Asus M5A78L-M/USB3

Performance Results


Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 70% Battleship	Workstation 15% Surfboard


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 64.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	23.3% 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	37.2% 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A78L-M/USB3 (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit kolorów
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141202
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 15 '17 at 21:46
Run Duration	216 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	3%

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-6300-$47 261,607 User benchmarks, average bench 55% AM3R2, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 4 GHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	64.6% Good	Memory 86.8 1-Core 69.2 2-Core 131 60% 95.8 Pts	4-Core 235 8-Core 310 35% 273 Pts	64-Core 304 19% 304 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 64.6% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 270X-$199 77,943 User benchmarks, average bench 27% XFX(1682 9275) 2GB CLim: 1100 MHz, MLim: 1450 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.11.4 Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	23.3% Poor	Lighting 28.2 Reflection 32.6 Parallax 41.3 23% 34 fps	MRender 46.2 Gravity 23.8 Splatting 21.3 24% 30.4 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 23.3% Great: 29%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
GOODRAM 240GB 8,481 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 135GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFM10.6 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (2^nd 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 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 212 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 129 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 94 94 133 (AD) Unknown 100 100 65539 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 9 (C2) HDA temperature 67 67 141736083489 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 99 (F1) Unknown 100 100 310	37.2% Below average	Read 158 Write 159 Mixed 164 36% 160 MB/s	4K Read 23.3 4K Write 40.5 4K Mixed 8.33 68% 24 MB/s	DQ Read 28.8 DQ Write 58.5 DQ Mixed 9.76 17% 32.3 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 37.2% Great: 102%
Seagate ST3160811AS 160GB-$45 4,832 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 123GB free Firmware: 3.AAE Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 105 93 132649538 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5622 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 87 60 491216796 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 9072 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5564 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 53646 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 63 48 623116325 (C2) HDA temperature 37 52 64424509477 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 52 48 3446164 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	36.1% Below average	Read 62.9 Write 62.8 Mixed 28.8 38% 51.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.11 4K Mixed 0.3 74% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 36.1% Great: 40%
Seagate ST500LM012 HN-M500MBB 500GB 47,588 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 21GB free Firmware: 2AR20002 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 5659 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 91 91 2856 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5660 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5356 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 133 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3549 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 7 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 51 210454183968 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 125 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 133 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 88 88 124954	38.7% Below average	Read 72.4 Write 62.3 Mixed 25.9 39% 53.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 1.75 4K Mixed 0.16 63% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 38.7% Great: 59%

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 (28^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	48% Average	MC Read 20.1 MC Write 14.1 MC Mixed 17.7 49% 17.3 GB/s	SC Read 9.8 SC Write 8.3 SC Mixed 12.1 29% 10.1 GB/s	Latency 70.7 57% 70.7 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 48% 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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Total price: $128

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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