Asus M5A78L-M/USB3

Performance Results


Gaming 4% Tree trunk	Desktop 50% Yacht	Workstation 3% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 50.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	3.52% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	32.6% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	6GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 6GB 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.

Motherboard	Asus M5A78L-M/USB3 (all builds)
Memory	4.5 GB free of 6 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20141202
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 13 '17 at 21:01
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Athlon II X2 250 (2013 D.Ri) 19,471 User benchmarks, average bench 40% AM3R2, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads Base clock 3 GHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	50.9% Above average	Memory 85.9 1-Core 48.3 2-Core 91.3 50% 75.2 Pts	4-Core 95.9 8-Core 96.2 13% 96.1 Pts	64-Core 96.4 6% 96.4 Pts
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 50.9% Great: 48%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 630 60,212 User benchmarks, average bench 4% Gigabyte(1458 3544) 2GB Ram: 2GB, Driver: 309.8 Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	3.52% Terrible	Lighting 4.3 Reflection 5.12 Parallax 1.22 4% 3.54 fps	MRender 5.95 Gravity 4.57 Splatting 3.09 4% 4.54 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.52% Great: 5%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 86GB free (System drive) Firmware: 603ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 10944377 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -16879221472539 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 307 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 130 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 29 38 73016934429 (C2) HDA temperature 29 38 73016934429 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 10944377 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 10944377 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 10944377 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 4294967296 (E9) Unknown 0 0 1070 (EA) Unknown 0 0 940 (F1) Unknown 0 0 940 (F2) Unknown 0 0 889 (F4) Unknown 100 100 2555928	32.6% Below average	Read 189 Write 111 Mixed 134 32% 145 MB/s	4K Read 16.3 4K Write 28.2 4K Mixed 11.1 54% 18.5 MB/s	DQ Read 20.5 DQ Write 79 DQ Mixed 11.6 20% 37 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 32.6% Great: 73%
Seagate ST3500820AS 500GB 4,420 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 464GB free Firmware: SD35 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 214562700 (03) Spinup time 92 86 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1519 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 74 60 4322768367 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 9920 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 3 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2259 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 17180131334 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 56 521601055 (C2) HDA temperature 31 44 55834574879 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 23 3 214562700 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 390	58.9% Above average	Read 102 Write 103 Mixed 32.5 58% 79.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 1.57 4K Mixed 0.41 102% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 58.9% Great: 60%
Samsung Spinpoint T166 500GB-$40 43,024 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 440GB free Firmware: CR100-10 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 253 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 7232 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1998 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 253 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 253 0 (08) Seek timer performance 253 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4869 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 253 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1489 (BB) vendor-specific 253 253 0 (BC) Unknown 253 253 0 (BE) vendor-specific 72 58 28 (C2) HDA temperature 154 112 28 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 331046 (C4) Reallocation count 253 253 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 253 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 253 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 199 97 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 1	46% Average	Read 76.9 Write 83.3 Mixed 35.2 48% 65.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 1.73 4K Mixed 0.38 101% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 46% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 6GB 111,301 User benchmarks, average bench 25% null MHz 2048, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	26% Poor	MC Read 9.5 MC Write 7.4 MC Mixed 7.7 23% 8.2 GB/s	SC Read 7.7 SC Write 6.5 SC Mixed 7 20% 7.07 GB/s	Latency 71.3 56% 71.3 ns
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 26% Great: 46%

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Motherboard: Asus M5A78L-M/USB3 - $53

CPU
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	508x
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	325x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	185x

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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Value: 64% - Good

Total price: $128

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	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) $37	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