Asus A78M-A

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU, SSD
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (26th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 74 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 47.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
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 (50%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus A78M-A (all builds)
Memory	7.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150121
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Feb 03 '19 at 20:27
Run Duration	131 Seconds
Run User	EST-User
Background CPU	50%

PC Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Athlon II X4 860K-$51 29,887 User benchmarks, average bench 45% FM2+ , 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	47.7% Average	Memory 64.6 1-Core 62 2-Core 113 48% 79.8 Pts	4-Core 180 8-Core 182 24% 181 Pts	64-Core 187 12% 187 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 47.7% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 2GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT01B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 294 Write 248 Mixed 220 56% 254 MB/s	4K Read 16.3 4K Write 48.5 4K Mixed 4 56% 22.9 MB/s	DQ Read 32.8 DQ Write 34 DQ Mixed 109 61% 58.6 MB/s
Poor: 75% Great: 128%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 100GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 15 8.7 9.4 9.3 9.1 9.8 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	20.6% Poor	Read 61.8 Write 64 Mixed 32.5 SusWrite 10.1 31% 42.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.3 51% 0.33 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 20.6% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KHX2400C11D3/4GX KHX2400C11D3/4GX KHX1866C10D3/4G KHX1866C10D3/4G 16GB 30 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 1866, 1600, 1866, 1600 MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	35.3% Below average	MC Read 15.7 MC Write 9.1 MC Mixed 13.8 37% 12.9 GB/s	SC Read 7.2 SC Write 7.1 SC Mixed 9.1 22% 7.8 GB/s	Latency 115 35% 115 ns
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 35.3% Great: 69%

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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 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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	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