Asus M5A78L-M/USB3

Performance Results


Gaming 48% Yacht	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 37% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 69.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	66% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	48.6% 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 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 (18%). 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	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20140911
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Apr 29 '17 at 17:07
Run Duration	545 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	18%

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PC Performing as expected (47^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6300-$47 261,607 User benchmarks, average bench 55% AM3R2, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 4.4 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	69.5% Good	Memory 92.5 1-Core 75.1 2-Core 141 64% 103 Pts	4-Core 258 8-Core 341 38% 299 Pts	64-Core 346 21% 346 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 69.5% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Gigabyte(1458 3716) CLim: 2088 MHz, MLim: 2014 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 381.65 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	66% Good	Lighting 83.7 Reflection 83 Parallax 79.6 68% 82.1 fps	MRender 71.6 Gravity 76.8 Splatting 76.7 62% 75.1 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 66% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 148GB free (System drive) Firmware: P0520AA Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (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 1278 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 107 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 24 (A3) Unknown 100 100 343 (94) Unknown 100 100 105591 (95) Unknown 100 100 1540 (96) Unknown 100 100 1391 (97) Unknown 100 100 1508 (A4) Unknown 100 100 25859 (A5) Unknown 100 100 43 (A6) Unknown 100 100 6 (A7) Unknown 100 100 20 (A9) Unknown 100 100 98 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 18 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 27612883779605 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 172187 (F2) Unknown 100 100 311855 (F5) Unknown 100 100 152729 (F6) Unknown 100 100 211182 (F7) Unknown 100 100 0	48.6% Average	Read 225 Write 185 Mixed 215 46% 208 MB/s	4K Read 27.4 4K Write 45.2 4K Mixed 17.6 88% 30.1 MB/s	DQ Read 30.7 DQ Write 67.7 DQ Mixed 20.5 24% 39.6 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 48.6% Great: 85%
Toshiba E300 2TB-$69 2,046 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 829GB free Firmware: MZ4OACF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 143 143 85 (03) Spinup time 140 140 21491286263 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1576 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 138 138 33 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6032 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 89 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 1577 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 1577 (C2) HDA temperature 181 181 163209543713 (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	66.8% Good	Read 114 Write 119 Mixed 59.3 72% 97.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 1.61 4K Mixed 0.13 68% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 66.8% Great: 86%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$60 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 635GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 179 173 4033 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1613 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 4904 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 95 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 41 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 154 154 140362 (C2) HDA temperature 112 106 35 (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 29	56.2% Above average	Read 97.5 Write 97.8 Mixed 56.7 62% 84 MB/s	4K Read 0.82 4K Write 2.36 4K Mixed 0.26 107% 1.15 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 56.2% Great: 84%
WD Blue 640GB (2008)-$33 94,563 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 300GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 162 157 4891 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6183 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 43 43 42140 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1489 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 356 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 6183 (C2) HDA temperature 107 83 40 (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 6880 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	48.7% Average	Read 86.3 Write 83.2 Mixed 34.8 50% 68.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 2.08 4K Mixed 0.32 99% 1 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 48.7% Great: 62%
Seagate Portable 500GB 3,247 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 359GB free, PID 2300 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	13.5% Very poor	Read 28.1 Write 27 Mixed 26.6 35% 27.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.12 4K Mixed 0.29 50% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 13.5% Great: 19%
WD Elements 1TB 51,914 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 203GB free, PID 1023 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	10.5% Very poor	Read 24.9 Write 17.5 Mixed 6.82 18% 16.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.29 4K Write 0.98 4K Mixed 0.04 36% 0.44 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 10.5% Great: 43%
SanDisk Ultra 64GB 3,958 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 55GB free, PID 5590 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	14.4% Very poor	Read 25.4 Write 6.34 Mixed 19 19% 16.9 MB/s	4K Read 4.89 4K Write 2.66 4K Mixed 1.3 153% 2.95 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 14.4% Great: 38%
HP c485w 16GB 15 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 14GB free, PID 3807 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	6.04% Terrible	Read 18.6 Write 10.1 Mixed 6.84 13% 11.8 MB/s	4K Read 4.21 4K Write 0.05 4K Mixed 0.009 18% 1.42 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 6.04% Great: 7%

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 (76^th percentile)	48.5% Average	MC Read 20.2 MC Write 13.9 MC Mixed 17.5 49% 17.2 GB/s	SC Read 10.3 SC Write 8.4 SC Mixed 12.8 30% 10.5 GB/s	Latency 63.2 63% 63.2 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 48.5% Great: 61%

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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