Asus M5A78L/USB3

Performance Results


Gaming 23% Surfboard	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 20% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 70.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	28.4% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	41.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Asus M5A78L/USB3 (all builds)
Memory	10.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1280 x 960 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130427
Uptime	7 Days
Run Date	Mar 13 '17 at 21:45
Run Duration	279 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8350-$130 313,196 User benchmarks, average bench 61% AM3R2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	70.7% Very good	Memory 89.7 1-Core 72.5 2-Core 148 63% 104 Pts	4-Core 280 8-Core 452 45% 366 Pts	64-Core 449 28% 449 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 70.7% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-$101 269,381 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Gigabyte(1458 372E) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 376.53 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	28.4% Poor	Lighting 35.2 Reflection 26 Parallax 32 29% 31.1 fps	MRender 38.1 Gravity 32.8 Splatting 32.3 28% 34.4 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 28.4% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 120GB-$35 80,916 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 55GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3J96R9 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 529 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 7 (64) Unknown 100 100 626240 (65) Unknown 100 100 721744 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 5 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 99 99 369 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 673 (B7) Unknown 95 95 33 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 28 100 154620264476 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 95 95 5 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1027 (EA) Unknown 100 100 220 (F1) Unknown 100 100 563 (F2) Unknown 100 100 338 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 0	41.1% Average	Read 247 Write 126 Mixed 135 37% 169 MB/s	4K Read 22.4 4K Write 29.8 4K Mixed 11 64% 21 MB/s	DQ Read 143 DQ Write 76.6 DQ Mixed 25.9 42% 81.9 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 41.1% Great: 82%
WD Red 1TB (2012)-$62 37,583 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 467GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 136 134 4158 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 318 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 69 69 22867 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 310 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 31 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1209 (C2) HDA temperature 111 103 32 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	71% Very good	Read 136 Write 111 Mixed 109 89% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.37 4K Mixed 0.16 91% 1.08 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 71% Great: 87%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 238GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 181796456 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 326 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 295999322 (09) Power-on hours count 77 77 20214 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 150 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 21475164175 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 70 62 538247198 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 4 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 47 47 106505 (C2) HDA temperature 30 40 73014444062 (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 -134703059284740 (F1) Unknown 100 253 32008710465 (F2) Unknown 100 253 355678034076	76.5% Very good	Read 138 Write 129 Mixed 128 99% 132 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 1.44 4K Mixed 0.21 67% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 76.5% Great: 112%
Hitachi HDS722516VLAT80 165GB 70 User benchmarks, average bench 22% 22GB free Firmware: V34OA6MA Max speed: UDMA 100 100 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 96 96 458753 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 126 126 21490237681 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 991 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 97 97 196608 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 40428 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 973 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 2573 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 2573 (C2) HDA temperature 157 157 193274576931 (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 1	24% Poor	Read 42.2 Write 41.1 Mixed 24 26% 35.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.42 4K Mixed 0.28 79% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 24% Great: 30%
Lexar JumpDrive S23 USB 3.0 16GB-$8 500 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 1GB free, PID a833 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	7.8% Terrible	Read 26.2 Write 5.13 Mixed 11.9 15% 14.4 MB/s	4K Read 2.89 4K Write 0.72 4K Mixed 0.54 53% 1.38 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 7.8% Great: 27%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x4GB 106,178 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	45.7% Average	MC Read 17.5 MC Write 14.7 MC Mixed 15.8 46% 16 GB/s	SC Read 10.4 SC Write 9.1 SC Mixed 13.5 31% 11 GB/s	Latency 67.7 59% 67.7 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 45.7% Great: 61%

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Gaming 21%

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Desktop 67%

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Workstation 17%

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Motherboard: Asus M5A78L/USB3

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	15x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	14x
FX-4100AMD $110Bench 51%, 32,471 samples	9x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	8x
GTX 650Nvidia $112Bench 8%, 69,673 samples	6x
GeForce GT 730NvidiaBench 5%, 164,888 samples	5x

SSD
BX500 240GBCrucial $29Bench 56%, 142,801 samples	4x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $37Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	4x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	3x

RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	27x
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples	19x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	11x

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Value: 79% - Very good

Total price: $218

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