Asus M5A78L-M/USB3

Performance Results


Gaming 27% Raft	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 21% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 62.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	38.9% 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	39% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (28%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus M5A78L-M/USB3 (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141202
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 06 '17 at 23:13
Run Duration	221 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	28%

PC Performing as expected (46^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 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	62.5% Good	Memory 87.1 1-Core 69.8 2-Core 121 59% 92.6 Pts	4-Core 213 8-Core 264 31% 238 Pts	64-Core 287 18% 287 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 62.5% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 380X-$120 20,573 User benchmarks, average bench 38% Gigabyte(1458 22C8) CLim: 980 MHz, MLim: 1425 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.11.4 Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	38.9% Below average	Lighting 50.3 Reflection 50.7 Parallax 58.9 41% 53.3 fps	MRender 49.7 Gravity 45.2 Splatting 36 35% 43.6 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 38.9% Great: 40%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk S128G 126GB 21,984 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 110GB free Firmware: 3.2.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (7^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 100 100 4063 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1478 (A5) Unknown 100 100 392456 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 100 (AE) Unknown 100 100 375 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 50 50 261993791538 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 333 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 471 (F1) Unknown 100 100 9884571744 (F2) Unknown 100 100 9479163581	29.3% Poor	Read 204 Write 157 Mixed 51.5 30% 137 MB/s	4K Read 13.1 4K Write 15.5 4K Mixed 7.03 37% 11.9 MB/s	DQ Read 15.7 DQ Write 15.4 DQ Mixed 7.41 8% 12.8 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 29.3% Great: 56%
SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB-$42 87,912 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 52GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z22000RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (10^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 159 100 927 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 878 (A6) Unknown 100 100 702 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 755 (A9) Unknown 100 100 33 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 732 (AE) Unknown 100 100 272 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 59 100 231928234025 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 1 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 24 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 72793 (F1) Unknown 253 253 3262 (F2) Unknown 253 253 2020	39% Below average	Read 215 Write 184 Mixed 174 42% 191 MB/s	4K Read 19.5 4K Write 56.3 4K Mixed 2.27 62% 26 MB/s	DQ Read 24.4 DQ Write 78.8 DQ Mixed 2.74 16% 35.3 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 39% Great: 78%
WD WD6400AAVS-00G9B1 640GB 3,696 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 316GB free Firmware: 05.04C05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 143 127 5808 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4596 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 14805 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1788 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 204 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4592 (C2) HDA temperature 109 94 38 (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	36.6% Below average	Read 61.3 Write 66 Mixed 29.3 38% 52.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.35 4K Write 1.84 4K Mixed 0.28 80% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 36.6% Great: 48%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$33 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 231GB free Firmware: CC44 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 93 81 67561757 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4262 (05) Reallocated sector count 95 95 6456 (07) Seek error rate 72 60 17471304 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6786 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2584 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 461 (BC) Unknown 100 99 4295032833 (BD) vendor-specific 29 29 71 (BE) vendor-specific 62 50 39327694886 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 321 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 70 70 61379 (C2) HDA temperature 38 50 -140737488355290 (C5) Current pending sector count 97 96 528 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 97 96 528 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 119885422137614 (F1) Unknown 100 253 7710282168 (F2) Unknown 100 253 12538945157	74.7% Very good	Read 128 Write 132 Mixed 125 97% 129 MB/s	4K Read 1.04 4K Write 1.08 4K Mixed 0.25 91% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 74.7% Great: 112%
WD Blue 2.5" 160GB (2009)-$23 13,176 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 149GB free Firmware: 11.01A11 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 198 0 (03) Spinup time 144 140 1775 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 280 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 290 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 99 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 200 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 113 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 655 (C2) HDA temperature 104 99 39 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	34.3% Below average	Read 58.9 Write 60.1 Mixed 31.3 37% 50.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.93 4K Mixed 0.38 100% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 34.3% Great: 36%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x8GB 236,291 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM Performing below potential (22^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	45.3% Average	MC Read 19.6 MC Write 12.8 MC Mixed 15.9 46% 16.1 GB/s	SC Read 9.9 SC Write 7.7 SC Mixed 12.3 28% 9.97 GB/s	Latency 70.4 57% 70.4 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 45.3% Great: 97%

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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 $133	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