Asus M5A78L-M/USB3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 55% Gunboat	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (38th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 62 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 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 46.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	24.8% 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	4GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and although it's sufficient for most games, some will benefit from up to 8GB of RAM. 4GB is also enough for modest file and system caches which allow for a responsive system.
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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A78L-M/USB3 (all builds)
Memory	2.8 GB free of 4 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20141202
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 07 '16 at 15:31
Run Duration	131 Seconds
Run User	TWN-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing below expectations (38^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 X2 250 (2013 D.Ri) 19,471 User benchmarks, average bench 40% AM3R2, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads Base clock 3 GHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	46.7% Average	Memory 79.3 1-Core 44.9 2-Core 74.8 45% 66.3 Pts	4-Core 85.9 8-Core 86.9 12% 86.4 Pts	64-Core 87.6 5% 87.6 Pts
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 46.7% Great: 48%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 270X-$199 77,943 User benchmarks, average bench 27% PowerColor(148C 2336) 2GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 14.502.1031.0 Performing below potential (26^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	24.8% Poor	Lighting 30.6 Reflection 29 Parallax 34 25% 31.2 fps	MRender 26.4 Gravity 27.2 Splatting 34 24% 29.2 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 24.8% Great: 29%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 930GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 70 66 11242408 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 19 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 9453 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 12 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 11 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 67 437714970 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 19 (C2) HDA temperature 26 19 81604378650 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 8 7 11242408 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 20830591385606 (F1) Unknown 100 253 8190806 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3051602	54.1% Above average	Read 97.2 Write 91.4 Mixed 61.2 62% 83.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 1.61 4K Mixed 0.28 86% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 54.1% Great: 113%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 204GB free (System drive) Firmware: KC48 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 102 99 19208 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 996 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 35106686 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1414 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 996 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 52 488112157 (C2) HDA temperature 29 48 51539607581 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 57 37 19208 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -50513110366849 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2200646391 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2647213516	48.1% Average	Read 83.6 Write 84.3 Mixed 42.4 52% 70.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.28 4K Write 0.41 4K Mixed 0.37 60% 0.35 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 48.1% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1x4GB 154,807 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 1 of 4 slots used 4GB DIMM Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	23.9% Poor	MC Read 9 MC Write 6.7 MC Mixed 7.2 22% 7.63 GB/s	SC Read 6.7 SC Write 6.3 SC Mixed 6.1 18% 6.37 GB/s	Latency 81.9 49% 81.9 ns
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 23.9% Great: 52%

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

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Motherboard: Asus M5A78L-M/USB3 - $53

CPU
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	506x
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: $128

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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