Asus M4A78-HTPC

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU, SSD
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 42.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
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	The RAM on this system should be upgraded to at least 2GB although on 32bit systems 1GB will suffice as a bare minimum.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 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.

High background CPU (28%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus M4A78-HTPC (all builds)
Memory	0.6 GB free of 1 GB @ 0.7 GHz
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20090921
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 05 '18 at 19:57
Run Duration	218 Seconds
Run User	UKR-User
Background CPU	28%

PC Performing above expectations (69^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 5600+ 3,286 User benchmarks, average bench 39% AM2, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads Base clock 2.9 GHz Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	42.3% Average	Memory 70.3 1-Core 42.3 2-Core 85.9 43% 66.2 Pts	4-Core 85.8 8-Core 86.3 12% 86.1 Pts	64-Core 85.7 5% 85.7 Pts
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 42.3% Great: 47%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Toshiba MK8032GAX 80GB 32 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 40GB free (System drive) Firmware: AD002D Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 953 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1288 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 7557 (0A) Spinup retry count 125 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 924 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 850 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 11693 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 231929217055 (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 200 200 0 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 99 (DE) Loaded hours 83 83 6882 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 373 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	14.4% Very poor	Read 22.3 Write 27.7 Mixed 14.4 16% 21.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.14 4K Write 0.64 4K Mixed 0.23 43% 0.34 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 14.4% Great: 16%
JetFlash Transcend 16GB 14,782 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 1GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	5.53% Terrible	Read 20.4 Write 7.42 Mixed 9.16 13% 12.3 MB/s	4K Read 4.02 4K Write 0.004 4K Mixed 0.004 15% 1.34 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 5.53% Great: 33%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x0.5GB 3,675 User benchmarks, average bench 10% 2 of 4 slots used 1GB DIMM DDR2 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	14.6% Very poor	MC Read 4.4 MC Write 4.4 MC Mixed 4.1 12% 4.3 GB/s	SC Read 3.9 SC Write 4.5 SC Mixed 3.8 12% 4.07 GB/s	Latency 101 40% 101 ns
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 14.6% Great: 15%

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Gaming 18%

Surfboard

Desktop 61%

Destroyer

Workstation 14%

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Motherboard: Asus M4A78-HTPC

CPU
Phenom II X6 1055TAMD $175Bench 54%, 23,835 samples	2x
Phenom II X4 965AMD $144Bench 53%, 43,442 samples	1x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	1x
GT 1030NvidiaBench 14%, 185,384 samples	1x
GeForce GT 740NvidiaBench 7%, 30,433 samples	1x

SSD
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $37Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	1x
MZ7KH480HAHQ0D3 480GBBench 114%, 31 samples	1x

RAM
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 183,252 samples	2x
6GBUnknownBench 25%, 111,301 samples	1x

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Value: 66% - Good

Total price: $271

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 $182	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) $30	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