Asus M5A78L-M/USB3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 2% Tree trunk	Desktop 55% Yacht	Workstation 2% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 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 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 66.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	0.46% 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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Motherboard	Asus M5A78L-M/USB3 (all builds)
Memory	10.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20141202
Uptime	9.4 Days
Run Date	May 26 '20 at 05:53
Run Duration	202 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8350-$130 313,196 User benchmarks, average bench 61% AM3R2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	66.4% Good	Memory 85.7 1-Core 71.8 2-Core 143 61% 100 Pts	4-Core 256 8-Core 414 41% 335 Pts	64-Core 427 26% 427 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 66.4% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
ATI Radeon 3000 Graphics 21,841 User benchmarks, average bench 1% Asus(1043 8388) 256MB Driver: atiu9p64 aticfx64 atiu9pag aticfx32 atiumd64 atidxx64 atiumdag atidxx32 atiumdva atiumd6a atitmm64 Ver. 8.710.0.0 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	0.46% Terrible	Lighting 0.47 Reflection 1.38 Parallax 0.16 0% 0.67 fps	MRender 0.81 Gravity 0.13 Splatting 1.17 1% 0.71 fps
Poor: 0% ↑ This bench: 0.46% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C 1TB-$40 97,793 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 770GB free (System drive) Firmware: JP4OA3EA SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 118 108 111 115 122 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	67.7% Good	Read 122 Write 126 Mixed 62.2 SusWrite 113 78% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 1 166% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 67.7% Great: 74%
WL2000GSA6472C 2TB 53 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 53GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 27 24 25 25 31 25 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	15.5% Very poor	Read 27.7 Write 27.2 Mixed 27 SusWrite 26.2 20% 27 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.3 4K Mixed 0.2 49% 0.33 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 15.5% Great: 81%
Hitachi HUA723030ALA640 3TB-$37 11,382 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 840GB free Firmware: MKAONS01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 29 26 26 27 33 27 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	33.7% Below average	Read 89 Write 79.2 Mixed 55.5 SusWrite 27.9 47% 62.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 157% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 33.7% Great: 87%
WL2000GSA6472E 2TB 465 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 504GB free Firmware: HPG0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 86 87 88 87 88 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	60.9% Good	Read 124 Write 116 Mixed 67 SusWrite 87.3 72% 98.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 3.3 4K Mixed 1.2 232% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 60.9% Great: 89%
Hitachi HUS724030ALE641 3TB 13,833 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 145GB free Firmware: MJ8OA5F0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 86 87 88 87 88 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	46.6% Average	Read 74.8 Write 78 Mixed 43.8 SusWrite 87.3 52% 71 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.7 148% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 46.6% Great: 89%

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 above expectations (60^th percentile)	44.8% Average	MC Read 18.2 MC Write 14.3 MC Mixed 15.7 46% 16.1 GB/s	SC Read 9 SC Write 7.8 SC Mixed 11.3 27% 9.37 GB/s	Latency 71.5 56% 71.5 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 44.8% Great: 61%

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Gaming 5%

Tree trunk

Desktop 50%

Yacht

Workstation 5%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: Asus M5A78L-M/USB3 - $53

CPU
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	510x
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	325x
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	90x

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	355x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	346x
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples	310x

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Value: 65% - Good

Total price: $128

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16