Asus M5A78L-M/USB3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 1% Tree trunk	Desktop 24% Surfboard	Workstation 1% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (8th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 92 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 extremely low single core score, this CPU can barely handle email and light web browsing. Finally, with a gaming score of 27.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very poor.
Graphics	3.72% 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	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB 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.

Very high background CPU (100%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus M5A78L-M/USB3 (all builds)
Memory	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20120828
Uptime	1.6 Days
Run Date	Mar 30 '19 at 08:35
Run Duration	245 Seconds
Run User	ZAF-User
Background CPU	100%

PC Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-4300-$73 55,454 User benchmarks, average bench 52% AM3R2, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	27.7% Poor	Memory 40.4 1-Core 12.3 2-Core 40.4 21% 31 Pts	4-Core 84.8 8-Core 106 12% 95.7 Pts	64-Core 129 8% 129 Pts
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 27.7% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 270-$140 47,409 User benchmarks, average bench 24% MSI(1462 3050) 2GB CLim: 955 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 18.8.2 Relative performance (0^th percentile)	3.72% Terrible	Lighting 1.37 Reflection 5.65 Parallax 2.72 1% 3.25 fps	MRender 3.33 Gravity 27.4 Splatting 3.61 9% 11.4 fps
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 3.72% Great: 26%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung HD252HJ 250GB 8,167 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 20GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1AC01113 SusWrite @10s intervals: 21 7.8 10 8.4 7.8 13 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	24.1% Poor	Read 72.3 Write 22.9 Mixed 10 SusWrite 11.3 21% 29.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.9 149% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 24.1% Great: 58%
Samsung HD103SI 1TB-$89 48,059 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 614GB free Firmware: 1AG01118 SusWrite @10s intervals: 12 7.9 10 8.5 7.9 13 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	26.7% Poor	Read 83 Write 21.8 Mixed 9.3 SusWrite 9.9 22% 31 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.8 117% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 26.7% Great: 59%
Flash USB Disk 4GB 47 User benchmarks, average bench 4% 4GB free, PID 5236 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 3.2 4.9 4.3 3.7 5 5.2 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	2.06% Terrible	Read 7.3 Write 4.9 Mixed 3.5 SusWrite 4.4 6% 5.03 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 1% 0.07 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 2.06% Great: 6%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x4GB 106,178 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	30% Below average	MC Read 12.1 MC Write 11.3 MC Mixed 12.1 34% 11.8 GB/s	SC Read 2.7 SC Write 2.7 SC Mixed 6.6 11% 4 GB/s	Latency 201 20% 201 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 30% Great: 61%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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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	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: $138

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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