Asus M5A78L-M/USB3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 1% Tree trunk	Desktop 47% Yacht	Workstation 1% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 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 56.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	0.47% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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	14GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 14GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus M5A78L-M/USB3 (all builds)
Memory	11.3 GB free of 14 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20111130
Uptime	1.5 Days
Run Date	Aug 20 '18 at 20:35
Run Duration	184 Seconds
Run User	HRV-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing as expected (41^st 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 965-$144 43,442 User benchmarks, average bench 53% AM3R2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	56.6% Above average	Memory 83.6 1-Core 50.1 2-Core 99.5 50% 77.7 Pts	4-Core 175 8-Core 174 23% 174 Pts	64-Core 197 12% 197 Pts
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 56.6% Great: 61%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
ATI Radeon 3000 Graphics 21,841 User benchmarks, average bench 1% Asus(1043 8388) 256MB Driver: atidxx32 Ver. 8.56.1.16 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	0.47% Terrible	Lighting 0.47 Reflection 1.5 Parallax 0.34 0% 0.77 fps	MRender 0.76 Gravity 0.43 Splatting 1.04 1% 0.75 fps
Poor: 0% ↑ This bench: 0.47% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate IronWolf 3TB (2016)-$114 4,022 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 963GB free (System drive) Firmware: SC60 SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 142 125 45 34 29 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	57.6% Above average	Read 117 Write 151 Mixed 63.8 SusWrite 83.5 76% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 132% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 57.6% Great: 104%
WD WD5003ABYZ-011FA0 500GB 2,936 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 292GB free Firmware: 01.01S03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 66 66 65 66 66 65 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	50.8% Above average	Read 111 Write 108 Mixed 76.3 SusWrite 65.7 67% 90.2 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1 215% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 50.8% Great: 78%
WD Green 2TB (2009)-$113 12,948 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 289GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 87 86 87 91 87 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	49% Average	Read 83.3 Write 81.9 Mixed 34.3 SusWrite 87.6 52% 71.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.2 4K Mixed 0.2 51% 0.33 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 49% Great: 60%
WD WD5000AAVS-00ZTB0 500GB 13,629 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 230GB free Firmware: 01.01B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 65 66 65 66 66 65 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	40.3% Average	Read 74.3 Write 72.8 Mixed 49 SusWrite 65.6 48% 65.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 0.8 160% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 40.3% Great: 44%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 2TB 9,084 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 502GB free, PID a202 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 27 27 27 27 28 27 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	14.6% Very poor	Read 27.4 Write 27.2 Mixed 19.2 SusWrite 27 34% 25.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.4 66% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 14.6% Great: 49%
WD Elements 1TB 51,914 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 315GB free, PID 1078 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 23 23 23 23 24 24 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	13.5% Very poor	Read 23.3 Write 22.9 Mixed 21.8 SusWrite 23.3 31% 22.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.8 84% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 13.5% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 14GB 9,406 User benchmarks, average bench 35% null MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 2048 MB Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	31.1% Below average	MC Read 13.2 MC Write 7.2 MC Mixed 11.3 30% 10.6 GB/s	SC Read 6.6 SC Write 6.2 SC Mixed 8 20% 6.93 GB/s	Latency 74.2 54% 74.2 ns
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 31.1% Great: 52%

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Gaming 5%

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Desktop 50%

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Workstation 5%

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Motherboard: Asus M5A78L-M/USB3 - $53

CPU
FX-6300AMD $57Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	505x
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	324x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	185x

GPU
Radeon 3000 GraphicsATIBench 1%, 21,841 samples	139x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	127x
GTX 750-TiNvidia $92Bench 17%, 309,423 samples	90x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	85x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	56x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $37Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	48x

RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	354x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	345x
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples	309x

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Value: 64% - Good

Total price: $138

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $275	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