Asus M4A78-EM

Performance Results


Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 45% Yacht	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


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 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 46.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	5.55% 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	38.7% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait 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.

Very high background CPU (70%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M4A78-EM (all builds)
Memory	5.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20101215
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 15 '20 at 04:24
Run Duration	135 Seconds
Run User	ARG-User
Background CPU	70%

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 Phenom 9650-$125 2,698 User benchmarks, average bench 43% AM2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.3 GHz, turbo 2.3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	46.7% Average	Memory 75 1-Core 33.6 2-Core 58.6 39% 55.7 Pts	4-Core 109 8-Core 117 15% 113 Pts	64-Core 115 7% 115 Pts
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 46.7% Great: 50%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 240 58,337 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 048B) 2GB CLim: 780 MHz, MLim: 900 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 20.7.2 Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	5.55% Terrible	Lighting 6.8 Reflection 9.1 Parallax 10 6% 8.63 fps	MRender 7.5 Gravity 6.8 Splatting 6.3 6% 6.87 fps
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 5.55% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 240GB-$89 105,079 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 84GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3J96R9 SusWrite @10s intervals: 56 68 32 65 68 56 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	38.7% Below average	Read 197 Write 186 Mixed 155 SusWrite 57.6 33% 149 MB/s	4K Read 19.4 4K Write 39.1 4K Mixed 24.1 81% 27.5 MB/s	DQ Read 26.2 DQ Write 63 DQ Mixed 33.6 29% 40.9 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 38.7% Great: 88%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2TB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 61 70 37 67 70 57 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	37.7% Below average	Read 70.8 Write 70.7 Mixed 63.5 SusWrite 60.3 49% 66.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 37.7% Great: 67%

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 (64^th percentile)	23.9% Poor	MC Read 9.5 MC Write 5.4 MC Mixed 9.5 23% 8.13 GB/s	SC Read 4.8 SC Write 4.1 SC Mixed 5.2 13% 4.7 GB/s	Latency 90.3 44% 90.3 ns
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 23.9% Great: 45%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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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 $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16