Asus M5A78L-M/USB3

Performance Results


Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 59% Gunboat	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 57%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	9.76% 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	35% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait 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 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.

Motherboard	Asus M5A78L-M/USB3 (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20111130
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 07 '19 at 11:45
Run Duration	170 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (49^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-4100-$110 32,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% AM3R2, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	57% Above average	Memory 81.3 1-Core 64.6 2-Core 115 55% 87 Pts	4-Core 193 8-Core 185 26% 189 Pts	64-Core 196 12% 196 Pts
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 57% Great: 58%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 550-Ti-$250 54,392 User benchmarks, average bench 9% Asus(1043 83C2) 1GB Ram: 1GB, Driver: 340.52 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	9.76% Terrible	Lighting 10.9 Reflection 12.8 Parallax 9.19 9% 11 fps	MRender 15.2 Gravity 11.6 Splatting 14.7 11% 13.9 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 9.76% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ AGILITY3 60GB 14,293 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 6GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 44 49 47 47 48 50 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	35% Below average	Read 130 Write 57.3 Mixed 83 SusWrite 47.6 18% 79.6 MB/s	4K Read 18.5 4K Write 46 4K Mixed 22.6 81% 29 MB/s	DQ Read 26.2 DQ Write 53 DQ Mixed 28 25% 35.7 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 35% Great: 51%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 148GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 153 182 182 191 189 187 MB/s Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	51.4% Above average	Read 217 Write 197 Mixed 185 SusWrite 181 44% 195 MB/s	4K Read 27.2 4K Write 44.9 4K Mixed 24.6 96% 32.2 MB/s	DQ Read 34.7 DQ Write 64.5 DQ Mixed 44.3 35% 47.8 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 51.4% Great: 124%
WD Purple 2TB (2014)-$67 19,126 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 245GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 115 116 117 118 118 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	67.6% Good	Read 120 Write 113 Mixed 67.5 SusWrite 115 76% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 0.9 182% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 67.6% Great: 86%
Multi-Reader -0 2GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 9% 2GB free, PID 6368 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 10 11 11 11 11 11 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	7.37% Terrible	Read 11.3 Write 10.8 Mixed 6.5 SusWrite 10.8 13% 9.85 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.5 56% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.37% Great: 18%

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 as expected (42^nd percentile)	40.9% Average	MC Read 16.8 MC Write 12.1 MC Mixed 14.5 41% 14.5 GB/s	SC Read 9.1 SC Write 8.6 SC Mixed 10.8 27% 9.5 GB/s	Latency 78.2 51% 78.2 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 40.9% Great: 61%

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Workstation 5%

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Motherboard: Asus M5A78L-M/USB3 - $53

CPU
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	513x
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	326x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 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 $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	48x

RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	357x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	347x
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples	310x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $171

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16