Asus M4A78-EM

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU, SSD
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 44.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus M4A78-EM (all builds)
Memory	6.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1024 x 768 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20101215
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 19 '18 at 21:22
Run Duration	113 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing as expected (58^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 2.75 GHz, turbo 2.75 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	44.1% Average	Memory 69.3 1-Core 39.9 2-Core 80 41% 63.1 Pts	4-Core 118 8-Core 80.2 14% 99.2 Pts	64-Core 80.3 5% 80.3 Pts
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 44.1% Great: 53%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 429GB free Firmware: KC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 102 99 1560 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 309 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 20012956 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 273 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 309 (B7) Unknown 84 84 16 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 28 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 54 54 774635566 (C2) HDA temperature 46 46 64424509486 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 58 40 1560 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 199 50 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -14538464296687 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1468183072 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2239227313	63.6% Good	Read 106 Write 116 Mixed 108 83% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.97 4K Mixed 0.58 112% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 63.6% Great: 88%
Samsung HD322GJ 320GB 9,769 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 278GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1AR10001 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 7039 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 84 67 5054 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2227 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6992 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 4 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2208 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 425 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 59 51 210453725225 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 94 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 36 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 343 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 4 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 2245	77.1% Very good	Read 128 Write 140 Mixed 116 96% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.34 100% 1.04 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 77.1% Great: 81%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 311GB free Firmware: KC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 108 99 16147616 (03) Spinup time 100 98 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1488 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 79 60 13145115903 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 13054 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1596 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 69 69 31 (BC) Unknown 100 99 37 (BD) vendor-specific 1 1 860 (BE) vendor-specific 60 51 673644584 (C2) HDA temperature 40 49 47244640296 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 52 37 16147616 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 8 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 121985661153754 (F1) Unknown 100 253 906264578 (F2) Unknown 100 253 469483961	60.4% Good	Read 105 Write 106 Mixed 97.7 77% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 1.07 4K Mixed 0.4 89% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 60.4% Great: 88%

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 as expected (42^nd percentile)	19.7% Very poor	MC Read 7.8 MC Write 4.5 MC Mixed 7.1 18% 6.47 GB/s	SC Read 4.6 SC Write 3.4 SC Mixed 5.8 13% 4.6 GB/s	Latency 103 39% 103 ns
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 19.7% Great: 45%

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Gaming 5%

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Desktop 49%

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Workstation 5%

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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