Asus M4A78LT-M

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 1% Tree trunk	Desktop 42% Speed boat	Workstation 1% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 51.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	0.71% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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.

Very high background CPU (31%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M4A78LT-M (all builds)
Memory	4.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20100107
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	May 07 '21 at 10:32
Run Duration	112 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	31%

PC Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Athlon II X4 630 7,197 User benchmarks, average bench 45% AM3, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 2.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	51.1% Above average	Memory 75.1 1-Core 41.4 2-Core 82.5 44% 66.3 Pts	4-Core 159 8-Core 164 22% 162 Pts	64-Core 146 9% 146 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 51.1% Great: 53%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
ATI Radeon 3000 Graphics 21,841 User benchmarks, average bench 1% Asus(1043 8388) 256MB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 8.970.100.9001 Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	0.71% Terrible	Lighting 1 Reflection 1 Parallax 0.8 1% 0.93 fps	MRender 0.8 Gravity 0.8 Splatting 0.4 0% 0.67 fps
Poor: 0% ↑ This bench: 0.71% Great: 1%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung HD502HI 500GB-$154 24,344 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 392GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1AG01118 SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 69 50 44 34 37 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	40.6% Average	Read 87.7 Write 100 Mixed 43.7 SusWrite 53.6 52% 71.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 141% 1 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 40.6% 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 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	31.9% Below average	MC Read 14.2 MC Write 7.1 MC Mixed 12.1 32% 11.1 GB/s	SC Read 7.6 SC Write 6.2 SC Mixed 8.4 21% 7.4 GB/s	Latency 90.2 44% 90.2 ns
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 31.9% 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 M4A78LT-M Builds (Compare 76 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 5%

Tree trunk

Desktop 48%

Yacht

Workstation 5%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: Asus M4A78LT-M

CPU
Phenom II X6 1055TAMD $175Bench 54%, 23,835 samples	9x
Phenom II X4 955AMD $83Bench 51%, 41,403 samples	9x
Athlon II X4 640AMD $70Bench 45%, 18,839 samples	6x

GPU
Radeon 3000 GraphicsATIBench 1%, 21,841 samples	8x
HD 7870AMD $203Bench 26%, 42,130 samples	6x
GTX 750-TiNvidia $92Bench 17%, 309,423 samples	3x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	4x
SSD 128GBBench 64%, 3,975 samples	4x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	3x

RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	17x
12GBUnknownBench 35%, 85,415 samples	9x
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 183,252 samples	9x

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Value: 56% - Above average

Total price: $203

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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