Asus M5A78L-M/USB3

Performance Results


Gaming 34% Sail boat	Desktop 68% Battle cruiser	Workstation 25% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 56.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	55.8% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	39.1% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait 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.

Very high background CPU (31%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A78L-M/USB3 (all builds)
Memory	4 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131112
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 06 '17 at 19:29
Run Duration	140 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	31%

PC Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-4350-$57 11,995 User benchmarks, average bench 57% AM3R2, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	56.5% Above average	Memory 89.5 1-Core 65.8 2-Core 126 59% 93.6 Pts	4-Core 131 8-Core 184 20% 158 Pts	64-Core 190 12% 190 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 56.5% Great: 64%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 390-$325 82,117 User benchmarks, average bench 50% MSI(1462 2015) CLim: 1040 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 17.6.2 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	55.8% Above average	Lighting 69.5 Reflection 61.6 Parallax 84.2 57% 71.8 fps	MRender 61.6 Gravity 54.7 Splatting 77.2 54% 64.5 fps
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 55.8% Great: 52%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 121GB free (System drive) Firmware: 60AABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 8261843 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 -84662395334592 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 597 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 50 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 27 37 68721901595 (C2) HDA temperature 27 37 68721901595 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 8261843 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 8261843 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 8261843 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 99 99 4294967297 (E9) Unknown 0 0 5915 (EA) Unknown 0 0 3810 (F1) Unknown 0 0 3810 (F2) Unknown 0 0 4611 (F4) Unknown 100 100 2359312	39.1% Below average	Read 179 Write 162 Mixed 172 38% 171 MB/s	4K Read 19.3 4K Write 47.4 4K Mixed 12.1 70% 26.3 MB/s	DQ Read 21.6 DQ Write 50.4 DQ Mixed 10.7 15% 27.6 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 39.1% Great: 85%
Toshiba P300 2TB-$61 100,891 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 1.5TB free Firmware: MX4OACF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 140 140 69 (03) Spinup time 135 135 25789661440 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 930 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4084 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 574 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 930 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 930 (C2) HDA temperature 206 206 154619936797 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	93.9% Outstanding	Read 163 Write 165 Mixed 142 117% 156 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.61 4K Mixed 0.22 84% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 93.9% Great: 108%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 911GB free Firmware: CC47 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 213770520 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 4075 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 4599848978 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 13175 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2075 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 30065229866 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 60 437714970 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 378 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 68 68 65507 (C2) HDA temperature 26 40 55834574874 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 123093762713852 (F1) Unknown 100 253 67873713788 (F2) Unknown 100 253 101518865197	109% Outstanding	Read 193 Write 188 Mixed 174 139% 185 MB/s	4K Read 0.95 4K Write 1.94 4K Mixed 0.25 104% 1.05 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x4GB 424,126 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	45.2% Average	MC Read 19.8 MC Write 12.4 MC Mixed 15.1 45% 15.8 GB/s	SC Read 10.9 SC Write 9.3 SC Mixed 12.9 32% 11 GB/s	Latency 67.8 59% 67.8 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 45.2% Great: 65%

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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 $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 $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