Asus M4A78

Performance Results


Gaming 4% Tree trunk	Desktop 47% Yacht	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (38th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 62 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 49.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	5.25% 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	39.4% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	6GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 6GB 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M4A78 (all builds)
Memory	2.1 GB free of 6 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colori
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20090326
Uptime	2 Days
Run Date	Nov 02 '17 at 18:54
Run Duration	334 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing below expectations (38^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 945 12,746 User benchmarks, average bench 51% AM2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	49.2% Average	Memory 72 1-Core 43 2-Core 86.2 44% 67.1 Pts	4-Core 155 8-Core 154 21% 155 Pts	64-Core 157 10% 157 Pts
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 49.2% Great: 58%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 6570 19,220 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Sapphire(174B E193) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	5.25% Terrible	Lighting 6.87 Reflection 6.73 Parallax 5.66 6% 6.42 fps	MRender 5.71 Gravity 5.13 Splatting 5.83 5% 5.56 fps
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 5.25% Great: 5%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adplus SuperVer 1TB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 133GB free Firmware: 6302 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	3.24% Terrible	Read 28 Write 27.8 Mixed 27.5 6% 27.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.35 4K Write 1.33 4K Mixed 0.19 2% 0.62 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 3.24% Great: 68%
Kingdian S280-120GB 120GB 24 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 88GB free (System drive) Firmware: Q020 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 694 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 22 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 172 (A3) Unknown 100 100 14 (A4) Unknown 100 100 17514 (A5) Unknown 100 100 16 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 6 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 33 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 4 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 30 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 47455 (F2) Unknown 100 100 58927 (F5) Unknown 100 100 17514	39.4% Below average	Read 255 Write 232 Mixed 245 54% 244 MB/s	4K Read 10.9 4K Write 14.6 4K Mixed 9.2 36% 11.6 MB/s	DQ Read 72 DQ Write 114 DQ Mixed 17.5 34% 67.7 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 39.4% Great: 98%
Seagate Laptop Thin SSHD 2.5" 500GB-$23 34,154 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 133GB free Firmware: SM30 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 73101624 (03) Spinup time 99 99 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 400 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 71 60 14330588 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6437 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 425 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 54 638976033 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 14 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 89 89 22121 (C2) HDA temperature 33 46 73014444065 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 1 7243 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	31.9% Below average	Read 55.7 Write 54 Mixed 59.7 43% 56.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 4.69 4K Mixed 0.48 165% 1.92 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 31.9% Great: 64%
Maxtor 6V160E0 160GB 1,693 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 95GB free Firmware: VA11 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (03) Spinup time 211 205 16717 (04) Start/Stop count 251 251 5649 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 253 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 244 233 39412 (09) Power-on hours count 190 190 22142 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 253 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 237 237 6517 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 53 588709921 (C0) Power-off retract count 253 253 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 253 253 0 (C2) HDA temperature 32 253 33 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 253 252 607 (C4) Reallocation count 253 253 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 253 253 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 253 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 1 1 3580 (C8) Write error rate 253 252 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 252 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 253 252 0 (CB) Run out cancel 253 252 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 253 252 0 (CD) Thermal asperity rate(TAR) 253 252 0 (CF) Spin high current 253 252 0 (D0) Spin buzz 253 252 0 (D2) Unknown 253 252 0 (D3) Unknown 253 252 0 (D4) Unknown 253 252 0	23.3% Poor	Read 37.2 Write 43.5 Mixed 41 31% 40.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 2.12 4K Mixed 0.25 83% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 23.3% Great: 39%
UFD USB Flash Drive 16GB 28 User benchmarks, average bench 9% 15GB free, PID d757, Kodak kusb16-000-112u Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	7.42% Terrible	Read 17.3 Write 8.75 Mixed 9.61 14% 11.9 MB/s	4K Read 2 4K Write 0.82 4K Mixed 0.01 36% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 7.42% Great: 11%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 6GB 111,301 User benchmarks, average bench 25% null MHz 1024, 1024, 2048, 2048 MB Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	22.6% Poor	MC Read 7.6 MC Write 7.2 MC Mixed 7.4 21% 7.4 GB/s	SC Read 6 SC Write 5.6 SC Mixed 6.2 17% 5.93 GB/s	Latency 96.9 41% 96.9 ns
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 22.6% Great: 46%

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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 $269	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 $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