Asus M5A78L-M/USB3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 23% Surfboard	Desktop 70% Battle cruiser	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 66.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	34.1% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Asus M5A78L-M/USB3 (all builds)
Memory	4.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141202
Uptime	5.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 24 '18 at 20:46
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing as expected (58^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 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	66.2% Good	Memory 92.5 1-Core 72.1 2-Core 135 62% 100 Pts	4-Core 223 8-Core 290 33% 257 Pts	64-Core 292 18% 292 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 66.2% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280X-$500 94,130 User benchmarks, average bench 35% XFX(1682 3212) 3GB CLim: 925 MHz, MLim: 1375 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 18.3.4 Performing below potential (42^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	34.1% Below average	Lighting 44.6 Reflection 29.3 Parallax 55.2 36% 43 fps	MRender 28.2 Gravity 43.3 Splatting 37 30% 36.2 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 34.1% Great: 39%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$24 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 240GB free (System drive) Firmware: KC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 99 240 (03) Spinup time 100 99 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1646 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 83 60 215312930 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6853 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1634 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 21475164174 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 58 41 5876238057514 (C2) HDA temperature 42 59 68719476778 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 54 30 240 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -102598178760004 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3274784008 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1587796161	60.1% Good	Read 121 Write 88.4 Mixed 111 81% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 0.96 4K Mixed 0.42 84% 0.62 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 60.1% Great: 88%
WD WD400BD-22JMC0 40GB 1,139 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 1GB free Firmware: 07.01D07 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 172 162 2358 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10478 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 7620 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 90 90 10458 (BE) vendor-specific 61 42 39 (C2) HDA temperature 104 85 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 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	18.9% Very poor	Read 33.2 Write 32.5 Mixed 18 21% 27.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.41 90% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 18.9% Great: 33%

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 above expectations (69^th percentile)	46.6% Average	MC Read 20.8 MC Write 12.6 MC Mixed 15.9 47% 16.4 GB/s	SC Read 11 SC Write 8 SC Mixed 11.7 29% 10.2 GB/s	Latency 63.1 63% 63.1 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 46.6% Great: 65%

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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: 64% - 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 $40	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