Asus M4A78 PRO

Performance Results


Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 56% Gunboat	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 54.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	13.1% 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	26% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (41%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M4A78 PRO (all builds)
Memory	1.5 GB free of 4 GB @ 0.4 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20100610
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 20 '18 at 22:54
Run Duration	193 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	41%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st 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 955-$83 41,403 User benchmarks, average bench 51% AM2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	54.2% Above average	Memory 78.7 1-Core 45.8 2-Core 90.4 47% 71.6 Pts	4-Core 175 8-Core 174 23% 175 Pts	64-Core 176 11% 176 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 54.2% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 6850 31,600 User benchmarks, average bench 12% Sapphire(174B 174B) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	13.1% Very poor	Lighting 17.2 Reflection 13.4 Parallax 14.4 14% 15 fps	MRender 11.3 Gravity 11.5 Splatting 16.9 11% 13.2 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 13.1% Great: 13%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 93GB free (System drive) Firmware: 603ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 81841034 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 135239930217415 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 207 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 12 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 34 44 81607262242 (C2) HDA temperature 34 44 81607262242 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 81841034 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 81841034 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 81841034 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 4294967296 (E9) Unknown 0 0 1448 (EA) Unknown 0 0 1131 (F1) Unknown 0 0 1131 (F2) Unknown 0 0 1591 (F4) Unknown 100 100 2424840	26% Poor	Read 189 Write 99.1 Mixed 124 30% 137 MB/s	4K Read 15.7 4K Write 11.2 4K Mixed 7.82 40% 11.6 MB/s	DQ Read 20.4 DQ Write 10.9 DQ Mixed 7.68 8% 13 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 26% Great: 73%
Seagate ST3160811AS 160GB-$45 4,832 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 149GB free Firmware: 3.AAE Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 103 91 53615564 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4175 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 258831903 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 13690 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3689 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 50 538968096 (C2) HDA temperature 32 50 85899345952 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 48 45 112388164 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	39.6% Below average	Read 68.4 Write 69.2 Mixed 27.1 40% 54.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 1.29 4K Mixed 0.41 96% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 39.6% Great: 40%
Seagate ST3250410AS 250GB-$95 20,246 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 76GB free Firmware: 3.AAC Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 94 85193133 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6214 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 86 60 406487082 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 9291 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2688 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 50 589234211 (C2) HDA temperature 35 50 81604378659 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 61 58 39542498 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	43.4% Average	Read 73.6 Write 77.6 Mixed 41.3 48% 64.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 1.17 4K Mixed 0.42 96% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 43.4% Great: 54%
Seagate ST3160815A 160GB-$48 702 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 55GB free Firmware: 3.AAC Max speed: UDMA 100 100 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 94 105060273 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4312 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 275570929 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 7991 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2250 (BB) vendor-specific 84 84 16 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 53 555614241 (C2) HDA temperature 33 47 81604378657 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 86 75 165183715 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 197 12 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	40.6% Average	Read 70.8 Write 70.7 Mixed 25 41% 55.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.01 4K Mixed 0.36 88% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 40.6% Great: 41%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x2GB 446,702 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 2 of 4 slots used 4GB DIMM DDR2 Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	26% Poor	MC Read 9.5 MC Write 7.1 MC Mixed 9.2 25% 8.6 GB/s	SC Read 6.2 SC Write 5.9 SC Mixed 6.8 18% 6.3 GB/s	Latency 83 48% 83 ns
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 26% Great: 44%

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Typical M4A78 PRO Builds (Compare 15 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 4%

Tree trunk

Desktop 41%

Speed boat

Workstation 4%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: Asus M4A78 PRO

CPU
Athlon II X4 620AMDBench 44%, 5,981 samples	2x
Phenom II X4 940AMDBench 49%, 3,675 samples	2x
Phenom II X4 945AMDBench 51%, 12,746 samples	1x

GPU
Radeon HD 3200ATIBench 1%, 5,730 samples	3x
GeForce 210NvidiaBench 1%, 98,254 samples	2x
GTX 760Nvidia $209Bench 26%, 161,132 samples	1x

SSD
860 Evo 250GBSamsung $52Bench 104%, 296,814 samples	2x
Ultra II 480GBSanDisk $39Bench 86%, 62,883 samples	1x
SM841 2.5" 7mm 128GBSamsungBench 78%, 4,859 samples	1x

RAM
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 183,252 samples	6x
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples	3x
3x2GBUnknownBench 30%, 45,030 samples	2x

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Value: 22% - Poor

Total price: $52

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $274	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 $45	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