Asus M4A78T-E

Performance Results


Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 53% Yacht	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 55%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	7.77% 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 Drive	47.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus M4A78T-E (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20090605
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 28 '17 at 21:31
Run Duration	194 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing as expected (49^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 945 12,746 User benchmarks, average bench 51% AM3, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	55% Above average	Memory 81.7 1-Core 44.1 2-Core 88.9 47% 71.6 Pts	4-Core 166 8-Core 174 22% 170 Pts	64-Core 169 10% 169 Pts
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 55% Great: 58%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
ATI HD 4870 22,563 User benchmarks, average bench 9% XFX(1682 2700) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 8.970.100.9001 Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	7.77% Terrible	Lighting 10.1 Reflection 8.08 Parallax 6.62 8% 8.26 fps	MRender 6.57 Gravity 6.23 Splatting 11.3 7% 8.04 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 7.77% Great: 12%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 350GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q 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 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 33 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 24 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 59 56 41 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 5 (F1) Unknown 99 99 445824488	47.3% Average	Read 222 Write 172 Mixed 172 42% 189 MB/s	4K Read 26.9 4K Write 37.7 4K Mixed 19.8 86% 28.1 MB/s	DQ Read 33.6 DQ Write 57.6 DQ Mixed 19 22% 36.7 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 47.3% Great: 134%
WD Green 1TB (2009)-$65 103,919 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 422GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 115 108 7216 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5872 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 69 69 22889 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2568 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 244 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 118 118 247791 (C2) HDA temperature 111 102 36 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	57.5% Above average	Read 107 Write 93.3 Mixed 53.9 63% 84.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 1.92 4K Mixed 0.24 90% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 57.5% Great: 57%
WD Black 500GB (2008)-$95 28,095 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 186GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 157 156 5141 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2602 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 69 69 23127 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2572 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 314 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2602 (C2) HDA temperature 105 98 42 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 3 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	48.9% Average	Read 100 Write 70 Mixed 51.3 55% 73.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.78 4K Write 2.01 4K Mixed 0.42 116% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 48.9% Great: 69%
FANTOM WD10EACS-14ZJB0 1TB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 19% 609GB free, PID 1340 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	19.9% Very poor	Read 32.7 Write 36.2 Mixed 33.6 45% 34.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 2.32 4K Mixed 0.32 92% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 19.9% Great: 22%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x4GB 106,178 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR Performing below potential (19^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	31.8% Below average	MC Read 13.7 MC Write 7.5 MC Mixed 11.9 32% 11 GB/s	SC Read 5.9 SC Write 5.8 SC Mixed 7.9 19% 6.53 GB/s	Latency 77.4 52% 77.4 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 31.8% Great: 61%

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Gaming 4%

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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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Value: 64% - Good

Total price: $177

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