Asus M4A78T-E

Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 63% Destroyer	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 55.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	27.1% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	54.5% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (63%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus M4A78T-E (all builds)
Memory	9.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20100820
Uptime	3.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 16 '18 at 19:20
Run Duration	148 Seconds
Run User	SVN-User
Background CPU	63%

PC Performing as expected (48^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 965-$144 43,442 User benchmarks, average bench 53% AM3, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	55.4% Above average	Memory 83.3 1-Core 45.5 2-Core 92 48% 73.6 Pts	4-Core 163 8-Core 162 22% 162 Pts	64-Core 160 10% 160 Pts
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 55.4% Great: 61%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 760-$209 161,132 User benchmarks, average bench 26% MSI(1462 2847) 2GB CLim: 1241 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.43 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	27.1% Poor	Lighting 31.6 Reflection 28.8 Parallax 36.5 26% 32.3 fps	MRender 39.3 Gravity 38.7 Splatting 32.3 30% 36.8 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 27.1% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX100 256GB-$116 55,768 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 140GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	54.5% Above average	Read 261 Write 235 Mixed 247 55% 248 MB/s	4K Read 22.7 4K Write 52.3 4K Mixed 15.8 82% 30.3 MB/s	DQ Read 121 DQ Write 120 DQ Mixed 46.8 55% 95.8 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 54.5% Great: 97%
Samsung Spinpoint F3 1TB-$83 138,859 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 632GB free Firmware: 1AJ10001 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	86.7% Excellent	Read 143 Write 158 Mixed 148 113% 150 MB/s	4K Read 0.87 4K Write 3.13 4K Mixed 0.57 158% 1.52 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 86.7% Great: 75%
WD WD1500ADFD-00NLR1 150GB 1,859 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 67GB free Firmware: 21.07QR5 Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	36% Below average	Read 71.5 Write 53.5 Mixed 52.8 44% 59.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 1.57 4K Mixed 0.58 125% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 36% Great: 47%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x8GB 236,291 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	29.2% Poor	MC Read 11.8 MC Write 6.9 MC Mixed 10.8 28% 9.83 GB/s	SC Read 5.9 SC Write 5.3 SC Mixed 7.7 18% 6.3 GB/s	Latency 74.7 54% 74.7 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 29.2% Great: 97%

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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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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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Value: 64% - Good

Total price: $177

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