% Yacht	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 51.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	7.12% 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	88.4% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (49%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus A78M-A (all builds)
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131230
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Jul 28 '18 at 02:34
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	49%

PC Performing as expected (54^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, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	51.6% Above average	Memory 76.2 1-Core 61.9 2-Core 110 52% 82.8 Pts	4-Core 157 8-Core 168 22% 162 Pts	64-Core 173 11% 173 Pts
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 51.6% Great: 54%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 730 164,888 User benchmarks, average bench 5% EVGA(3842 3733) 2GB CLim: 901 MHz, MLim: 1252 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	7.12% Terrible	Lighting 8.97 Reflection 7.81 Parallax 9.16 7% 8.64 fps	MRender 10.9 Gravity 7.33 Splatting 7.17 7% 8.45 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.12% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 170GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 300 210 177 184 150 162 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	88.4% Excellent	Read 464 Write 422 Mixed 349 SusWrite 197 80% 358 MB/s	4K Read 37.9 4K Write 61.4 4K Mixed 46.5 150% 48.6 MB/s	DQ Read 262 DQ Write 227 DQ Mixed 191 158% 227 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 88.4% Great: 126%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 463GB free Firmware: 19.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 72 70 72 72 72 72 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	54.9% Above average	Read 120 Write 108 Mixed 73.5 SusWrite 71.5 69% 93.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.9 162% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 54.9% Great: 69%
Hitachi HDN 724040ALE640 4TB 253 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 1.5TB free Firmware: MJAO SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 94 97 97 96 97 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	54.1% Above average	Read 91.9 Write 93.5 Mixed 17.5 SusWrite 96.1 54% 74.8 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.7 156% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 54.1% Great: 90%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown Vulcan-2400 16GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 1333, 1333 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	29.3% Poor	MC Read 11.8 MC Write 8.6 MC Mixed 10 29% 10.1 GB/s	SC Read 6.4 SC Write 5.2 SC Mixed 7.9 19% 6.5 GB/s	Latency 87.8 46% 87.8 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 29.3% Great: 45%

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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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16