Asus M3A78-T

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 43% Speed boat	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a relatively low single core score, this CPU can handle email, light web browsing and basic audio/video playback, but it will struggle to handle CPU intensive tasks. Finally, with a gaming score of 32.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	27.1% 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	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	5GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 5GB 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.

Very high background CPU (84%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus M3A78-T (all builds)
Memory	1.9 GB free of 5 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20080718
Uptime	29.7 Days
Run Date	Dec 10 '16 at 22:20
Run Duration	198 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	84%

PC Performing as expected (57^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Phenom 9950 2,150 User benchmarks, average bench 46% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 2.6 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	32.5% Below average	Memory 51.7 1-Core 36.7 2-Core 56.5 32% 48.3 Pts	4-Core 75.9 8-Core 93.3 11% 84.6 Pts	64-Core 124 8% 124 Pts
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 32.5% Great: 54%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 950-$100 111,509 User benchmarks, average bench 26% PNY(196E 13A1) 2GB CLim: 1430 MHz, MLim: 1652 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 376.19 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	27.1% Poor	Lighting 33.8 Reflection 30.8 Parallax 28.5 28% 31.1 fps	MRender 37.3 Gravity 29.9 Splatting 29.7 26% 32.3 fps
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 27.1% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 457GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 159 156 5033 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2073 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 72 72 21126 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1907 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 168 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2073 (C2) HDA temperature 117 86 30 (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 10 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	53% Above average	Read 92.5 Write 92 Mixed 86 68% 90.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.21 4K Mixed 0.44 119% 1.12 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 53% Great: 69%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 331GB free (System drive) Firmware: KC48 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 99 27296 (03) Spinup time 100 98 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1036 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 68 60 7148942 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 693 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 851 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 54 454426651 (C2) HDA temperature 27 46 85899345947 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 52 24 27296 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -124433792499034 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2779826525 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3079528441	50.4% Above average	Read 86 Write 89.9 Mixed 81.4 64% 85.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 0.84 4K Mixed 0.12 46% 0.45 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 50.4% Great: 88%
WD WD740GD-00FLA2 74GB 1,363 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 69GB free Firmware: 33.08F33 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 112 111 4941 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7333 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 48 48 37974 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2139 (C2) HDA temperature 125 93 25 (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 200 253 6 (C8) Write error rate 200 179 0	39.1% Below average	Read 65.5 Write 70.5 Mixed 66.2 51% 67.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 1.83 4K Mixed 0.54 120% 1 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 39.1% Great: 39%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 5GB 14,654 User benchmarks, average bench 18% null MHz 1024, 2048, 2048 MB Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	17% Very poor	MC Read 5.9 MC Write 5.5 MC Mixed 6.2 17% 5.87 GB/s	SC Read 3.8 SC Write 4.6 SC Mixed 3.4 11% 3.93 GB/s	Latency 154 26% 154 ns
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 17% Great: 34%

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Typical M3A78-T Builds (Compare 8 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 25%

Raft

Desktop 56%

Gunboat

Workstation 19%

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Motherboard: Asus M3A78-T

CPU
Phenom 9950AMDBench 46%, 2,150 samples	3x
Phenom II X4 955AMD $83Bench 51%, 41,403 samples	2x
Phenom II X6 1055TAMD $175Bench 54%, 23,835 samples	1x

GPU
R9 390AMD $325Bench 50%, 82,117 samples	2x
GeForce 9600 GTNvidiaBench 4%, 20,826 samples	1x
Radeon HD 5570AMDBench 4%, 12,172 samples	1x

SSD
MX500 1TBCrucial $66Bench 106%, 202,785 samples	1x
CS900 500GB SSDPNYBench 75%, 16,267 samples	1x
A400 120GBKingston $29Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	1x

RAM
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 183,252 samples	3x
6GBUnknownBench 25%, 111,301 samples	2x
4x1GBUnknownBench 18%, 54,972 samples	2x

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Value: 39% - Below average

Total price: $391

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 $182	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) $30	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