Asus M5A78L-M/USB3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing CPU, RAM
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Graphics	11.6% 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	28.5% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus M5A78L-M/USB3 (all builds)
Memory	2.1 GB free of 4 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140911
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 02 '15 at 00:32
Run Duration	234 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	17%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Phenom II X4 965-$144 43,442 User benchmarks, average bench 53% AM3R2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		1-Core 60.4 2-Core 122 41% 91.1 Pts	4-Core 240 8-Core 244 32% 242 Pts	64-Core 245 15% 245 Pts
Poor: 35% Great: 61%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 5770 37,602 User benchmarks, average bench 10% PwrHis(1787 200A) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 8.850.0.0 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	11.6% Very poor	Lighting 14.9 Reflection 10.7 Parallax 12.9 12% 12.8 fps	MRender 10.8 Gravity 11.3 Splatting 15.3 10% 12.5 fps
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 11.6% Great: 11%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Ocz-vertex LE 100GB 36 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 60GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.35 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 104 102 7648015 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 71579924955198 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 64 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 20 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 104 102 7648015 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 384 (EA) Unknown 0 0 448 (F1) Unknown 0 0 448 (F2) Unknown 0 0 384	28.5% Poor	Read 200 Write 104 Mixed 123 31% 143 MB/s	4K Read 14.1 4K Write 9.82 4K Mixed 10.6 40% 11.5 MB/s	DQ Read 71.1 DQ Write 12.7 DQ Mixed 17.7 19% 33.8 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 28.5% Great: 51%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 381GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 170 167 4483 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5411 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 13156 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3590 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 184 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5226 (C2) HDA temperature 126 104 21 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	71.1% Very good	Read 139 Write 108 Mixed 85 82% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.82 4K Write 2.22 4K Mixed 0.35 114% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 71.1% Great: 76%
SanDisk U3 Cruzer Micro 2GB 1,256 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 2GB free, PID 5406 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	7.83% Terrible	Read 30.2 Write 7.13 Mixed 11.9 17% 16.4 MB/s	4K Read 7.64 4K Write 0.03 4K Mixed 0.03 30% 2.57 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 7.83% Great: 8%

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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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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

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Performance Results

PC Performing above expectations (72nd percentile)

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PC Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)