Asus M5A78L-M/USB3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 28% Raft	Desktop 58% Gunboat	Workstation 20% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 55.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	52.7% 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	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 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.

Very high background CPU (48%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A78L-M/USB3 (all builds)
Memory	2 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20141202
Uptime	4 Days
Run Date	Oct 25 '16 at 17:33
Run Duration	401 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	48%

PC Performing as expected (49^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-4300-$73 55,454 User benchmarks, average bench 52% AM3R2, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	55.4% Above average	Memory 81.9 1-Core 29.5 2-Core 104 46% 71.7 Pts	4-Core 169 8-Core 181 23% 175 Pts	64-Core 205 13% 205 Pts
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 55.4% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 21.21.13.7270 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	52.7% Above average	Lighting 66.3 Reflection 46.1 Parallax 67.3 54% 59.9 fps	MRender 71.2 Gravity 62.6 Splatting 53.4 50% 62.4 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 52.7% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate ST31500524AS 1.5TB 130 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 1TB free (System drive) Firmware: CC13 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 99 92428487 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 56 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 80761577 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 3399 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 56 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 59 50 774307881 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 52 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 56 (C2) HDA temperature 41 50 90194313257 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 41 21 92428487 (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 135927124987340 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1314880504 (F2) Unknown 100 253 492535424	53.7% Above average	Read 101 Write 86.4 Mixed 30.8 53% 72.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 1.42 4K Mixed 0.31 78% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 53.7% Great: 72%
Hitachi HDT725032VLA380 320GB-$36 4,086 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 123GB free Firmware: V54OA7BA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 98 95 131074 (02) Throughput performance 167 100 169 (03) Spinup time 114 100 25791299911 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 28650 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 132 100 33 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 37236 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 4258 (C0) Power-off retract count 76 76 29852 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 76 76 29852 (C2) HDA temperature 166 107 244814053412 (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 200 253 0	29.4% Poor	Read 53.7 Write 48.5 Mixed 23.1 31% 41.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 1.37 4K Mixed 0.21 64% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 29.4% Great: 40%
Hitachi HDT725032VLA380 320GB-$36 4,086 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 42GB free Firmware: V54OA7BA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 97 0 (02) Throughput performance 167 100 169 (03) Spinup time 114 100 25791365446 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 8288 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 134 100 32 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 37290 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 4256 (C0) Power-off retract count 93 93 8472 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 93 93 8472 (C2) HDA temperature 171 111 236224184355 (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 200 253 0	32.8% Below average	Read 56.4 Write 57.6 Mixed 17.2 32% 43.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.58 4K Mixed 0.23 71% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 32.8% Great: 40%
JMicron 4TB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 730GB free, PID 2561 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	13.4% Very poor	Read 24.5 Write 23.6 Mixed 24.2 31% 24.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.48 4K Mixed 0.2 59% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 13.4% Great: 62%
JMicron 4TB 668GB free, PID 2561 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples

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 below potential (36^th percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	26.9% Poor	MC Read 9.2 MC Write 8.6 MC Mixed 8.2 25% 8.67 GB/s	SC Read 7.7 SC Write 7.3 SC Mixed 7.1 21% 7.37 GB/s	Latency 77.2 52% 77.2 ns
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 26.9% Great: 67%

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Motherboard: Asus M5A78L-M/USB3 - $53

CPU
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	510x
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	325x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	186x

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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Total price: $128

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16