Asus M5A78L-M/USB3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 2% Tree trunk	Desktop 46% Yacht	Workstation 2% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 56.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	0.44% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A78L-M/USB3 (all builds)
Memory	2.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20141202
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 13 '16 at 16:39
Run Duration	241 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (54^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-$90 261,607 User benchmarks, average bench 55% AM3R2, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	56.2% Above average	Memory 81.7 1-Core 51.2 2-Core 90.3 49% 74.4 Pts	4-Core 172 8-Core 219 25% 196 Pts	64-Core 228 14% 228 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 56.2% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
ATI Radeon 3000 Graphics 21,841 User benchmarks, average bench 1% Asus(1043 8388) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 8.970.100.1100 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	0.44% Terrible	Lighting 0.43 Reflection 1 Parallax 0.53 0% 0.65 fps	MRender 0.76 Gravity 0.2 Splatting 1.13 1% 0.7 fps
Poor: 0% ↑ This bench: 0.44% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 120GB-$80 69,224 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 18GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3115 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 920 (B1) Unknown 96 96 67 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 61 52 39 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 9 (F1) Unknown 99 99 9707854073
Poor: 64% Great: 115%
Seagate ST1500DM003-9YN16G 1.5TB 5,186 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 482GB free Firmware: CC4B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 134992432 (03) Spinup time 93 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2667 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 56 55 25772532439 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 4197 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1388 (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 63 53 639959077 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 40 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 13525 (C2) HDA temperature 37 47 60129542181 (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 -87454124079405 (F1) Unknown 100 253 41270230175844 (F2) Unknown 100 253 22784489560786	71.2% Very good	Read 133 Write 116 Mixed 101 87% 117 MB/s	4K Read 1.03 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.32 99% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 71.2% Great: 103%
Hitachi HTS545025B9A300 250GB 8,875 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 125GB free Firmware: PB2O Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 197 197 64424509441 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 9188 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 49 49 22498 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 5467 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 36 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 87 87 136582 (C2) HDA temperature 189 189 244813725725 (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 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	31.3% Below average	Read 55.2 Write 53.8 Mixed 55.5 41% 54.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.33 4K Write 1.09 4K Mixed 0.24 61% 0.56 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 31.3% Great: 45%
Toshiba MK8037GSX 80GB-$110 741 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 71GB free Firmware: DL23 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 1070 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 7316 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 24 24 30543 (0A) Spinup retry count 246 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 4923 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 36 538902560 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 1037 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 4194368 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 51 51 490765 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 274878431264 (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 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 30 (DE) Loaded hours 50 50 20058 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 320 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	20.8% Poor	Read 28.6 Write 43.5 Mixed 35.4 27% 35.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.13 4K Mixed 0.27 71% 0.62 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 20.8% Great: 24%
SanDisk Extreme USB 3.0 32GB-$28 4,213 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 26GB free, PID 5580 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	81.1% Excellent	Read 180 Write 91.6 Mixed 54.6 118% 109 MB/s	4K Read 12.4 4K Write 10.5 4K Mixed 4.8 565% 9.21 MB/s	DQ Read 13.5 DQ Write 11.3 DQ Mixed 5.28 615% 10 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 93%

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 (52^nd percentile)	39.4% Below average	MC Read 16.7 MC Write 11 MC Mixed 14.5 40% 14.1 GB/s	SC Read 7.9 SC Write 6.5 SC Mixed 9.6 23% 8 GB/s	Latency 77.4 52% 77.4 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 39.4% Great: 65%

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Gaming 5%

Tree trunk

Desktop 50%

Yacht

Workstation 5%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: Asus M5A78L-M/USB3 - $53

CPU
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	511x
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	356x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	346x
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples	310x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $171

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16