Asus M4A78 PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 4% Tree trunk	Desktop 49% Yacht	Workstation 4% 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 55.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	2.14% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	31.7% 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 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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus M4A78 PLUS (all builds)
Memory	6.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20090409
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Sep 29 '17 at 12:37
Run Duration	188 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	10%

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 940 3,675 User benchmarks, average bench 49% AM2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3 GHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	55.2% Above average	Memory 80.6 1-Core 44.4 2-Core 88.6 47% 71.2 Pts	4-Core 176 8-Core 176 24% 176 Pts	64-Core 178 11% 178 Pts
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 55.2% Great: 56%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce 9500 GT 27,834 User benchmarks, average bench 2% Device(0000 0000) 1GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 8.15.11.8593 Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	2.14% Terrible	Lighting 2.5 Reflection 4.58 Parallax 0.91 2% 2.66 fps	MRender 4.05 Gravity 1.8 Splatting 2.83 2% 2.89 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 2.14% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 173GB free (System drive) Firmware: 605ABBF2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 2582729 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 121384365721573 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 813 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 41 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 20 35 51541901332 (C2) HDA temperature 20 35 51541901332 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 2582729 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 2582729 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 2582729 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 124554051584 (E9) Unknown 0 0 3650 (EA) Unknown 0 0 3068 (F1) Unknown 0 0 3068 (F2) Unknown 0 0 3269 (F4) Unknown 100 100 2752524	31.7% Below average	Read 178 Write 157 Mixed 148 36% 161 MB/s	4K Read 16.7 4K Write 14.5 4K Mixed 10.9 47% 14 MB/s	DQ Read 20.7 DQ Write 16.5 DQ Mixed 11.6 11% 16.3 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 31.7% Great: 85%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 51GB free Firmware: 605ABBF2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 120 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 30494267802806 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1815 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 62 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 21 47 55837655061 (C2) HDA temperature 21 47 55837655061 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 92 92 103079215105 (E9) Unknown 0 0 2209 (EA) Unknown 0 0 2304 (F1) Unknown 0 0 2304 (F2) Unknown 0 0 2403 (F4) Unknown 100 100 2228238	38.9% Below average	Read 177 Write 121 Mixed 147 33% 149 MB/s	4K Read 22.6 4K Write 48.3 4K Mixed 12.5 76% 27.8 MB/s	DQ Read 29.4 DQ Write 73.9 DQ Mixed 13 21% 38.8 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 38.9% Great: 73%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 278GB free Firmware: CC34 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 105 99 9813855 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3952 (05) Reallocated sector count 99 99 64 (07) Seek error rate 86 60 462168710 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 10470 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3952 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 42950328363 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 70 55 504758302 (C2) HDA temperature 30 45 47244640286 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 27 22 9813855 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -54868207185336 (F1) Unknown 100 253 4252639168 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2490625990	47.7% Average	Read 92 Write 74.1 Mixed 72.4 60% 79.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.44 4K Mixed 0.48 97% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 47.7% Great: 70%
WD Green 500GB (2009)-$23 63,281 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 228GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 144 142 3758 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3957 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 9177 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3131 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 198 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 182 182 56837 (C2) HDA temperature 118 99 25 (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 12 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	46.7% Average	Read 86.9 Write 75.4 Mixed 31.4 47% 64.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.19 74% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 46.7% Great: 54%

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 (74^th percentile)	27.6% Poor	MC Read 10.9 MC Write 7 MC Mixed 9.6 26% 9.17 GB/s	SC Read 6.4 SC Write 6.1 SC Mixed 7.2 19% 6.57 GB/s	Latency 79.4 50% 79.4 ns
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 27.6% Great: 45%

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Gaming 4%

Tree trunk

Desktop 50%

Yacht

Workstation 4%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: Asus M4A78 PLUS

CPU
Phenom II X6 1090TAMD $240Bench 57%, 23,506 samples	2x
Phenom II X4 955AMD $83Bench 51%, 41,403 samples	1x
Phenom II X4 965AMD $144Bench 53%, 43,442 samples	1x

GPU
Radeon HD 8490AMDBench 2%, 4,568 samples	1x
GTX 650-TiNvidia $152Bench 14%, 36,698 samples	1x
Radeon HD 6450AMDBench 2%, 32,407 samples	1x

SSD
PLUS 240GBSandiskBench 45%, 86,316 samples	1x
SSD 256GBBench 72%, 6,980 samples	1x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	1x

RAM
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 183,252 samples	5x
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples	1x

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Value: 59% - Above average

Total price: $240

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $179	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) $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