Asus M5A78L-M/USB3

Performance Results


Gaming 32% Sail boat	Desktop 64% Destroyer	Workstation 27% Raft


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 57%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	53.6% 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 (52%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus M5A78L-M/USB3 (all builds)
Memory	3.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131112
Uptime	4 Days
Run Date	Dec 21 '17 at 01:45
Run Duration	437 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	52%

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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-8350-$130 313,196 User benchmarks, average bench 61% AM3R2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	57% Above average	Memory 72.6 1-Core 67.2 2-Core 126 54% 88.7 Pts	4-Core 225 8-Core 357 36% 291 Pts	64-Core 375 23% 375 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 57% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 480-$75 261,163 User benchmarks, average bench 46% MSI(1462 3413) CLim: 1303 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 17.7 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	53.6% Above average	Lighting 67.6 Reflection 67.1 Parallax 90.8 55% 75.2 fps	MRender 68.2 Gravity 64.2 Splatting 55.5 50% 62.6 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 53.6% Great: 53%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Transcend SSD370S 256GB-$119 11,742 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 47GB free (System drive) Firmware: O0919A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance (0^th 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 100 100 632 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 304 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 69 (A3) Unknown 100 100 21 (A4) Unknown 100 100 28390 (A5) Unknown 100 100 101 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 27 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 1 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 97 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (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 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 93563 (F2) Unknown 100 100 207828 (F5) Unknown 100 100 227120	39.1% Below average	Read 210 Write 188 Mixed 138 40% 179 MB/s	4K Read 19.2 4K Write 28.9 4K Mixed 11.1 59% 19.7 MB/s	DQ Read 30.1 DQ Write 58.7 DQ Mixed 21.6 23% 36.8 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 39.1% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 279GB free Firmware: HP35 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 234410289 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10738 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 15 (07) Seek error rate 87 60 640013720 (09) Power-on hours count 63 63 32941 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5124 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1398764274 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032860 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 55 538181662 (C2) HDA temperature 30 45 47244640286 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 30 24 234410289 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 15 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	57.4% Above average	Read 99.8 Write 100 Mixed 77.1 69% 92.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.58 4K Mixed 0.47 100% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 57.4% Great: 70%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 92GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 175 171 2225 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9390 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 10475 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3593 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 130 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 9260 (C2) HDA temperature 116 107 27 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 5 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 5 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 5	84.2% Excellent	Read 142 Write 151 Mixed 126 105% 140 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 2.18 4K Mixed 0.18 82% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 109%
General UDisk 67GB 35 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 61GB free, PID 1234 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	2.52% Terrible	Read 12.1 Write 3.46 Mixed 4.17 7% 6.58 MB/s	4K Read 0.01 4K Write 0.003 4K Mixed 0.002 0% 0.006 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 2.52% Great: 8%

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 as expected (50^th percentile)	39.1% Below average	MC Read 14.9 MC Write 13.6 MC Mixed 14.4 41% 14.3 GB/s	SC Read 6.8 SC Write 7.6 SC Mixed 9.2 22% 7.87 GB/s	Latency 95.5 42% 95.5 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 39.1% Great: 65%

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Motherboard: Asus M5A78L-M/USB3 - $53

CPU
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	513x
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	326x
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 $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	48x

RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	357x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	347x
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples	310x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $171

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	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