XFX MI-A78S-8209

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 1%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 23%
Surfboard
Workstation
Workstation 1%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 43.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics9.56% 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 DriveThe 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.
Memory2GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows however a minimum of 4GB is recommended for gaming or any other RAM intensive tasks such as photo/video editing. This system will also be a little more responsive with 4GB of RAM.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.
MotherboardXFX MI-A78S-8209  (all builds)
Memory1.2 GB free of 2 GB @ 0.4 GHz
Display1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 7
BIOS Date20091209
Uptime0.1 Days
Run DateJan 01 '16 at 03:27
Run Duration119 Seconds
Run User IDN-User
Background CPU0%

 PC Performing above expectations (75th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Athlon II X2 240
CPU 1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 2.8 GHz
Performing above expectations (75th percentile)
43.9% Average
Memory 74.4
1-Core 41.2
2-Core 81.1
43% 65.6 Pts
4-Core 81.2
8-Core 82.8
11% 82 Pts
64-Core 81.8
5% 81.8 Pts
Poor: 29%
This bench: 43.9%
Great: 47%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
ATI Radeon HD 4770
XFX(1682 2900) 512MB
Driver: aticfx32.dll Ver. 8.812.0.0
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
9.56% Terrible
Lighting 12.5
Reflection 11.6
Parallax 8.84
10% 11 fps
MRender 8.24
Gravity 7.97
Splatting 13.3
8% 9.82 fps
Poor: 7%
This bench: 9.56%
Great: 8%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Generic S050 Hard drive 500GB
276GB free
Firmware: MS1OA7M0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing as expected (47th percentile)
73.8% Very good
Read 139
Write 118
Mixed 75.4
82% 111 MB/s
4K Read 0.73
4K Write 1.73
4K Mixed 0.16
80% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 41%
This bench: 73.8%
Great: 103%
WD Blue 320GB (2007)-$65
154GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 01.03E01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s
Performing above expectations (77th percentile)
51.9% Above average
Read 90.9
Write 89.7
Mixed 39.7
54% 73.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.55
4K Write 1.62
4K Mixed 0.35
92% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 23%
This bench: 51.9%
Great: 58%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown MP-2G6400CL5 1x2GB
1 of 4 slots used
2GB DIMM DDR2 400 MHz
Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
18.2% Very poor
MC Read 5.6
MC Write 5.5
MC Mixed 5.4
16% 5.5 GB/s
SC Read 5.3
SC Write 5
SC Mixed 5.7
15% 5.33 GB/s
Latency 91.7
44% 91.7 ns

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Typical MI-A78S-8209 Builds (Compare 1 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 4%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 45%
Speed boat
Workstation
Workstation 3%
Tree trunk

Motherboard: XFX MI-A78S-8209

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 21% - Poor Total price: $28
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