Asus M5A78L-M/USB3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing CPU, RAM
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (29th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 71 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Graphics	0.45% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	39.3% 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 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

8 years ago, 8 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A78L-M/USB3 (all builds)
Memory	6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20111130
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 08 '15 at 09:58
Run Duration	353 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	17%

PC Performing below expectations (29^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 960T-$469 4,461 User benchmarks, average bench 54% AM3R2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3 GHz Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		1-Core 59.7 2-Core 117 40% 88.3 Pts	4-Core 216 8-Core 217 29% 216 Pts	64-Core 218 14% 218 Pts
Poor: 45% Great: 60%

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: atiumd64.dll Ver. 8.632.1.2000 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	0.45% Terrible	Lighting 0.33 Reflection 1.38 Parallax 0.31 0% 0.68 fps	MRender 1.71 Gravity 0.2 Splatting 1.04 1% 0.99 fps
Poor: 0% ↑ This bench: 0.45% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 71GB free (System drive) Firmware: 605ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 181615140 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -58119497449464 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 27 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 19 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 29 31 81606410269 (C2) HDA temperature 29 31 81606410269 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 181615140 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 181615140 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 181615140 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 64424509440 (E9) Unknown 0 0 79 (EA) Unknown 0 0 121 (F1) Unknown 0 0 121 (F2) Unknown 0 0 158 (F4) Unknown 99 99 2687008	39.3% Below average	Read 195 Write 150 Mixed 159 37% 168 MB/s	4K Read 23.2 4K Write 29.3 4K Mixed 13.3 68% 21.9 MB/s	DQ Read 31.7 DQ Write 76.7 DQ Mixed 13 22% 40.5 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 39.3% Great: 73%
Kingston DataTraveler 2.0 4GB 1,175 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 2GB free, PID 1607 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	2.83% Terrible	Read 8.54 Write 4.12 Mixed 4.78 7% 5.81 MB/s	4K Read 2.62 4K Write 0.03 4K Mixed 0.02 11% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 2.83% Great: 8%

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Motherboard: Asus M5A78L-M/USB3 - $53

CPU
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	509x
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	325x
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 $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	48x

RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	355x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	346x
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples	309x

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Value: 65% - Good

Total price: $128

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 $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) $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