Asus M4A78

Performance Results


Gaming 30% Sail boat	Desktop 59% Gunboat	Workstation 22% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 52.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	55.4% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (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	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 (31%). 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	5.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20100825
Uptime	11.9 Days
Run Date	Aug 20 '17 at 20:10
Run Duration	122 Seconds
Run User	SVK-User
Background CPU	31%

PC Performing as expected (48^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 850 1,360 User benchmarks, average bench 49% AM2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	52.4% Above average	Memory 71.5 1-Core 48.6 2-Core 97.6 46% 72.6 Pts	4-Core 195 8-Core 193 26% 194 Pts	64-Core 190 12% 190 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 52.4% Great: 57%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1954 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	55.4% Above average	Lighting 70 Reflection 67.3 Parallax 61.3 57% 66.2 fps	MRender 77.6 Gravity 63.9 Splatting 54.4 52% 65.3 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 55.4% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX100 250GB-$141 42,930 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 23GB free Firmware: MU01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (0^th 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 1607 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 389 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 66 (A3) Unknown 100 100 25 (A4) Unknown 100 100 39430 (A5) Unknown 100 100 99 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 36 (A8) Unknown 100 100 2000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 40 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 19 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 15876 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 170315 (F2) Unknown 100 100 164459 (F5) Unknown 100 100 315440	35.4% Below average	Read 212 Write 196 Mixed 198 45% 202 MB/s	4K Read 14.6 4K Write 21.4 4K Mixed 10.2 47% 15.4 MB/s	DQ Read 15.6 DQ Write 29.6 DQ Mixed 15.7 14% 20.3 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 35.4% Great: 103%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 912GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC27 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 143108776 (03) Spinup time 94 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1104 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 68 57 17207970068 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 738 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 99 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1100 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032837 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 53 13491044388 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 108 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1523 (C2) HDA temperature 36 47 -140737488355292 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 3 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -11871289605369 (F1) Unknown 100 253 8168498018 (F2) Unknown 100 253 5043435045	87% Excellent	Read 147 Write 156 Mixed 139 111% 148 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.27 86% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 87% Great: 114%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x4GB 424,126 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR2 Performing below potential (30^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	26.2% Poor	MC Read 9.4 MC Write 7.3 MC Mixed 9.8 25% 8.83 GB/s	SC Read 6.7 SC Write 6.7 SC Mixed 7 19% 6.8 GB/s	Latency 98 41% 98 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 26.2% Great: 65%

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Gaming 3%

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Desktop 50%

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Workstation 3%

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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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Total price: $109

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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