Asus M5A78L-M/USB3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 1% Tree trunk	Desktop 44% Speed boat	Workstation 1% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (20th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 80 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 53.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	0.39% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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.

Very high background CPU (54%). 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	20.1 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131112
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 04 '17 at 19:49
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	54%

PC Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8320E-$87 33,199 User benchmarks, average bench 58% AM3R2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	53.4% Above average	Memory 78.7 1-Core 48.2 2-Core 94.7 48% 73.9 Pts	4-Core 154 8-Core 237 24% 195 Pts	64-Core 286 18% 286 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 53.4% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
ATI Radeon 3000 Graphics 21,841 User benchmarks, average bench 1% Asus(1043 8388) 256MB Driver: atiu9p64 aticfx64 atiu9pag aticfx32 atiumd64 atidxx64 atiumdag atidxx32 atiumdva atiumd6a atitmm64 Ver. 8.710.0.0 Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	0.39% Terrible	Lighting 0.37 Reflection 1 Parallax 0.22 0% 0.53 fps	MRender 0.67 Gravity 0.13 Splatting 1.09 1% 0.63 fps
Poor: 0% ↑ This bench: 0.39% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate ST3500830AS 500GB-$145 6,517 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 267GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3.AAD Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 109 78 21101948 (03) Spinup time 96 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7178 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 6 (07) Seek error rate 82 60 184783211 (09) Power-on hours count 57 57 37946 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2658 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 55 41 756809773 (C2) HDA temperature 45 59 77309411373 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 71 53 903789 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	38.2% Below average	Read 67.1 Write 66.3 Mixed 58.2 48% 63.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 0.48 4K Mixed 0.12 30% 0.27 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 38.2% Great: 44%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 152GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 3 (03) Spinup time 174 173 2291 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5461 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 77 77 17014 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 71 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 27 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5433 (C2) HDA temperature 107 88 36 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	34.9% Below average	Read 60.9 Write 60.4 Mixed 36 39% 52.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.82 4K Write 1.43 4K Mixed 0.25 88% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 34.9% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 3x8GB 7,706 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 3 of 4 slots used 24GB DIMM Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	33.8% Below average	MC Read 13 MC Write 11.1 MC Mixed 12.6 35% 12.2 GB/s	SC Read 3.6 SC Write 5.4 SC Mixed 7.4 16% 5.47 GB/s	Latency 83 48% 83 ns
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 33.8% Great: 73%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Motherboard: Asus M5A78L-M/USB3 - $53

CPU
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	506x
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	324x
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 $37Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	48x

RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	354x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	345x
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples	309x

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Value: 64% - Good

Total price: $128

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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