Asus M4A78

Performance Results


Gaming 34% Sail boat	Desktop 62% Destroyer	Workstation 26% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 55.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	59.4% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	32.9% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (45%). 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	5.9 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 19:28
Run Duration	128 Seconds
Run User	FIN-User
Background CPU	45%

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PC Performing as expected (45^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 X6 1055T-$175 23,835 User benchmarks, average bench 54% AM2, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 2.85 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	55.4% Above average	Memory 80.8 1-Core 47.8 2-Core 93.4 48% 74 Pts	4-Core 165 8-Core 247 26% 206 Pts	64-Core 246 15% 246 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 55.4% Great: 61%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1650S (Super)-$300 180,577 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Asus(1043 8767) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2115 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 452.06 Performing below potential (64^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	59.4% Above average	Lighting 78.1 Reflection 74.1 Parallax 77.1 64% 76.4 fps	MRender 68 Gravity 68.2 Splatting 55 51% 63.7 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 59.4% Great: 62%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX500 120GB-$15 37,154 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 38GB free (System drive) Firmware: M6CR013 SusWrite @10s intervals: 58 37 50 47 51 40 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	32.9% Below average	Read 206 Write 185 Mixed 23.4 SusWrite 47.2 26% 115 MB/s	4K Read 22.1 4K Write 18.4 4K Mixed 18.8 67% 19.8 MB/s	DQ Read 29.7 DQ Write 13.5 DQ Mixed 6.2 9% 16.5 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 32.9% Great: 86%
Seagate ST500LM012 HN-M500MBB 500GB 47,588 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 69GB free Firmware: 2BA30010 SusWrite @10s intervals: 65 41 50 47 52 40 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	35.2% Below average	Read 73.2 Write 82.4 Mixed 46.4 SusWrite 49.3 46% 62.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.9 149% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 35.2% 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 (66^th percentile)	25.1% Poor	MC Read 9.1 MC Write 6.8 MC Mixed 8.4 23% 8.1 GB/s	SC Read 5.7 SC Write 6.2 SC Mixed 7.6 19% 6.5 GB/s	Latency 79 51% 79 ns
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 25.1% Great: 45%

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

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Gaming 3%

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Desktop 50%

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Workstation 3%

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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 i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16