Asus M5A78L-M/USB3

Performance Results


Gaming 2% Tree trunk	Desktop 53% Yacht	Workstation 2% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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	1.05% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	38.1% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	4GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and although it's sufficient for most games, some will benefit from up to 8GB of RAM. 4GB is also enough for modest file and system caches which allow for a responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus M5A78L-M/USB3 (all builds)
Memory	2.1 GB free of 4 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120323
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 06 '17 at 14:36
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing as expected (55^th 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 way above expectations (96^th percentile)	61.5% Good	Memory 89.3 1-Core 50 2-Core 99.1 52% 79.5 Pts	4-Core 198 8-Core 196 26% 197 Pts	64-Core 199 12% 199 Pts
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 61.5% Great: 61%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 5450 66,079 User benchmarks, average bench 1% XFX(1682 3033) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.301.1901.0 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	1.05% Terrible	Lighting 1.27 Reflection 1.69 Parallax 1.62 1% 1.53 fps	MRender 1.57 Gravity 0.83 Splatting 1.48 1% 1.29 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1.05% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB-$42 87,912 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 49GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z22000RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (9^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 2 100 258 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1449 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 48 (A9) Unknown 100 100 29 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 33 (AE) Unknown 100 100 233 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 68 100 188978561056 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 3 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 3669 (F1) Unknown 253 253 3610 (F2) Unknown 253 253 3631	38.1% Below average	Read 217 Write 192 Mixed 156 42% 188 MB/s	4K Read 20 4K Write 49.6 4K Mixed 2.24 59% 23.9 MB/s	DQ Read 19.7 DQ Write 50.4 DQ Mixed 2.32 11% 24.1 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 38.1% Great: 78%
OCZ VERTEX2 60GB 4,861 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 28GB free Firmware: 1.37 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^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 -9182640073911 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3978 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 1293 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 2880 (EA) Unknown 0 0 1536 (F1) Unknown 0 0 1536 (F2) Unknown 0 0 2304	19.7% Very poor	Read 158 Write 53.7 Mixed 85.2 22% 99.1 MB/s	4K Read 15.6 4K Write 7.11 4K Mixed 5.85 35% 9.51 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 19.7% Great: 51%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 275GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 1481 (03) Spinup time 141 139 3950 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5465 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 6315 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4787 (C0) Power-off retract count 198 198 1603 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3861 (C2) HDA temperature 113 92 30 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 4 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 4 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 3	57.3% Above average	Read 101 Write 98.7 Mixed 102 76% 100 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.33 4K Mixed 0.37 90% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 57.3% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x2GB 446,702 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 2 of 4 slots used 4GB DIMM Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	34.1% Below average	MC Read 14.9 MC Write 7.6 MC Mixed 12.4 33% 11.6 GB/s	SC Read 6.8 SC Write 6.4 SC Mixed 8.8 21% 7.33 GB/s	Latency 68.1 59% 68.1 ns
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 34.1% Great: 44%

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Gaming 5%

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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 $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 $178	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