Asus M4A78 PRO

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 31% Sail boat	Desktop 58% Gunboat	Workstation 22% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 53.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	61.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M4A78 PRO (all builds)
Memory	5 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.4 GHz
Display	1024 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20090202
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 18 '20 at 15:04
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	20%

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PC Performing above expectations (74^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 940 3,675 User benchmarks, average bench 49% AM2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	53.9% Above average	Memory 78.4 1-Core 41.6 2-Core 85.2 45% 68.4 Pts	4-Core 174 8-Core 167 23% 170 Pts	64-Core 173 11% 173 Pts
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 53.9% Great: 56%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1650S (Super)-$300 180,577 User benchmarks, average bench 59% MSI(1462 3850) CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	61.3% Good	Lighting 80.9 Reflection 73.4 Parallax 74.3 66% 76.2 fps	MRender 66.8 Gravity 71.9 Splatting 55.9 52% 64.8 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 61.3% Great: 62%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung HD103SI 1TB-$89 48,059 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 705GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1AG01113 SusWrite @10s intervals: 52 34 70 72 78 76 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	40.8% Average	Read 78.3 Write 77.7 Mixed 45.3 SusWrite 63.7 49% 66.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.7 127% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 40.8% Great: 59%
WD Blue SSHD 4TB (2015)-$65 1,900 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 135 136 153 152 154 152 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	81.1% Excellent	Read 136 Write 67.5 Mixed 68.8 SusWrite 147 77% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 185% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 83%

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 (74^th percentile)	27.5% Poor	MC Read 10.4 MC Write 6.9 MC Mixed 10.4 26% 9.23 GB/s	SC Read 5.8 SC Write 5.9 SC Mixed 7.7 18% 6.47 GB/s	Latency 83.5 48% 83.5 ns
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 27.5% Great: 45%

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

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Typical M4A78 PRO Builds (Compare 15 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 4%

Tree trunk

Desktop 41%

Speed boat

Workstation 4%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: Asus M4A78 PRO

CPU
Athlon II X4 620AMDBench 44%, 5,981 samples	2x
Phenom II X4 940AMDBench 49%, 3,675 samples	2x
Phenom II X4 945AMDBench 51%, 12,746 samples	1x

GPU
Radeon HD 3200ATIBench 1%, 5,730 samples	3x
GeForce 210NvidiaBench 1%, 98,254 samples	2x
GTX 760Nvidia $209Bench 26%, 161,132 samples	1x

SSD
860 Evo 250GBSamsung $52Bench 104%, 296,814 samples	2x
Ultra II 480GBSanDisk $39Bench 86%, 62,883 samples	1x
SM841 2.5" 7mm 128GBSamsungBench 78%, 4,859 samples	1x

RAM
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 183,252 samples	6x
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples	3x
3x2GBUnknownBench 30%, 45,030 samples	2x

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Value: 22% - Poor

Total price: $52

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16