Asus M4A78-EM

Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 53% Yacht	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 54.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	8.28% 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	50% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Asus M4A78-EM (all builds)
Memory	6.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20101215
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 25 '17 at 01:07
Run Duration	275 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (65^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, turbo 2.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	54.4% Above average	Memory 81.4 1-Core 40.5 2-Core 81.6 46% 67.8 Pts	4-Core 162 8-Core 162 22% 162 Pts	64-Core 162 10% 162 Pts
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 54.4% Great: 53%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GTS 250 14,881 User benchmarks, average bench 7% Elitegroup(1019 1A0A) 512MB Ram: 512MB, Driver: 342.1 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	8.28% Terrible	Lighting 11.3 Reflection 10.4 Parallax 3.97 9% 8.56 fps	MRender 8.95 Gravity 8.37 Splatting 6.74 6% 8.02 fps
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 8.28% Great: 8%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 42GB free (System drive) Firmware: 605ABBF2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 16111951 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 127594888434943 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1270 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 456 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 24 37 38657130520 (C2) HDA temperature 24 37 38657130520 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 16111951 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 16111951 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 16111951 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 98 98 64424509441 (E9) Unknown 0 0 17024 (EA) Unknown 0 0 7787 (F1) Unknown 0 0 7787 (F2) Unknown 0 0 10958 (F4) Unknown 98 98 4194367	50% Average	Read 255 Write 193 Mixed 221 50% 223 MB/s	4K Read 23.1 4K Write 49.1 4K Mixed 15.9 81% 29.4 MB/s	DQ Read 35.2 DQ Write 141 DQ Mixed 29.1 40% 68.5 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 50% 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 91 91 3520 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 2667 (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 10810 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2463 (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 81 56 319946771 (C2) HDA temperature 80 54 336723988 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 16385 (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	58.7% Above average	Read 100 Write 104 Mixed 102 77% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 2.12 4K Mixed 0.46 119% 1.09 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 58.7% Great: 62%
Samsung HD322HJ 320GB-$44 40,147 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 297GB free Firmware: 1AC01118 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 96 96 2260 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 1547 (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 6602 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1439 (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 78 55 370475030 (C2) HDA temperature 77 52 387252247 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 85511 (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 99 106 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	9.91% Terrible	Read 22.9 Write 11.6 Mixed 17.8 13% 17.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.13 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.14 31% 0.29 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 9.91% Great: 62%
Samsung HD322HJ 320GB-$44 40,147 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 144GB free Firmware: 1AC01118 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 99 9 361 (03) Spinup time 92 92 3380 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 1997 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 253 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 9908 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 11338 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 1 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1937 (0D) Soft read error rate 99 9 361 (B7) Unknown 100 100 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 2893 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 81 54 319946771 (C2) HDA temperature 80 52 336723988 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 36660 (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 100 100 147 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 1 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	56.7% Above average	Read 94.6 Write 103 Mixed 91.1 72% 96.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 2.09 4K Mixed 0.51 116% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 56.7% 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 (76^th percentile)	28.5% Poor	MC Read 11.1 MC Write 6.6 MC Mixed 11 27% 9.57 GB/s	SC Read 6.4 SC Write 5.5 SC Mixed 7.7 19% 6.53 GB/s	Latency 78 51% 78 ns
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 28.5% 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