Asus M5A78L-M/USB3

Performance Results


Gaming 4% Tree trunk	Desktop 42% Speed boat	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (33rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 67 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 below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 42.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	1.16% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	41.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus M5A78L-M/USB3 (all builds)
Memory	19.3 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1776 x 1000 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141202
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 11 '20 at 14:12
Run Duration	183 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Athlon II X3 445-$100 3,101 User benchmarks, average bench 44% AM3R2, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	42.1% Average	Memory 70.4 1-Core 43.7 2-Core 86.5 43% 66.9 Pts	4-Core 82.2 8-Core 84.7 11% 83.4 Pts	64-Core 86.7 5% 86.7 Pts
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 42.1% Great: 51%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 5450 66,079 User benchmarks, average bench 1% Sapphire(174B E164) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	1.16% Terrible	Lighting 1.37 Reflection 1.88 Parallax 1.66 1% 1.64 fps	MRender 1.81 Gravity 0.9 Splatting 1.78 1% 1.5 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1.16% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Team T253TD480G 480GB 1,366 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 338GB free (System drive) Firmware: Q0410A SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 86 72 52 52 52 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	41.9% Average	Read 198 Write 191 Mixed 191 SusWrite 66.3 36% 161 MB/s	4K Read 19.3 4K Write 48 4K Mixed 26.2 88% 31.2 MB/s	DQ Read 38.7 DQ Write 71 DQ Mixed 48.5 39% 52.7 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 41.9% Great: 123%
Toshiba OCZ TL100 240GB-$56 10,555 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 57GB free Firmware: SBFZ10.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 87 78 52 52 52 MB/s Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	31.6% Below average	Read 181 Write 121 Mixed 141 SusWrite 67.5 28% 127 MB/s	4K Read 14.5 4K Write 32.4 4K Mixed 17 61% 21.3 MB/s	DQ Read 22.3 DQ Write 42.4 DQ Mixed 24.8 21% 29.8 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 31.6% Great: 89%
Hitachi HUA722020ALA331 2TB 22,636 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2TB free Firmware: JKAOA3NH SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 83 86 89 91 91 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	54.9% Above average	Read 104 Write 105 Mixed 56.2 SusWrite 87.3 65% 88.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 54.9% Great: 68%
Seagate ST33000651NS 3TB 6,381 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 2.5TB free Firmware: G009 SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 83 86 89 91 92 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	49% Average	Read 82.8 Write 126 Mixed 39.1 SusWrite 87.5 61% 83.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1.1 182% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 49% Great: 86%
Hitachi HUA722020ALA331 2TB 22,636 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1.5TB free Firmware: JKAOA3NH SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 119 122 121 123 121 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	58.9% Above average	Read 84 Write 91.4 Mixed 44.8 SusWrite 121 62% 85.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 136% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 58.9% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 24GB 14,716 User benchmarks, average bench 43% null MHz 8192, 8192, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	25.9% Poor	MC Read 10.6 MC Write 6.6 MC Mixed 9.1 25% 8.77 GB/s	SC Read 6.5 SC Write 6.2 SC Mixed 7.5 19% 6.73 GB/s	Latency 100 40% 100 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 25.9% Great: 72%

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Workstation 5%

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Motherboard: Asus M5A78L-M/USB3 - $53

CPU
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	506x
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	324x
FX-8320AMD $175Bench 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: $128

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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