Asus M5A78L-M/USB3

Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 64% Destroyer	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 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 57.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	26.1% 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	27.5% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A78L-M/USB3 (all builds)
Memory	19.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141202
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Feb 21 '17 at 22:29
Run Duration	282 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Phenom II X4 965-$144 43,442 User benchmarks, average bench 53% AM3R2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	57.2% Above average	Memory 83.5 1-Core 48.5 2-Core 101 50% 77.6 Pts	4-Core 183 8-Core 178 24% 180 Pts	64-Core 186 12% 186 Pts
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 57.2% Great: 61%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 370-$153 39,178 User benchmarks, average bench 21% MSI(1462 2015) CLim: 1050 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.2.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	26.1% Poor	Lighting 31.6 Reflection 34 Parallax 37.8 26% 34.5 fps	MRender 30.1 Gravity 25.3 Splatting 39.5 27% 31.6 fps
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 26.1% Great: 23%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 131GB free 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 1811 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 118 (B1) Unknown 99 99 7 (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 72 54 28 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 9 (F1) Unknown 99 99 4498447135
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
SanDisk Ultra II 240GB-$40 53,931 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 115GB free Firmware: X312 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (1^st 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 253 100 1793 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 599 (A5) Unknown 100 100 12889751607 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 35 (A8) Unknown 100 100 4 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 2 (AE) Unknown 100 100 11 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 70 45 193274773534 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 111671771176 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 432 (EA) Unknown 100 100 537 (F1) Unknown 253 253 495 (F2) Unknown 253 253 771 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	43.7% Average	Read 238 Write 162 Mixed 169 42% 190 MB/s	4K Read 23.1 4K Write 32.1 4K Mixed 11.7 67% 22.3 MB/s	DQ Read 124 DQ Write 87.9 DQ Mixed 26.4 41% 79.3 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 43.7% Great: 101%
Adata Premier SP550 240GB-$74 29,295 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 108GB free (System drive) Firmware: P033 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	27.5% Poor	Read 127 Write 69.5 Mixed 73.8 20% 90.1 MB/s	4K Read 16.8 4K Write 17.8 4K Mixed 12.3 51% 15.6 MB/s	DQ Read 88.3 DQ Write 37.8 DQ Mixed 27.4 30% 51.1 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 27.5% Great: 92%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 995GB free Firmware: CC4C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 233243120 (03) Spinup time 95 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7693 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 60 55 184725698134 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 14119 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5643 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4311744774 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 53 504627230 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 251 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 59 59 82745 (C2) HDA temperature 30 47 73014444062 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 196 55 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 119915486910947 (F1) Unknown 100 253 37377710081364 (F2) Unknown 100 253 -19292084760459
Poor: 51% Great: 114%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 1TB-$68 105,708 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 809GB free Firmware: CC41 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 212938008 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1506 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 36739594 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2954 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 594 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032833 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 72 55 471072796 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 71 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 74 74 52261 (C2) HDA temperature 28 45 81604378652 (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 138705968827511 (F1) Unknown 100 253 11272474381 (F2) Unknown 100 253 709122332533	70.5% Very good	Read 131 Write 114 Mixed 117 91% 121 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 4.54 4K Mixed 0.46 164% 1.89 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 70.5% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x8GB 41,916 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	30.9% Below average	MC Read 13.3 MC Write 6.9 MC Mixed 11 30% 10.4 GB/s	SC Read 7.1 SC Write 5.9 SC Mixed 8.8 21% 7.27 GB/s	Latency 74.3 54% 74.3 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 30.9% Great: 115%

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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 $175Bench 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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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