Asus M5A78L-M/USB3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 4% Tree trunk	Desktop 58% Gunboat	Workstation 3% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 66.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	5.38% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (28%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A78L-M/USB3 (all builds)
Memory	5.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141202
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Jul 13 '20 at 17:54
Run Duration	153 Seconds
Run User	JPN-User
Background CPU	28%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8120 25,690 User benchmarks, average bench 56% AM3R2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	66.6% Good	Memory 91 1-Core 66.9 2-Core 127 60% 95 Pts	4-Core 231 8-Core 327 35% 279 Pts	64-Core 322 20% 322 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 66.6% Great: 63%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce 9600 GT 20,826 User benchmarks, average bench 4% Gigabyte(1458 3488) 1GB Ram: 1GB, Driver: 342.01 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	5.38% Terrible	Lighting 6.47 Reflection 9.5 Parallax 2.09 5% 6.02 fps	MRender 9.71 Gravity 4.5 Splatting 6.57 6% 6.93 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.38% Great: 5%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate ST3250310AS 250GB-$44 34,705 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 136GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3.AAC SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 42 42 43 36 29 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	35.7% Below average	Read 85.9 Write 55.7 Mixed 45.2 SusWrite 38.4 42% 56.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.9 145% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 35.7% Great: 54%
Hitachi HTS545050A7E680 500GB 66,048 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 136GB free Firmware: GR2OA230 SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 71 71 72 72 72 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	47.2% Average	Read 93.1 Write 89.9 Mixed 34.4 SusWrite 71.2 53% 72.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.5 104% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 47.2% Great: 58%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 720GB free Firmware: JC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 67 71 71 72 72 72 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	54.8% Above average	Read 120 Write 111 Mixed 54.7 SusWrite 70.9 65% 89.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 1 174% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 54.8% Great: 68%
Hitachi HTS541612J9SA00 120GB-$40 2,383 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 112GB free Firmware: SBDOC7BP SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 43 43 44 41 37 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	24.5% Poor	Read 44.4 Write 35.2 Mixed 26.1 SusWrite 41 27% 36.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.4 68% 0.43 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 24.5% Great: 25%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1x8GB 168,538 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	34.2% Below average	MC Read 12.4 MC Write 11.4 MC Mixed 9.7 32% 11.2 GB/s	SC Read 9 SC Write 9.1 SC Mixed 10.3 27% 9.47 GB/s	Latency 65.8 61% 65.8 ns
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 34.2% Great: 67%

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Workstation 5%

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Motherboard: Asus M5A78L-M/USB3 - $53

CPU
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	509x
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	325x
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 $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	48x

RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	355x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	346x
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples	309x

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Value: 65% - Good

Total price: $128

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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