Asus M4A78T-E

Performance Results


Gaming 15% Surfboard	Desktop 61% Destroyer	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 54.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	23.5% 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	56.8% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M4A78T-E (all builds)
Memory	7.8 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110413
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Mar 23 '21 at 19:01
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing as expected (60^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 955-$83 41,403 User benchmarks, average bench 51% AM3, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	54.4% Above average	Memory 77.7 1-Core 45.5 2-Core 92.4 47% 71.9 Pts	4-Core 183 8-Core 183 24% 183 Pts	64-Core 182 11% 182 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 54.4% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 460-$90 64,240 User benchmarks, average bench 20% Asus(1043 04B4) CLim: 1306 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 21.2.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	23.5% Poor	Lighting 30.5 Reflection 29.9 Parallax 36.2 25% 32.2 fps	MRender 29 Gravity 29.9 Splatting 20 21% 26.3 fps
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 23.5% Great: 22%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
AMD 2+0 Stripe/RAID0 500GB 32 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 320GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.10 SusWrite @10s intervals: 314 336 330 323 320 321 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	56.8% Above average	Read 366 Write 351 Mixed 344 SusWrite 324 78% 346 MB/s	4K Read 15.1 4K Write 17 4K Mixed 13.7 49% 15.3 MB/s	DQ Read 167 DQ Write 157 DQ Mixed 162 122% 162 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 56.8% Great: 147%
Hitachi HDT721010SLA360 1TB-$30 27,212 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 418GB free Firmware: ST6O SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 95 96 94 94 96 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	55% Above average	Read 96.7 Write 93.4 Mixed 49.8 SusWrite 94.9 61% 83.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.9 164% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 55% Great: 61%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 12GB 85,415 User benchmarks, average bench 35% null MHz 4096, 4096, 2048, 2048 MB Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	32.5% Below average	MC Read 14.6 MC Write 7.5 MC Mixed 12 32% 11.4 GB/s	SC Read 6.8 SC Write 6 SC Mixed 8.3 20% 7.03 GB/s	Latency 85 47% 85 ns
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 32.5% Great: 50%

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Desktop 46%

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Workstation 4%

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Motherboard: Asus M4A78T-E - $80

CPU
Phenom II X4 955AMD $83Bench 51%, 41,403 samples	16x
Phenom II X4 965AMD $144Bench 53%, 43,442 samples	13x
Athlon II X4 620AMDBench 44%, 5,981 samples	6x

GPU
Radeon HD 3300ATIBench 1%, 913 samples	13x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	5x
GTX 950Nvidia $100Bench 26%, 111,509 samples	3x

SSD
SU650 120GBAdata $14Bench 63%, 42,288 samples	9x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	3x
860 Evo 250GBSamsung $52Bench 104%, 296,814 samples	3x

RAM
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 183,252 samples	13x
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	12x
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples	9x

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Total price: $177

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) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16