Asus M4A78-EM

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 50.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Boot Drive	32.1% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	3GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and although it's sufficient for most games, some will benefit from up to 8GB of RAM. 3GB is also enough for modest file and system caches which allow for a 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 (89%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus M4A78-EM (all builds)
Memory	2 GB free of 3 GB @ 0.7 GHz
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20101215
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 23 '17 at 12:13
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	89%

PC Performing as expected (48^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4800+-$150 1,985 User benchmarks, average bench 35% AM2, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads Base clock 2.5 GHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	50.5% Above average	Memory 96.4 1-Core 30.5 2-Core 26.8 42% 51.2 Pts	4-Core 30.5 8-Core 44.7 5% 37.6 Pts	64-Core 45 3% 45 Pts
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 50.5% Great: 46%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 120GB-$35 80,916 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 80GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3J96R9 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 360 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 340 (64) Unknown 100 100 1004224 (65) Unknown 100 100 169392 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 95 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 99 99 592 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 684 (B7) Unknown 99 99 7 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 31 100 206159282207 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 99 99 1 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1615 (EA) Unknown 100 100 775 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1282 (F2) Unknown 100 100 1380 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 0	32.1% Below average	Read 219 Write 106 Mixed 76.2 29% 133 MB/s	4K Read 22.9 4K Write 22.6 4K Mixed 6.66 55% 17.4 MB/s	DQ Read 27.2 DQ Write 30.5 DQ Mixed 6.56 11% 21.4 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 32.1% Great: 82%
Kingston DataTraveler 100 G3 USB 3.0 16GB-$7 60,636 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 1GB free, PID 1666 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	10.7% Very poor	Read 29 Write 18 Mixed 17.9 26% 21.6 MB/s	4K Read 4.47 4K Write 0.48 4K Mixed 0.1 36% 1.68 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 10.7% Great: 23%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 3GB 81,553 User benchmarks, average bench 14% null MHz 1024, 2048 MB Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	12.5% Very poor	MC Read 2.7 MC Write 2.6 MC Mixed 2.3 7% 2.53 GB/s	SC Read 2.3 SC Write 2.4 SC Mixed 2.4 7% 2.37 GB/s	Latency 52.7 76% 52.7 ns
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 12.5% Great: 23%

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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

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Value: 41% - Average

Total price: $163

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16