Asus M5A78L-M/USB3

Performance Results


Gaming 35% Sail boat	Desktop 70% Battleship	Workstation 27% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 63.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	51.7% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	36.2% 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.

Motherboard	Asus M5A78L-M/USB3 (all builds)
Memory	14.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141202
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Apr 10 '16 at 19:52
Run Duration	211 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing as expected (45^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-$57 261,607 User benchmarks, average bench 55% AM3R2, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	63.3% Good	Memory 86.3 1-Core 72.9 2-Core 135 61% 98.1 Pts	4-Core 224 8-Core 291 33% 258 Pts	64-Core 291 18% 291 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 63.3% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Asus(1043 8508) Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6472 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	51.7% Above average	Lighting 63.9 Reflection 69.2 Parallax 61.8 52% 65 fps	MRender 74.2 Gravity 61.2 Splatting 54.8 51% 63.4 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 51.7% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Z400s 128GB-$109 10,807 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 78GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z2320000 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 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 5 100 5 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 43 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3 (A9) Unknown 100 100 157 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 2 (AE) Unknown 100 100 33 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 63 100 188978561061 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 8 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 251 (F1) Unknown 253 253 233 (F2) Unknown 253 253 257	36.2% Below average	Read 205 Write 157 Mixed 181 40% 181 MB/s	4K Read 18.2 4K Write 54.1 4K Mixed 2.34 59% 24.9 MB/s	DQ Read 24.7 DQ Write 78.4 DQ Mixed 4.26 17% 35.8 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 36.2% Great: 71%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 825GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 75 65 33025537 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 55 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 250967 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 38 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 41 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 79 66 353239061 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 56 (C2) HDA temperature 21 14 60129542165 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 5 4 33025537 (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 -115156663140338 (F1) Unknown 100 253 314346907 (F2) Unknown 100 253 212812013	95.7% Outstanding	Read 174 Write 160 Mixed 160 124% 165 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.59 4K Mixed 0.31 93% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 95.7% Great: 112%
PNY USB 3.0 FD 135GB 343 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 66GB free, PID fa05 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	10.2% Very poor	Read 26 Write 24.3 Mixed 3.57 21% 17.9 MB/s	4K Read 3.42 4K Write 0.1 4K Mixed 0.09 19% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 10.2% Great: 43%

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 (15^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	42% Average	MC Read 17.5 MC Write 12.1 MC Mixed 14.7 42% 14.8 GB/s	SC Read 9.6 SC Write 7.7 SC Mixed 11 27% 9.43 GB/s	Latency 71 56% 71 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 42% Great: 97%

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Motherboard: Asus M5A78L-M/USB3 - $53

CPU
FX-6300AMD $57Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	505x
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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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