Asus M5A78L-M/USB3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (31st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 69 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 68.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Boot Drive	48% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 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.

Motherboard	Asus M5A78L-M/USB3 (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20141202
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 13 '18 at 18:48
Run Duration	2556 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8320-$129 106,454 User benchmarks, average bench 59% AM3R2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.4 GHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	68.8% Good	Memory 85.7 1-Core 77.4 2-Core 155 64% 106 Pts	4-Core 281 8-Core 472 46% 376 Pts	64-Core 471 29% 471 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 68.8% Great: 65%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 72GB free (System drive) Firmware: P0520AA Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (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 2533 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 141 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 24 (A3) Unknown 100 100 343 (94) Unknown 100 100 300038 (95) Unknown 100 100 4308 (96) Unknown 100 100 4182 (97) Unknown 100 100 4286 (A4) Unknown 100 100 67097 (A5) Unknown 100 100 88 (A6) Unknown 100 100 7 (A7) Unknown 100 100 52 (A9) Unknown 100 100 95 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 39 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 27608588812309 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 511875 (F2) Unknown 100 100 526137 (F5) Unknown 100 100 396291 (F6) Unknown 100 100 600076 (F7) Unknown 100 100 0	48% Average	Read 211 Write 194 Mixed 199 45% 201 MB/s	4K Read 25.7 4K Write 46.2 4K Mixed 17.6 86% 29.8 MB/s	DQ Read 29.1 DQ Write 65.4 DQ Mixed 19.3 23% 37.9 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 48% Great: 85%
Toshiba E300 2TB-$69 2,046 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 450GB free Firmware: MZ4OACF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 143 143 85 (03) Spinup time 128 128 21492662545 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2645 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 136 136 34 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 12239 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 123 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 2646 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 2646 (C2) HDA temperature 171 171 180389412899 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	60.5% Good	Read 102 Write 108 Mixed 5.63 52% 72.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.54 4K Mixed 0.15 68% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 60.5% Great: 86%
WD Blue 2TB (2015)-$61 253,816 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 426GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 179 173 4025 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2681 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 11100 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 129 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 62 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 1426583 (C2) HDA temperature 111 102 36 (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 34	58% Above average	Read 107 Write 94.8 Mixed 54.9 63% 85.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.37 4K Mixed 0.27 94% 1.05 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 58% Great: 84%
WD Blue 640GB (2008)-$33 94,563 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 197GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 161 157 4925 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7595 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 34 34 48326 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1523 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 378 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 7595 (C2) HDA temperature 108 83 39 (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 6880 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	54.1% Above average	Read 93.8 Write 94.4 Mixed 41.3 56% 76.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 2.03 4K Mixed 0.38 107% 1.02 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 54.1% Great: 62%
Seagate Portable 500GB 3,247 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 191GB free, PID 2300 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	14% Very poor	Read 27.8 Write 26.7 Mixed 23.4 33% 26 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 1.32 4K Mixed 0.3 56% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 14% Great: 19%
WD Elements 1TB 51,914 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 60GB free, PID 1023 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	10.2% Very poor	Read 19.8 Write 16.1 Mixed 6.81 17% 14.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.26 4K Write 1.23 4K Mixed 0.07 45% 0.52 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 10.2% Great: 43%
SanDisk Ultra 64GB 3,958 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 58GB free, PID 5590 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	2.49% Terrible	Read 0.94 Write 0.82 Mixed 0.87 1% 0.88 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 0.65 4K Mixed 0.43 40% 0.61 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 2.49% Great: 38%
HP c485w 16GB 15 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 15GB free, PID 3807 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	0.6% Terrible	Read 0.93 Write 0.78 Mixed 0.84 1% 0.85 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 0.04 4K Mixed 0.02 5% 0.27 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 0.6% Great: 7%

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 (20^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	44.7% Average	MC Read 17 MC Write 15.3 MC Mixed 15.4 45% 15.9 GB/s	SC Read 9.4 SC Write 8.7 SC Mixed 11.7 28% 9.93 GB/s	Latency 71.4 56% 71.4 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 44.7% Great: 97%

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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 $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 $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: 65% - Good

Total price: $128

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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