Asus M5A78L-M/USB3

Performance Results


Gaming 4% Tree trunk	Desktop 57% Gunboat	Workstation 3% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 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 68.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	0.49% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	37% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

7 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A78L-M/USB3 (all builds)
Memory	5.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141202
Uptime	3.7 Days
Run Date	Jul 17 '17 at 14:10
Run Duration	374 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing as expected (41^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8350-$130 313,196 User benchmarks, average bench 61% AM3R2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	68.4% Good	Memory 84.1 1-Core 72.6 2-Core 144 61% 100 Pts	4-Core 286 8-Core 437 45% 362 Pts	64-Core 436 27% 436 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 68.4% Great: 68%

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: aticfx64.dll Ver. 8.970.100.9001 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	0.49% Terrible	Lighting 0.5 Reflection 1.38 Parallax 0.28 0% 0.72 fps	MRender 0.81 Gravity 0.37 Splatting 1.13 1% 0.77 fps
Poor: 0% ↑ This bench: 0.49% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 120GB-$109 51,792 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 26GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXT0AB0Q 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 95 95 23122 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 924 (B1) Unknown 93 93 84 (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 64 55 36 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 316 (EB) Unknown 99 99 48 (F1) Unknown 99 99 14731040891	37% Below average	Read 222 Write 99.2 Mixed 108 31% 143 MB/s	4K Read 22.8 4K Write 45.3 4K Mixed 8.91 70% 25.7 MB/s	DQ Read 26.5 DQ Write 67.7 DQ Mixed 8.72 18% 34.3 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 37% Great: 73%
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80 85,620 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 750GB free Firmware: MX6OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 140 140 69 (03) Spinup time 251 251 34373239035 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 83 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 16105 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 78 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 584 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 584 (C2) HDA temperature 157 157 240519610406 (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 5	70.8% Very good	Read 115 Write 132 Mixed 149 100% 132 MB/s	4K Read 0.84 4K Write 2.06 4K Mixed 0.18 93% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 70.8% Great: 107%
WD Blue 1TB (2010)-$39 55,121 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 68GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 201 175 2925 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10853 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 44 44 41077 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 329 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 212 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 10640 (C2) HDA temperature 105 84 42 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 15 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	59% Above average	Read 98.4 Write 107 Mixed 78.6 71% 94.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.86 4K Mixed 0.23 83% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 59% Great: 74%
PNY USB 2.0 FD 64GB 332 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 47GB free, PID 00d4 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	4.86% Terrible	Read 22.6 Write 4.23 Mixed 5.19 10% 10.7 MB/s	4K Read 2.79 4K Write 0.001 4K Mixed 0.001 10% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.86% Great: 11%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1x8GB 168,538 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	27.4% Poor	MC Read 9 MC Write 8.7 MC Mixed 8.1 25% 8.6 GB/s	SC Read 8.8 SC Write 7.7 SC Mixed 8.5 24% 8.33 GB/s	Latency 73.3 55% 73.3 ns
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 27.4% Great: 67%

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Desktop 50%

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Workstation 5%

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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) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16