Asus M4A78-EM

Performance Results


Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 50% Yacht	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 54.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	4.65% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	47.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M4A78-EM (all builds)
Memory	6.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20101215
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 24 '17 at 19:23
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Phenom 9850 2,080 User benchmarks, average bench 46% AM2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.5 GHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	54.6% Above average	Memory 81.8 1-Core 40.5 2-Core 81.2 46% 67.8 Pts	4-Core 162 8-Core 163 22% 162 Pts	64-Core 163 10% 163 Pts
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 54.6% Great: 53%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
ATI Radeon HD 4670 21,442 User benchmarks, average bench 4% XFX(1682 2932) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 8.970.100.1100 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	4.65% Terrible	Lighting 5.63 Reflection 8.38 Parallax 3.72 5% 5.91 fps	MRender 5.67 Gravity 3.9 Splatting 7.3 5% 5.62 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.65% Great: 5%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 25GB free (System drive) Firmware: 605ABBF2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 5614884 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 -65137474006552 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1100 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 433 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 33 37 38657130529 (C2) HDA temperature 33 37 38657130529 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 5614884 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 5614884 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 5614884 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 99 99 64424509441 (E9) Unknown 0 0 14972 (EA) Unknown 0 0 6223 (F1) Unknown 0 0 6223 (F2) Unknown 0 0 9039 (F4) Unknown 99 99 4194361	47.9% Average	Read 259 Write 170 Mixed 193 46% 208 MB/s	4K Read 22 4K Write 53.1 4K Mixed 8.31 72% 27.8 MB/s	DQ Read 162 DQ Write 138 DQ Mixed 60 70% 120 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 47.9% Great: 85%
Samsung HD322HJ 320GB-$44 40,147 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 298GB free Firmware: 1AC01118 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 92 92 3360 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2494 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 9849 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 10020 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2301 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 56 437911578 (C2) HDA temperature 74 54 437911578 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 18342 (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 100 100 2477 (C8) Write error rate 99 99 75 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	58.5% Above average	Read 101 Write 103 Mixed 39.1 59% 80.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 2.17 4K Mixed 0.56 131% 1.14 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 58.5% Great: 62%
Samsung HD322HJ 320GB-$44 40,147 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 298GB free Firmware: 1AC01118 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 92 92 3340 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1473 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 253 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 6380 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1365 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 55 471597084 (C2) HDA temperature 72 52 471597084 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 51543 (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 100 100 2 (C8) Write error rate 99 99 105 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	63% Good	Read 109 Write 111 Mixed 92.4 78% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 2.31 4K Mixed 0.56 132% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 63% Great: 62%

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 above expectations (74^th percentile)	27.7% Poor	MC Read 10.9 MC Write 6.7 MC Mixed 10.1 26% 9.23 GB/s	SC Read 6.6 SC Write 5.2 SC Mixed 7.5 18% 6.43 GB/s	Latency 77.3 52% 77.3 ns
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 27.7% Great: 45%

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Gaming 5%

Tree trunk

Desktop 49%

Yacht

Workstation 5%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: Asus M4A78-EM

CPU
Phenom II X4 955AMD $83Bench 51%, 41,403 samples	3x
Phenom II X4 960TAMD $469Bench 54%, 4,461 samples	2x
Phenom II X4 945AMDBench 51%, 12,746 samples	1x

GPU
GeForce GT 710NvidiaBench 3%, 187,161 samples	3x
Radeon HD 3200ATIBench 1%, 5,730 samples	2x
GTX 460Nvidia $203Bench 12%, 31,648 samples	1x

SSD
850 Evo 120GBSamsung $80Bench 96%, 69,224 samples	1x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	1x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	1x

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

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Value: 41% - Average

Total price: $163

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