Asus M4A78

Performance Results


Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 46% Yacht	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


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 49.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	3.07% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	36.3% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (70%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M4A78 (all builds)
Memory	4 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20100825
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 18 '17 at 17:12
Run Duration	187 Seconds
Run User	ARG-User
Background CPU	70%

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 Phenom II X4 810 2,243 User benchmarks, average bench 49% AM2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 2.6 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	49.2% Average	Memory 77.9 1-Core 37.7 2-Core 75.4 43% 63.7 Pts	4-Core 121 8-Core 129 17% 125 Pts	64-Core 114 7% 114 Pts
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 49.2% Great: 55%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce 9600 GT 20,826 User benchmarks, average bench 4% XFX(1682 238A) 512MB Ram: 512MB, Driver: 342.1 Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	3.07% Terrible	Lighting 4 Reflection 5.88 Parallax 1.66 3% 3.85 fps	MRender 2.43 Gravity 2.6 Splatting 4.35 3% 3.13 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.07% Great: 5%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair Force LE 120GB 3,209 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 86GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFC12.2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3562 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1348 (A2) Unknown 100 100 258 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1703990 (AE) Unknown 100 100 300 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 300 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 1 (E7) Temperature 100 100 98 (F1) Unknown 100 100 5907 (F2) Unknown 100 100 4080	36.3% Below average	Read 218 Write 148 Mixed 152 38% 173 MB/s	4K Read 22 4K Write 29.2 4K Mixed 7.98 59% 19.7 MB/s	DQ Read 22.8 DQ Write 50.3 DQ Mixed 7.94 14% 27 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 36.3% Great: 92%
Sony Storage Media 64GB 84 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 53GB free, PID 06b1 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	6.2% Terrible	Read 20.4 Write 9.75 Mixed 9.91 15% 13.4 MB/s	4K Read 4.39 4K Write 0.03 4K Mixed 0.01 18% 1.48 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 6.2% Great: 39%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x2GB 183,252 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 4 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR2 Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	22.8% Poor	MC Read 7.6 MC Write 5.8 MC Mixed 9.5 22% 7.63 GB/s	SC Read 3.6 SC Write 4.5 SC Mixed 5.1 13% 4.4 GB/s	Latency 84.6 47% 84.6 ns
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 22.8% Great: 45%

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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 M4A78 Builds (Compare 23 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 3%

Tree trunk

Desktop 50%

Yacht

Workstation 3%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: Asus M4A78

CPU
Phenom II X4 945AMDBench 51%, 12,746 samples	4x
Phenom II X4 955AMD $83Bench 51%, 41,403 samples	3x
Athlon II X2 245AMDBench 41%, 6,247 samples	2x

GPU
GeForce GTS 250NvidiaBench 7%, 14,881 samples	2x
Radeon HD 4670ATIBench 4%, 21,442 samples	2x
Radeon HD 6670AMDBench 6%, 32,193 samples	2x

SSD
Force 3 120GBCorsair $109Bench 48%, 22,358 samples	2x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	2x
AS340 120GBApacerBench 67%, 5,956 samples	2x

RAM
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples	7x
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 183,252 samples	4x
4GBUnknownBench 26%, 42,830 samples	2x

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Value: 3% - Terrible

Total price: $109

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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