Asus M5A78L-M LE/USB3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 2% Tree trunk	Desktop 52% Yacht	Workstation 2% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 51.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	8.41% 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	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 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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A78L-M LE/USB3 (all builds)
Memory	2.9 GB free of 4 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20170304
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 27 '20 at 20:43
Run Duration	127 Seconds
Run User	IDN-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Phenom II X2 550 3,836 User benchmarks, average bench 46% AM3R2, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	51.8% Above average	Memory 89.4 1-Core 46 2-Core 90.7 50% 75.4 Pts	4-Core 91.5 8-Core 67 11% 79.2 Pts	64-Core 85.7 5% 85.7 Pts
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 51.8% Great: 51%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GTS 250 14,881 User benchmarks, average bench 7% Nvidia(10DE 0592) 512MB Ram: 512MB, Driver: 337.88 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	8.41% Terrible	Lighting 11.8 Reflection 10.5 Parallax 3.87 10% 8.71 fps	MRender 8.81 Gravity 8.47 Splatting 5.83 6% 7.7 fps
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 8.41% Great: 8%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Ccboot iSCSI 107GB 451 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 81GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 28 30 22 0.4 3.3 5.3 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	26.4% Poor	Read 73.5 Write 70 Mixed 73.5 SusWrite 14.9 44% 58 MB/s	4K Read 5.9 4K Write 5.9 4K Mixed 5.4 955% 5.73 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 26.4% Great: 55%
Ccboot iSCSI 393GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 133GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 40 36 27 1.7 6.3 9.9 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	28.8% Poor	Read 77 Write 69.3 Mixed 70 SusWrite 20.1 44% 59.1 MB/s	4K Read 5.8 4K Write 5.5 4K Mixed 5.8 988% 5.7 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 28.8% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x2GB 446,702 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 2 of 2 slots used 4GB DIMM DDR3 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	31.5% Below average	MC Read 12.2 MC Write 7.3 MC Mixed 12 30% 10.5 GB/s	SC Read 7.3 SC Write 6.1 SC Mixed 8.5 21% 7.3 GB/s	Latency 68 59% 68 ns
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 31.5% Great: 44%

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Desktop 65%

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Workstation 18%

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Motherboard: Asus M5A78L-M LE/USB3

CPU
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	67x
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	66x
FX-8300AMD $168Bench 58%, 49,767 samples	22x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	32x
GeForce GT 730NvidiaBench 5%, 164,888 samples	14x
GTX 1050Nvidia $84Bench 26%, 269,381 samples	13x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	6x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	6x
MX500 500GBCrucial $47Bench 106%, 237,241 samples	5x

RAM
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	99x
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	72x
1x8GBUnknownBench 38%, 168,538 samples	25x

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Value: 81% - Excellent

Total price: $177

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

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