Asus M4A78T-E

Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 55% Gunboat	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 57.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	8.7% 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	49.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 (100%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M4A78T-E (all builds)
Memory	4.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20090605
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 12 '20 at 20:09
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	100%

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 955-$83 41,403 User benchmarks, average bench 51% AM3, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	57.6% Above average	Memory 84.6 1-Core 46.9 2-Core 81.1 48% 70.9 Pts	4-Core 180 8-Core 180 24% 180 Pts	64-Core 172 11% 172 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 57.6% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 250 25,802 User benchmarks, average bench 8% XFX(1682 7250) 1GB CLim: 1050 MHz, MLim: 1150 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 20.7.2 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	8.7% Terrible	Lighting 10.7 Reflection 12.9 Parallax 14.4 9% 12.7 fps	MRender 12.3 Gravity 10.8 Splatting 9.3 9% 10.8 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 8.7% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 QVO 1TB-$109 201,200 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 551GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVQ02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 200 212 78 80 79 80 MB/s Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	49.1% Average	Read 238 Write 218 Mixed 200 SusWrite 122 44% 194 MB/s	4K Read 23.7 4K Write 42.6 4K Mixed 29.2 96% 31.8 MB/s	DQ Read 29.7 DQ Write 67.5 DQ Mixed 39.5 33% 45.6 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 49.1% Great: 121%
WD Black 3TB (2012)-$205 1,332 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 112GB free Firmware: 01.01L01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 98 99 99 98 97 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	56.6% Above average	Read 99 Write 98.3 Mixed 66.5 SusWrite 97.8 66% 90.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.1 209% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 56.6% Great: 92%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x4GB 424,126 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR Performing below potential (30^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	26.3% Poor	MC Read 10.4 MC Write 7.4 MC Mixed 7.6 24% 8.47 GB/s	SC Read 6.6 SC Write 5.9 SC Mixed 6.7 18% 6.4 GB/s	Latency 72.5 55% 72.5 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 26.3% Great: 65%

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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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Gaming 4%

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Desktop 46%

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Workstation 4%

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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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Total price: $177

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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