Asus M5A78L-M/USB3

Performance Results


Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 45% Speed boat	Workstation 4% 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 below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 48.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	4.15% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	24.4% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus M5A78L-M/USB3 (all builds)
Memory	5.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colores, 1024 x 768 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20141202
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 14 '17 at 20:46
Run Duration	211 Seconds
Run User	CHL-User
Background CPU	19%

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 Athlon II X4 640-$70 18,839 User benchmarks, average bench 45% AM3R2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3 GHz Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	48.3% Average	Memory 67.1 1-Core 44.3 2-Core 87.2 42% 66.2 Pts	4-Core 174 8-Core 164 23% 169 Pts	64-Core 175 11% 175 Pts
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 48.3% Great: 53%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
ATI Radeon 3000 Graphics 21,841 User benchmarks, average bench 1% Asus(1043 8388) 256MB Driver: atidxx32 Ver. 8.56.1.16 Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	0.51% Terrible	Lighting 0.5 Reflection 1.15 Parallax 0.34 0% 0.67 fps	MRender 0.81 Gravity 0.5 Splatting 1.13 1% 0.81 fps
Poor: 0% ↑ This bench: 0.51% Great: 1%
Nvidia GeForce GT 240 11,020 User benchmarks, average bench 4% Device(0000 0000) 1GB Ram: 1GB, Driver: 342.0 Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	4.15% Terrible	Lighting 6.13 Reflection 6.77 Parallax 2.56 5% 5.16 fps	MRender 0.86 Gravity 4.3 Splatting 3.65 2% 2.94 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.15% Great: 5%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 120GB-$35 80,916 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 50GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3FD6SD 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 (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2474 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 656 (64) Unknown 100 100 1462416 (65) Unknown 100 100 333168 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 312 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 98 98 878 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 690 (B7) Unknown 99 99 15 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 31 100 180389543967 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 98 98 2 (E9) Unknown 100 100 2598 (EA) Unknown 100 100 1822 (F1) Unknown 100 100 2188 (F2) Unknown 100 100 2443 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 0	24.4% Poor	Read 169 Write 99.7 Mixed 63.4 24% 111 MB/s	4K Read 13.3 4K Write 13.1 4K Mixed 6.01 35% 10.8 MB/s	DQ Read 24.4 DQ Write 36 DQ Mixed 6.6 12% 22.3 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 24.4% Great: 82%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 155GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 2 (03) Spinup time 163 152 4850 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4756 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 12416 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3830 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1265 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4756 (C2) HDA temperature 106 99 41 (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 1 11716 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	60.2% Good	Read 107 Write 103 Mixed 32.7 59% 80.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.96 4K Mixed 0.35 105% 1 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 60.2% Great: 69%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 41GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 130 115 6500 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5400 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 8144 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2863 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 376 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 183 183 53563 (C2) HDA temperature 112 94 35 (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	48.5% Average	Read 91.3 Write 77.8 Mixed 16.4 45% 61.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 1.29 4K Mixed 0.16 68% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 48.5% Great: 59%

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 below potential (34^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	28.7% Poor	MC Read 12.5 MC Write 6.9 MC Mixed 10.6 29% 10 GB/s	SC Read 6.7 SC Write 6.7 SC Mixed 7.8 20% 7.07 GB/s	Latency 108 37% 108 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 28.7% Great: 65%

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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