Asus M4A78T-E

Performance Results


Gaming 4% Tree trunk	Desktop 50% Yacht	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (35th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 65 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 57%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	0.83% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	38.7% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M4A78T-E (all builds)
Memory	7.7 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110413
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 22 '18 at 01:59
Run Duration	196 Seconds
Run User	PRI-User
Background CPU	17%

PC Performing below expectations (35^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 way above expectations (87^th percentile)	57% Above average	Memory 83.1 1-Core 46.6 2-Core 93.4 49% 74.4 Pts	4-Core 180 8-Core 190 24% 185 Pts	64-Core 185 12% 185 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 57% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
ATI Radeon HD 3300 913 User benchmarks, average bench 1% Asus(1043 834D) 384MB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 8.970.100.9001 Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	0.83% Terrible	Lighting 0.9 Reflection 2.04 Parallax 0.69 1% 1.21 fps	MRender 1.33 Gravity 0.37 Splatting 1.83 1% 1.18 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 0.83% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 100GB free Firmware: EXT0BB0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (1^st 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 97 97 12215 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 4141 (B1) Unknown 97 97 27 (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 53 48 47 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 131 (F1) Unknown 99 99 19193054141	48% Average	Read 223 Write 162 Mixed 164 40% 183 MB/s	4K Read 27.6 4K Write 39.1 4K Mixed 15.7 83% 27.5 MB/s	DQ Read 135 DQ Write 81.7 DQ Mixed 36.8 47% 84.5 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 48% Great: 118%
Crucial M4 64GB-$92 7,336 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 41GB free (System drive) Firmware: 070H Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (5^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 14347 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 4821 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 97 97 111 (AE) Unknown 100 100 155 (B5) Unknown 100 100 12004473309324 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 48 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (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 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 97 97 3 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0	38.7% Below average	Read 256 Write 108 Mixed 153 38% 172 MB/s	4K Read 18.4 4K Write 50.6 4K Mixed 5.44 62% 24.8 MB/s	DQ Read 126 DQ Write 82.6 DQ Mixed 7.44 32% 72.1 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 38.7% Great: 65%
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016)-$80 112,118 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC26 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 88700008 (03) Spinup time 97 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2335 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 63 60 2535797 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1981 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 484 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 63 54 639369253 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 3 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 9664 (C2) HDA temperature 37 46 94489280549 (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 -111531710742043 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3624454121 (F2) Unknown 100 253 417643745509	75.5% Very good	Read 153 Write 110 Mixed 119 96% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.3 73% 0.51 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 114%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 476GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 172 2291 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6104 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 6310 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1819 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 57 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 6047 (C2) HDA temperature 107 95 36 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 24 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 24 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 33	79.1% Very good	Read 135 Write 141 Mixed 119 99% 132 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 0.59 4K Mixed 0.25 89% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 79.1% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 12GB 85,415 User benchmarks, average bench 35% null MHz 2048, 2048, 4096, 4096 MB Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	30.9% Below average	MC Read 13.3 MC Write 7.3 MC Mixed 10.6 30% 10.4 GB/s	SC Read 6.6 SC Write 6.4 SC Mixed 9 21% 7.33 GB/s	Latency 75 53% 75 ns
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 30.9% Great: 50%

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

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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 $295	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