Asus M4A78

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 1%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 23%
Surfboard
Workstation
Workstation 1%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 45%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics8.73% 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 DriveThe 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.
Memory2GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows however a minimum of 4GB is recommended for gaming or any other RAM intensive tasks such as photo/video editing. This system will also be a little more responsive with 4GB of RAM.
OS VersionAlthough 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.
Very high background CPU (43%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
Run History
6 years ago, 6 years ago.
MotherboardAsus M4A78  (all builds)
Memory0.6 GB free of 2 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 7
BIOS Date20100617
Uptime0.1 Days
Run DateOct 11 '17 at 19:43
Run Duration158 Seconds
Run User CZE-User
Background CPU 43%

 PC Performing above expectations (62nd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Athlon II X2 240
AM2, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 2.8 GHz
Performing above expectations (83rd percentile)
45% Average
Memory 76.7
1-Core 41
2-Core 54.2
41% 57.3 Pts
4-Core 81.9
8-Core 78.6
11% 80.2 Pts
64-Core 81.2
5% 81.2 Pts
Poor: 29%
This bench: 45%
Great: 47%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD HD 7750
Sapphire(174B E213) 1GB
Driver: aticfx32.dll Ver. 8.961.0.0
Performing way above expectations (91st percentile)
8.73% Terrible
Lighting 9.63
Reflection 13.5
Parallax 13.5
8% 12.2 fps
MRender 11.2
Gravity 9.57
Splatting 16
10% 12.3 fps
Poor: 7%
This bench: 8.73%
Great: 9%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50
1.5TB free
Firmware: CC27 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing as expected (48th percentile)
89.5% Excellent
Read 158
Write 154
Mixed 82.7
97% 132 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.79
4K Mixed 0.32
102% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 51%
This bench: 89.5%
Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36
79GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CC35 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s
Performing above expectations (72nd percentile)
62.5% Good
Read 114
Write 104
Mixed 34.8
62% 84.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.67
4K Write 1.51
4K Mixed 0.52
114% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 28%
This bench: 62.5%
Great: 70%
Hitachi HDS721010DLE630 1TB-$150
87GB free
Firmware: MS2OA610 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (12th percentile)
43.9% Average
Read 39.1
Write 114
Mixed 19.8
42% 57.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.51
4K Write 0.39
4K Mixed 0.18
49% 0.36 MB/s
Poor: 33%
This bench: 43.9%
Great: 99%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown 1x2GB
1 of 4 slots used
2GB DIMM DDR2
Performing above expectations (64th percentile)
19.1% Very poor
MC Read 5.8
MC Write 5.8
MC Mixed 5.6
16% 5.73 GB/s
SC Read 5.9
SC Write 5.9
SC Mixed 5.7
17% 5.83 GB/s
Latency 87
46% 87 ns
Poor: 7%
This bench: 19.1%
Great: 26%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Typical M4A78 Builds (Compare 23 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 3%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 50%
Yacht
Workstation
Workstation 3%
Tree trunk

Motherboard: Asus M4A78

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