Asus M4A78-EM

Performance Results


Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 56% Gunboat	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall 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.
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 54.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	13.8% 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	46.3% 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	6.5 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	Jul 21 '17 at 19:29
Run Duration	122 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd 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 2.75 GHz, turbo 2.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	54.1% Above average	Memory 80.6 1-Core 40.7 2-Core 81.5 45% 67.6 Pts	4-Core 163 8-Core 165 22% 164 Pts	64-Core 162 10% 162 Pts
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 54.1% Great: 53%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7770 38,053 User benchmarks, average bench 12% PwrHis(1787 2003) 1GB CLim: 950 MHz, MLim: 1125 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 17.1.1 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	13.8% Very poor	Lighting 17.4 Reflection 16.1 Parallax 21.7 14% 18.4 fps	MRender 13.7 Gravity 15.5 Splatting 18.2 13% 15.8 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 13.8% Great: 14%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 142GB free (System drive) Firmware: 605ABBF2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 41065326 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 87050397161435 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1393 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 475 (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 30067195928 (C2) HDA temperature 24 37 30067195928 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 41065326 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 41065326 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 41065326 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 97 97 64424509441 (E9) Unknown 0 0 18800 (EA) Unknown 0 0 9056 (F1) Unknown 0 0 9056 (F2) Unknown 0 0 12999 (F4) Unknown 98 98 4522053	46.3% Average	Read 255 Write 210 Mixed 230 52% 232 MB/s	4K Read 18.6 4K Write 50.5 4K Mixed 13.6 72% 27.6 MB/s	DQ Read 25 DQ Write 60.3 DQ Mixed 13.5 19% 33 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 46.3% Great: 85%
Samsung HD322HJ 320GB-$44 40,147 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 26GB free Firmware: 1AC01118 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 99 9 361 (03) Spinup time 92 92 3450 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2116 (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 12043 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 1 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2054 (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 79 54 353501205 (C2) HDA temperature 77 52 387055639 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 184446 (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 13 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	39.1% Below average	Read 64.3 Write 71.8 Mixed 81.8 55% 72.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 1.67 4K Mixed 0.4 98% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 39.1% 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)	27.9% Poor	MC Read 10.8 MC Write 6.4 MC Mixed 10.8 27% 9.33 GB/s	SC Read 6.4 SC Write 5.3 SC Mixed 7.7 18% 6.47 GB/s	Latency 79.4 50% 79.4 ns
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 27.9% Great: 45%

Take a copy of your results How to check your in-game FPS

System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Custom PC Builder (Explore upgrades for this PC) Build your perfect PC: compare component prices, popularity, speed and value for money

CHOOSE AN UPGRADE:

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

MBD

Typical M4A78-EM Builds (Compare 13 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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