Asus M4A78

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (23rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 77 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 below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 47.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Boot Drive	7.37% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (57%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M4A78 (all builds)
Memory	4.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit väriä
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20100825
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 12 '20 at 19:16
Run Duration	127 Seconds
Run User	FIN-User
Background CPU	57%

PC Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Phenom II X6 1055T-$175 23,835 User benchmarks, average bench 54% AM2, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 2.8 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	47.1% Average	Memory 67.2 1-Core 38.5 2-Core 80.7 40% 62.1 Pts	4-Core 148 8-Core 219 23% 184 Pts	64-Core 232 14% 232 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 47.1% Great: 61%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Crucial BX500 120GB-$15 37,154 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 38GB free (System drive) Firmware: M6CR013 SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 31 26 30 31 26 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	7.37% Terrible	Read 64.1 Write 79.9 Mixed 20.2 SusWrite 30.1 11% 48.6 MB/s	4K Read 2.4 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 3.3 9% 2.77 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 7.37% Great: 86%
Seagate ST500LM012 HN-M500MBB 500GB 47,588 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 69GB free Firmware: 2BA30010 SusWrite @10s intervals: 9.7 7 6 6.7 7.1 5.5 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	4.26% Terrible	Read 7.7 Write 16.7 Mixed 11 SusWrite 7 8% 10.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.1 24% 0.23 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 4.26% Great: 59%

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 (60^th percentile)	22.5% Poor	MC Read 8.5 MC Write 6.5 MC Mixed 7.9 22% 7.63 GB/s	SC Read 4.8 SC Write 5.7 SC Mixed 5.7 15% 5.4 GB/s	Latency 108 37% 108 ns
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 22.5% Great: 45%

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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 M4A78 Builds (Compare 23 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 3%

Tree trunk

Desktop 50%

Yacht

Workstation 3%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: Asus M4A78

CPU
Phenom II X4 945AMDBench 51%, 12,746 samples	4x
Phenom II X4 955AMD $83Bench 51%, 41,403 samples	3x
Athlon II X2 245AMDBench 41%, 6,247 samples	2x

GPU
GeForce GTS 250NvidiaBench 7%, 14,881 samples	2x
Radeon HD 4670ATIBench 4%, 21,442 samples	2x
Radeon HD 6670AMDBench 6%, 32,193 samples	2x

SSD
Force 3 120GBCorsair $109Bench 48%, 22,358 samples	2x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	2x
AS340 120GBApacerBench 67%, 5,956 samples	2x

RAM
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples	7x
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 183,252 samples	4x
4GBUnknownBench 26%, 42,830 samples	2x

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Value: 3% - Terrible

Total price: $109

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16