Asus M5A78L-M/USB3

Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 55% Yacht	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 55.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	9% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	44.8% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 8 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.

High background CPU (27%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A78L-M/USB3 (all builds)
Memory	5.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20141202
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 16 '17 at 09:07
Run Duration	301 Seconds
Run User	HUN-User
Background CPU	27%

PC Performing above expectations (65^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 20-$59 732 User benchmarks, average bench 54% AM3R2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	55.9% Above average	Memory 84 1-Core 41.6 2-Core 83.5 47% 69.7 Pts	4-Core 164 8-Core 164 22% 164 Pts	64-Core 164 10% 164 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 55.9% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
ATI HD 4870 22,563 User benchmarks, average bench 9% Sapphire(174B E810) 512MB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 8.970.100.1100 Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	9% Terrible	Lighting 11.5 Reflection 9.81 Parallax 8.34 9% 9.89 fps	MRender 8.05 Gravity 8.37 Splatting 12.6 8% 9.67 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 9% Great: 12%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 520 Series 120GB-$199 19,348 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 26GB free (System drive) Firmware: 400i Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below potential (1^st 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 0 0 102615359534372 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1205 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 756 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 104 104 8021341 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 756 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 220964 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 48 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 220964 (F2) Unknown 100 100 209694 (F9) Unknown 100 100 5919	44.8% Average	Read 203 Write 139 Mixed 154 37% 165 MB/s	4K Read 28.9 4K Write 55.1 4K Mixed 12.3 89% 32.1 MB/s	DQ Read 35.5 DQ Write 82.9 DQ Mixed 11.6 22% 43.4 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 44.8% Great: 88%
Samsung HD321KJ 320GB-$42 12,070 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 298GB free Firmware: CP100-10 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 253 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 6144 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 4038 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 253 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 253 0 (08) Seek timer performance 253 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5994 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 253 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1970 (BB) vendor-specific 253 253 393216 (BC) Unknown 253 253 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 53 29 (C2) HDA temperature 151 97 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 250189 (C4) Reallocation count 253 253 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 253 253 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 253 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 253 253 0	44.7% Average	Read 76 Write 79.7 Mixed 56.7 53% 70.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.35 89% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 44.7% Great: 43%
Fujitsu MHZ2120BH G2 120GB 468 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 28GB free Firmware: 8909 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 21447 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 23592960 (03) Spinup time 100 100 1 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 853 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 8589934592000 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 3829 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 2489 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 253 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 810 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 253 253 0 (B9) Unknown 253 253 0 (BA) Unknown 253 253 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 53 471138331 (BF) G-sense error rate 253 253 16580608 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1769499 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 38250 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 433717248 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 253 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 12739 (CB) Run out cancel 100 100 433779441965 (F0) Head flying hours 200 200 0	26.5% Poor	Read 44.7 Write 47.3 Mixed 15.5 26% 35.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 1.28 4K Mixed 0.22 64% 0.62 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 26.5% Great: 31%
Kingston DataTraveler G3 16GB 2,114 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 5GB free, PID 1643 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Read 17.1 Write 4.99 Mixed 7.32 10% 9.79 MB/s	4K Read 3.09 34% 3.09 MB/s
Poor: 3% Great: 9%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x2GB 183,252 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 4 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	34.2% Below average	MC Read 14.9 MC Write 7.7 MC Mixed 12.7 34% 11.8 GB/s	SC Read 7.1 SC Write 6.3 SC Mixed 9.2 22% 7.53 GB/s	Latency 73.4 54% 73.4 ns
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 34.2% Great: 45%

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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 $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