Asus M5A78L-M/USB3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 64% Destroyer	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 59.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	25.6% 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	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	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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A78L-M/USB3 (all builds)
Memory	9.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20111130
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 28 '17 at 21:15
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6100-$68 44,863 User benchmarks, average bench 54% AM3R2, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	59.2% Above average	Memory 82 1-Core 62.6 2-Core 116 55% 86.9 Pts	4-Core 204 8-Core 256 30% 230 Pts	64-Core 258 16% 258 Pts
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 59.2% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 370-$153 39,178 User benchmarks, average bench 21% MSI(1462 2015) CLim: 1030 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 16.6 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	25.6% Poor	Lighting 30.9 Reflection 33.3 Parallax 36.7 25% 33.6 fps	MRender 29.9 Gravity 24.8 Splatting 39.3 26% 31.3 fps
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 25.6% Great: 23%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$25 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 833GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 66 63 4913206 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 32 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 71 60 13927096 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1131 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 33 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 56 48 739311660 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 80 (C2) HDA temperature 44 10 42949673004 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 3 1 4913206 (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 -12476879993756 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1400701088 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1797546175	103% Outstanding	Read 186 Write 175 Mixed 103 115% 155 MB/s	4K Read 1.01 4K Write 1.64 4K Mixed 0.25 100% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 112%
MDT MD75 00AAVS-00D7B0 750GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 372GB free, PID 0c31 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	13.7% Very poor	Read 25 Write 23.6 Mixed 18.7 28% 22.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.36 4K Write 1.58 4K Mixed 0.27 64% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 13.7% Great: 21%

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 below potential (35^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	38.4% Below average	MC Read 14.5 MC Write 12.7 MC Mixed 12.7 38% 13.3 GB/s	SC Read 9 SC Write 8.3 SC Mixed 11.3 27% 9.53 GB/s	Latency 76.8 52% 76.8 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 38.4% Great: 61%

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Motherboard: Asus M5A78L-M/USB3 - $53

CPU
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	514x
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	327x
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	91x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	85x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	56x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $36Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	48x

RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	357x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	349x
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples	310x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $171

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16