Asus M4A78-E

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 52.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Boot Drive	29.8% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	4GB 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. 4GB is also enough for modest file and system caches which allow for a responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus M4A78-E (all builds)
Memory	1.7 GB free of 4 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110413
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 15 '18 at 16:53
Run Duration	106 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Phenom II X4 940 3,675 User benchmarks, average bench 49% AM2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	52.9% Above average	Memory 76.4 1-Core 42.1 2-Core 88.7 45% 69.1 Pts	4-Core 173 8-Core 174 23% 173 Pts	64-Core 168 10% 168 Pts
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 52.9% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V+ Series 64GB 526 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 45GB free (System drive) Firmware: AGYA0202 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6711 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 593 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3 (A9) Unknown 100 100 360822735048 (AA) Unknown 100 100 68728586338 (AD) Unknown 100 100 47272689855 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 281 (C2) HDA temperature 80 59 176094445588 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	29.8% Poor	Read 194 Write 158 Mixed 180 40% 177 MB/s	4K Read 9.13 4K Write 29.2 4K Mixed 6.8 38% 15 MB/s	DQ Read 18.6 DQ Write 38.1 DQ Mixed 3.36 10% 20 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 29.8% Great: 42%
Samsung HM120JI 120GB 308 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 112GB free Firmware: YF100-15 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 253 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 2816 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1240 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 253 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 253 0 (08) Seek timer performance 253 253 14935 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 68582 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 715 (BF) G-sense error rate 97 97 30631 (C0) Power-off retract count 253 253 0 (C2) HDA temperature 181 88 19 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 14811 (C4) Reallocation count 253 253 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 253 253 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 253 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 1 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 92 92 82976 (FF) Unknown 253 253 0	21.4% Poor	Read 36.4 Write 37.9 Mixed 37.9 28% 37.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.12 4K Mixed 0.33 77% 0.64 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 21.4% Great: 21%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x1GB 54,972 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 4 of 4 slots used 4GB DIMM DDR Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	23.8% Poor	MC Read 8.2 MC Write 6.8 MC Mixed 8.3 22% 7.77 GB/s	SC Read 5.6 SC Write 5.7 SC Mixed 6.8 17% 6.03 GB/s	Latency 87.5 46% 87.5 ns
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 23.8% Great: 28%

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Typical M4A78-E Builds (Compare 14 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 13%

Tree trunk

Desktop 60%

Destroyer

Workstation 10%

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Motherboard: Asus M4A78-E

CPU
Phenom II X4 955AMD $83Bench 51%, 41,403 samples	2x
Phenom II X4 B50AMDBench 52%, 3,245 samples	2x
Phenom II X4 965AMD $144Bench 53%, 43,442 samples	2x

GPU
GTX 660Nvidia $170Bench 20%, 123,956 samples	2x
Radeon HD 3300ATIBench 1%, 913 samples	2x
GTX 750Nvidia $120Bench 15%, 66,662 samples	2x

SSD
Savage 240GBHyperX $120Bench 89%, 39,518 samples	1x
Premier SP550 240GBAdata $74Bench 79%, 29,295 samples	1x
SSD 120GBBench 68%, 22,748 samples	1x

RAM
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 183,252 samples	7x
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples	3x
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	2x

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Value: 32% - Below average

Total price: $373

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $37	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