Asus M5A78L-M/USB3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 41% Speed boat	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (22nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 78 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.
Processor	With a relatively low single core score, this CPU can handle email, light web browsing and basic audio/video playback, but it will struggle to handle CPU intensive tasks. Finally, with a gaming score of 34%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	18.1% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (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	20GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 20GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (43%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus M5A78L-M/USB3 (all builds)
Memory	9.8 GB free of 20 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141202
Uptime	11.5 Days
Run Date	Nov 09 '21 at 15:19
Run Duration	209 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	43%

PC Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Athlon II X4 630 7,197 User benchmarks, average bench 45% AM3R2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 2.8 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	34% Below average	Memory 50.5 1-Core 33.4 2-Core 40.9 29% 41.6 Pts	4-Core 103 8-Core 99.4 14% 101 Pts	64-Core 100 6% 100 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 34% Great: 53%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 750-Ti-$92 309,423 User benchmarks, average bench 17% EVGA(3842 3753) CLim: 1450 MHz, MLim: 1350 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 472.12 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	18.1% Very poor	Lighting 22.1 Reflection 19.2 Parallax 21.7 18% 21 fps	MRender 25.9 Gravity 24.7 Splatting 17.9 18% 22.8 fps
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 18.1% Great: 19%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate ST3500414CS 500GB 23,667 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 213GB free (System drive) Firmware: CA12 SusWrite @10s intervals: 34 34 35 43 39 46 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	30.2% Below average	Read 66.7 Write 73 Mixed 45 SusWrite 38.5 41% 55.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.7 117% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 30.2% Great: 61%
Seagate ST3500630AS 500GB-$102 29,256 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 202GB free Firmware: 3.CHL SusWrite @10s intervals: 59 59 62 63 62 63 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	30.2% Below average	Read 43.4 Write 48.1 Mixed 39.7 SusWrite 61.5 36% 48.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.5 108% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 30.2% Great: 43%
WD WD40EFZX-68AWUN0 4TB 1,814 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 3TB free Firmware: 81.00A81 SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 101 112 121 126 133 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	71.3% Very good	Read 131 Write 129 Mixed 70.9 SusWrite 116 82% 112 MB/s	4K Read 5.2 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 1 367% 2.77 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 71.3% Great: 116%
Seagate ST3250410AS 250GB-$95 20,246 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 183GB free Firmware: 3.AAC SusWrite @10s intervals: 34 35 36 44 40 46 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	22.1% Poor	Read 37.5 Write 29.3 Mixed 40.2 SusWrite 39.1 27% 36.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.8 128% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 22.1% Great: 54%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 20GB 10,519 User benchmarks, average bench 39% null MHz 2048, 8192, 2048, 8192 MB Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	14.8% Very poor	MC Read 6 MC Write 3.6 MC Mixed 5.2 14% 4.93 GB/s	SC Read 3.6 SC Write 4 SC Mixed 3.8 11% 3.8 GB/s	Latency 159 25% 159 ns
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 14.8% Great: 54%

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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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $131	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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