Asus M4A78

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 0% Tree trunk	Desktop 38% Jet ski	Workstation 0% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 43.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	0.11% 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	4GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and although it's sufficient for most games, some will benefit from up to 8GB of RAM. 4GB is also enough for modest file and system caches which allow for a responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M4A78 (all builds)
Memory	1.7 GB free of 4 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben,
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20100825
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 18 '21 at 09:21
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4600+ 2,253 User benchmarks, average bench 36% AM2, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads Base clock 2.4 GHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	43.6% Average	Memory 76 1-Core 35.6 2-Core 66.4 41% 59.3 Pts	4-Core 69.9 8-Core 63.8 9% 66.8 Pts	64-Core 70.9 4% 70.9 Pts
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 43.6% Great: 47%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon X1900 170 User benchmarks, average bench 2% AMD(1002 0B12) 512MB Driver: atiumdag.dll Ver. 8.56.1.16 Relative performance (0^th percentile)	0.11% Terrible	Lighting 0.2 Reflection 3.5 Parallax 1.3 0% 1.67 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 0.11% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD WD5000AACS-00ZUB0 500GB 19,716 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 300GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 56 59 52 59 56 57 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	37.1% Below average	Read 72.3 Write 67.1 Mixed 53.9 SusWrite 56.5 46% 62.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.9 171% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 37.1% Great: 49%
WD WD5000AACS-00ZUB0 500GB 19,716 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 342GB free Firmware: 01.01B01 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Read 64.3 Mixed 49.1 43% 56.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.9 171% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 23% Great: 49%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x1GB 54,972 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 4 of 4 slots used 4GB DIMM DDR2 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	23.4% Poor	MC Read 8.2 MC Write 6.3 MC Mixed 8.2 22% 7.57 GB/s	SC Read 6.1 SC Write 6.5 SC Mixed 6.3 18% 6.3 GB/s	Latency 88.3 45% 88.3 ns
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 23.4% Great: 28%

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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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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