Asus M5A78L-M/USB3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 4% Tree trunk	Desktop 53% Yacht	Workstation 3% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 56.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	9.33% 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	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	6GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 6GB 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 10 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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A78L-M/USB3 (all builds)
Memory	3.6 GB free of 6 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20120828
Uptime	3.3 Days
Run Date	Mar 05 '20 at 20:16
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	RUS-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (74^th 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 640-$70 18,839 User benchmarks, average bench 45% AM3R2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3 GHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	56.4% Above average	Memory 78.7 1-Core 53.7 2-Core 108 51% 80.2 Pts	4-Core 200 8-Core 203 27% 201 Pts	64-Core 205 13% 205 Pts
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 56.4% Great: 53%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 550-Ti-$250 54,392 User benchmarks, average bench 9% Device(0000 0000) 1GB CLim: 900 MHz, MLim: 1026 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 378.66 Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	9.33% Terrible	Lighting 10.2 Reflection 12.7 Parallax 3.22 8% 8.73 fps	MRender 15.2 Gravity 11.3 Splatting 14.5 11% 13.7 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 9.33% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 64GB free Firmware: CC49 SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 88 84 94 95 98 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	82.8% Excellent	Read 198 Write 151 Mixed 74.5 SusWrite 91 94% 129 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1 182% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 82.8% Great: 112%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$20 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 47GB free (System drive) Firmware: KC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 87 82 94 94 98 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	62.8% Good	Read 129 Write 131 Mixed 54 SusWrite 89.8 74% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.9 150% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 62.8% Great: 88%
WD My Book 1142 1TB 24 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 28GB free, PID 1142 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 114 75 75 85 140 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	47.4% Average	Read 118 Write 114 Mixed 79.3 SusWrite 101 138% 103 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 0.9 123% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 47.4% Great: 48%
TOSHIBA MQ01ABD032 320GB 19 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 9GB free, PID 0c31 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 35 35 35 35 35 36 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	17.1% Very poor	Read 34.8 Write 35.8 Mixed 21.5 SusWrite 35.3 43% 31.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.6 70% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 17.1% Great: 17%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 6GB 111,301 User benchmarks, average bench 25% null MHz 4096, 2048 MB Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	23.9% Poor	MC Read 8.7 MC Write 6.9 MC Mixed 7.4 22% 7.67 GB/s	SC Read 7 SC Write 5.9 SC Mixed 6.3 18% 6.4 GB/s	Latency 83 48% 83 ns
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 23.9% Great: 46%

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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 $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	514x
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	328x
FX-8320AMD $125Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	186x

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	91x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	85x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	56x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $36Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	48x

RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	357x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	351x
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples	311x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $171

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $164	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $149
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $89
Intel Core i5-13600K $249	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $359