Asus M4A78T-E

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 54% Yacht	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 51.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	12.3% 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	24.7% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M4A78T-E (all builds)
Memory	10.2 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20090911
Uptime	3.6 Days
Run Date	Jul 28 '19 at 21:56
Run Duration	128 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing as expected (46^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% AM3, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	51.6% Above average	Memory 73.8 1-Core 49 2-Core 97.8 47% 73.5 Pts	4-Core 168 8-Core 192 24% 180 Pts	64-Core 194 12% 194 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 51.6% Great: 57%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
ATI HD 4870 22,563 User benchmarks, average bench 9% Asus(1043 030C) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 8.93.7.0 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	12.3% Very poor	Lighting 15.5 Reflection 13.1 Parallax 11.1 13% 13.2 fps	MRender 11 Gravity 10.5 Splatting 18.8 12% 13.4 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 12.3% Great: 12%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
P4-120 120GB 1,681 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 85GB free (System drive) Firmware: T180910 SusWrite @10s intervals: 34 33 34 24 31 19 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	24.7% Poor	Read 163 Write 160 Mixed 176 SusWrite 29 30% 132 MB/s	4K Read 14.6 4K Write 18.9 4K Mixed 13.8 50% 15.8 MB/s	DQ Read 20.3 DQ Write 24.1 DQ Mixed 19.8 16% 21.4 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 24.7% Great: 89%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 719GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 155 154 154 155 155 154 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	85.1% Excellent	Read 142 Write 151 Mixed 77.4 SusWrite 155 96% 131 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1.2 219% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 85.1% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 12GB 85,415 User benchmarks, average bench 35% null MHz 8192, 2048, 2048 MB Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	23.8% Poor	MC Read 9.2 MC Write 6.8 MC Mixed 7.2 22% 7.73 GB/s	SC Read 6.9 SC Write 5.9 SC Mixed 7.2 19% 6.67 GB/s	Latency 92.8 43% 92.8 ns
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 23.8% Great: 50%

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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 M4A78T-E Builds (Compare 71 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 4%

Tree trunk

Desktop 46%

Yacht

Workstation 4%

Tree trunk

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 $269	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