Asus M4A78-HTPC

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 2% Tree trunk	Desktop 38% Jet ski	Workstation 1% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 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 38.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	3.22% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 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 (34%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M4A78-HTPC (all builds)
Memory	4.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20090402
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 05 '17 at 18:51
Run Duration	303 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	34%

PC Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Phenom 9950 2,150 User benchmarks, average bench 46% AM2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.6 GHz Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	38.7% Below average	Memory 67.4 1-Core 38.3 2-Core 75.5 40% 60.4 Pts	4-Core 61.9 8-Core 63.1 8% 62.5 Pts	64-Core 68.2 4% 68.2 Pts
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 38.7% Great: 54%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
ATI Radeon HD 4650 1,681 User benchmarks, average bench 3% XFX(1682 2451) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 8.970.100.1100 Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	3.22% Terrible	Lighting 4.03 Reflection 6.12 Parallax 2.91 3% 4.35 fps	MRender 3.38 Gravity 2.5 Splatting 4.91 3% 3.6 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 3.22% Great: 4%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Desktop SSHD 4TB-$230 19,674 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2.5TB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 105719824 (03) Spinup time 92 91 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1472 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 67 60 5522908 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2689 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 444 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 58 504430622 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 8 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 5076 (C2) HDA temperature 30 42 55834574878 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -4548370364568 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3165625065 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2184579414	84% Excellent	Read 138 Write 154 Mixed 69.6 89% 121 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 5.27 4K Mixed 0.6 195% 2.2 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 84% Great: 94%
Hitachi HDT721010SLA360 1TB-$30 27,212 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 348GB free (System drive) Firmware: ST6OA3AA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 126 126 38685376951 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 3254 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 125 125 33 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 25198 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3191 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 3255 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 3255 (C2) HDA temperature 171 171 223339413539 (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	51.4% Above average	Read 99.9 Write 79.3 Mixed 36.5 53% 71.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 1.42 4K Mixed 0.31 79% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 51.4% Great: 61%
Generic External 500GB 312 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 363GB free, PID 1340 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	10.9% Very poor	Read 19 Write 18.6 Mixed 9.9 20% 15.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 1.28 4K Mixed 0.35 57% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 10.9% Great: 23%
Hitachi HTS545016B9A300 160GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 134GB free, PID 2352 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	10.8% Very poor	Read 20.4 Write 18.8 Mixed 19.8 25% 19.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.17 4K Mixed 0.28 51% 0.62 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 10.8% Great: 18%
ST925032 0AS 250GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 133GB free, PID 2352 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	10.1% Very poor	Read 21.2 Write 20.1 Mixed 14.2 23% 18.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.29 4K Write 0.83 4K Mixed 0.24 37% 0.45 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 10.1% Great: 17%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x2GB 183,252 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 4 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR2 Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	18.8% Very poor	MC Read 7.2 MC Write 4.3 MC Mixed 6.8 17% 6.1 GB/s	SC Read 5.1 SC Write 3.4 SC Mixed 5.6 13% 4.7 GB/s	Latency 108 37% 108 ns
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 18.8% Great: 45%

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Gaming 18%

Surfboard

Desktop 61%

Destroyer

Workstation 14%

Tree trunk

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 $38Bench 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: $272

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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