Asus M5A78L-M/USB3

Performance Results


Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 64.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	27.7% 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	12.4% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
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.

Motherboard	Asus M5A78L-M/USB3 (all builds)
Memory	5 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140911
Uptime	4.7 Days
Run Date	Oct 20 '17 at 08:52
Run Duration	317 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6300-$47 261,607 User benchmarks, average bench 55% AM3R2, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	64.6% Good	Memory 92 1-Core 62 2-Core 106 57% 86.7 Pts	4-Core 205 8-Core 287 31% 246 Pts	64-Core 273 17% 273 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 64.6% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 270-$140 47,409 User benchmarks, average bench 24% Asus(1043 048D) CLim: 975 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.1.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	27.7% Poor	Lighting 34.9 Reflection 31.5 Parallax 42.4 28% 36.2 fps	MRender 28.1 Gravity 29 Splatting 37 26% 31.4 fps
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 27.7% Great: 26%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Kingrich 32GB 32GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 9% 4GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.15_SG0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 446 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1434 (AE) Unknown 100 100 435 (BC) Unknown 100 100 345 (C2) HDA temperature 100 120 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 28 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1524 (F2) Unknown 100 100 1126 (F3) Unknown 100 100 59653711 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (FB) Unknown 100 100 0 (FC) Unknown 100 100 0 (FD) Unknown 100 100 12 (FE) Unknown 100 100 37 (FF) Unknown 100 100 0	12.4% Very poor	Read 125 Write 92.3 Mixed 86.2 22% 101 MB/s	4K Read 4.3 4K Write 0.08 4K Mixed 0.03 7% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 12.4% Great: 12%
Seagate ST3250620NS 250GB 45 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 123GB free Firmware: 3.AQNZ Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 94 164572027 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1836 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 85 60 354979632 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3774 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1746 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 60 39 672464936 (C2) HDA temperature 40 61 38654705704 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 74 60 121928231 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 2 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	39.1% Below average	Read 67.1 Write 69.1 Mixed 56.7 48% 64.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.39 4K Write 1.23 4K Mixed 0.29 71% 0.64 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 39.1% Great: 44%
WD WD2500KS-00MJB0 250GB-$78 8,440 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 84GB free Firmware: 02.01C03 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 207 184 4633 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3671 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 72 72 20496 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3258 (BE) vendor-specific 58 30 42 (C2) HDA temperature 108 80 42 (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 7850 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	7.37% Terrible	Read 18.4 Write 6.91 Mixed 9.45 9% 11.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.32 4K Write 1.11 4K Mixed 0.12 46% 0.51 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 7.37% Great: 35%
SanDisk Ultra USB 3.0 32GB-$8 33,725 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 10GB free, PID 5581 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	13.4% Very poor	Read 26.2 Write 12.9 Mixed 14.4 20% 17.8 MB/s	4K Read 3.91 4K Write 1.91 4K Mixed 1.13 118% 2.32 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 13.4% Great: 38%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x4GB 424,126 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	48.2% Average	MC Read 20.8 MC Write 13 MC Mixed 17.7 49% 17.2 GB/s	SC Read 9.8 SC Write 8.7 SC Mixed 11.8 29% 10.1 GB/s	Latency 64.1 62% 64.1 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 48.2% Great: 65%

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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 $45	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