Asus M5A78L-M/USB3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 60% Gunboat	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 62.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	11.5% 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	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	6GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 6GB 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 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	2.2 GB free of 6 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20141202
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 23 '18 at 00:25
Run Duration	128 Seconds
Run User	CHL-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (68^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, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	62.9% Good	Memory 85.6 1-Core 69.6 2-Core 128 59% 94.2 Pts	4-Core 224 8-Core 290 33% 257 Pts	64-Core 293 18% 293 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 62.9% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 5770 37,602 User benchmarks, average bench 10% MSI(1462 2140) 1GB Driver: aticfx32.dll Ver. 15.200.1062.1004 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	11.5% Very poor	Lighting 15.1 Reflection 11.1 Parallax 13 12% 13.1 fps	MRender 11.6 Gravity 11.4 Splatting 12.9 10% 11.9 fps
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 11.5% Great: 11%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate ST3250310AS 250GB-$44 34,705 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 207GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3.AAC Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 97 221038989 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5406 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 89 60 899222017 (09) Power-on hours count 64 64 32241 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1640 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 47 588972067 (C2) HDA temperature 35 53 47244640291 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 76 53 184131154 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 1 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	44.8% Average	Read 74.2 Write 81.9 Mixed 27.6 45% 61.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 1.23 4K Mixed 0.28 79% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 44.8% Great: 54%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 141GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 172 160 6358 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6136 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 68 68 24082 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1145 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 189 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 128 128 216582 (C2) HDA temperature 120 99 30 (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 2 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	31.2% Below average	Read 53.5 Write 55.3 Mixed 9.58 29% 39.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 0.36 4K Mixed 0.15 46% 0.35 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 31.2% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 6GB 111,301 User benchmarks, average bench 25% null MHz 2048, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	28.8% Poor	MC Read 9.7 MC Write 8.5 MC Mixed 9 26% 9.07 GB/s	SC Read 9.4 SC Write 8.3 SC Mixed 8.5 25% 8.73 GB/s	Latency 71.5 56% 71.5 ns
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 28.8% Great: 46%

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Desktop 50%

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Workstation 5%

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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 $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