Asus M5A78L-M/USB3

Performance Results


Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 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 61.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	19.4% 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	45.9% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Asus M5A78L-M/USB3 (all builds)
Memory	13.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131112
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 21 '17 at 16:58
Run Duration	265 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing as expected (43^rd 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 4.3 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	61.5% Good	Memory 84.6 1-Core 72.3 2-Core 128 59% 95.1 Pts	4-Core 212 8-Core 288 32% 250 Pts	64-Core 288 18% 288 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 61.5% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 5870 10,176 User benchmarks, average bench 19% Asus(1043 0346) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	19.4% Very poor	Lighting 27 Reflection 14.6 Parallax 24.9 22% 22.2 fps	MRender 12.4 Gravity 20.9 Splatting 18.9 14% 17.4 fps
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 19.4% Great: 20%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ VERTEX2 60GB 4,861 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 30GB free Firmware: 1.27 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 120 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -32744830659407 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3607 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 315 (B1) Unknown 0 0 3 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 129 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 98 98 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 16768 (EA) Unknown 0 0 9088 (F1) Unknown 0 0 9088 (F2) Unknown 0 0 10624	26.2% Poor	Read 143 Write 57.4 Mixed 71.4 20% 90.6 MB/s	4K Read 13.9 4K Write 45.9 4K Mixed 6.65 54% 22.2 MB/s	DQ Read 15.6 DQ Write 54.4 DQ Mixed 6.86 13% 25.6 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 26.2% Great: 51%
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB-$190 73,119 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 49GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM06B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (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 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5315 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 4979 (B1) Unknown 96 96 137 (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 73 58 27 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 23 (EB) Unknown 99 99 776 (F1) Unknown 99 99 22774175929	45.9% Average	Read 203 Write 190 Mixed 171 42% 188 MB/s	4K Read 22.9 4K Write 42 4K Mixed 17.8 80% 27.6 MB/s	DQ Read 29.4 DQ Write 67.4 DQ Mixed 18.4 23% 38.4 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 45.9% Great: 116%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 3TB-$67 235,501 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 224GB free Firmware: CC44 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 105 99 8810664 (03) Spinup time 91 90 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6557 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 53 53 133150616167 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 5395 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2963 (B7) Unknown 99 99 1 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 76 53 404095000 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 152 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 85 85 31560 (C2) HDA temperature 24 47 30064771096 (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 -42670500084487 (F1) Unknown 100 253 17464371598 (F2) Unknown 100 253 29626314939	96% Outstanding	Read 161 Write 174 Mixed 48.6 93% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.79 4K Write 1.38 4K Mixed 0.29 90% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 96% Great: 113%
Samsung HD322HJ 320GB-$44 40,147 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 71GB free Firmware: 1AC01118 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 91 91 3540 (04) Start/Stop count 87 87 13502 (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 97 97 15577 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 1 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 2 (0C) Power cycle count 91 91 8920 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 85 65 252641295 (C2) HDA temperature 80 63 336527380 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 44355 (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 11 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	45.7% Average	Read 71.1 Write 88 Mixed 54.5 53% 71.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.97 4K Mixed 0.5 110% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 45.7% Great: 62%
WD Red 4TB (2013)-$110 55,507 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 8GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 178 173 8058 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2247 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1681 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 952 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 49 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3854 (C2) HDA temperature 127 110 25 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 198 78 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	41.7% Average	Read 68.4 Write 76.6 Mixed 105 64% 83.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.88 4K Write 1.83 4K Mixed 0.2 93% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 41.7% Great: 100%
Seagate FreeAgentDesktop 250GB 638 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 75GB free, PID 3000 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	11.8% Very poor	Read 24 Write 24.8 Mixed 15.5 27% 21.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.25 4K Write 0.93 4K Mixed 0.21 40% 0.46 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 11.8% Great: 17%

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 as expected (51^st percentile)	42.6% Average	MC Read 17 MC Write 13.4 MC Mixed 15.1 43% 15.2 GB/s	SC Read 9.4 SC Write 7.9 SC Mixed 10.1 26% 9.13 GB/s	Latency 72.5 55% 72.5 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 42.6% Great: 61%

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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 $293	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 $45	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