Asus M4A78LT-M

Performance Results


Gaming 47% Yacht	Desktop 68% Battle cruiser	Workstation 35% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (31st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 69 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 a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 62.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	75.1% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	51.7% 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 (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M4A78LT-M (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20100824
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 03 '18 at 22:27
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing below expectations (31^st 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 980 1,088 User benchmarks, average bench 58% AM3, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.7 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	62.6% Good	Memory 84.8 1-Core 58.6 2-Core 118 55% 87.1 Pts	4-Core 236 8-Core 236 32% 236 Pts	64-Core 235 14% 235 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 62.6% Great: 64%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% EVGA(3842 4995) CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 417.22 Performing below potential (29^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	75.1% Very good	Lighting 97 Reflection 102 Parallax 93 79% 97.4 fps	MRender 84.2 Gravity 90.7 Splatting 75.1 67% 83.3 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 75.1% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY SSD2SC480G1CS1754D117-533 480GB 961 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 77GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS111101 SusWrite @10s intervals: 196 195 193 197 197 194 MB/s Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	51.7% Above average	Read 184 Write 168 Mixed 153 SusWrite 196 40% 175 MB/s	4K Read 20.9 4K Write 49.7 4K Mixed 29.9 96% 33.5 MB/s	DQ Read 25.5 DQ Write 69.4 DQ Mixed 35.2 30% 43.4 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 51.7% Great: 98%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 90GB free Firmware: EXT0DB6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,471 Write 1,871 Mixed 1915 463% 2,086 MB/s	4K Read 220 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 53.6 457% 126 MB/s	DQ Read 122 DQ Write 477 DQ Mixed 604 375% 401 MB/s
Poor: 64% Great: 118%
Seagate Expansion 500GB 1,703 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 49GB free, PID 2320 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 22 22 22 22 22 21 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	10.1% Very poor	Read 19.5 Write 19.5 Mixed 14 SusWrite 21.8 25% 18.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.6 49% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 10.1% Great: 41%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x4GB 106,178 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM Performing below potential (23^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	33.5% Below average	MC Read 14.4 MC Write 7.6 MC Mixed 12.3 33% 11.4 GB/s	SC Read 6.7 SC Write 6.2 SC Mixed 9.4 21% 7.43 GB/s	Latency 72.1 56% 72.1 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 33.5% Great: 61%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Typical M4A78LT-M Builds (Compare 76 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 5%

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Desktop 48%

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Workstation 5%

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Motherboard: Asus M4A78LT-M

CPU
Phenom II X6 1055TAMD $175Bench 54%, 23,835 samples	9x
Phenom II X4 955AMD $83Bench 51%, 41,403 samples	9x
Athlon II X4 640AMD $70Bench 45%, 18,839 samples	6x

GPU
Radeon 3000 GraphicsATIBench 1%, 21,841 samples	8x
HD 7870AMD $203Bench 26%, 42,130 samples	6x
GTX 750-TiNvidia $92Bench 17%, 309,423 samples	3x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	4x
SSD 128GBBench 64%, 3,975 samples	4x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	3x

RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	17x
12GBUnknownBench 35%, 85,415 samples	9x
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 183,252 samples	9x

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Value: 56% - Above average

Total price: $203

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