Asus M5A78L/USB3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 24% Surfboard	Desktop 65% Battle cruiser	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 63.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	37% 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	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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A78L/USB3 (all builds)
Memory	14.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20130427
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 15 '17 at 08:33
Run Duration	81 Seconds
Run User	FIN-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd 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, 8 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	63.4% Good	Memory 88.1 1-Core 54.1 2-Core 108 54% 83.4 Pts	4-Core 210 8-Core 380 36% 295 Pts	64-Core 390 24% 390 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 63.4% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280X-$500 94,130 User benchmarks, average bench 35% XFX(1682 3211) 3GB CLim: 1000 MHz, MLim: 1425 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 17.2.1 Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	37% Below average	Lighting 48.5 Reflection 32.4 Parallax 60.8 40% 47.2 fps	MRender 30.2 Gravity 46.8 Splatting 39.9 32% 39 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 37% Great: 39%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 886GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 82 72 183773831 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 30 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 382791 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 16 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 29 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 8590065666 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 76 63 403898392 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 32 (C2) HDA temperature 24 11 47244640280 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 3 3 183773831 (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 -106390634889207 (F1) Unknown 100 253 99392165 (F2) Unknown 100 253 84381666	94.7% Outstanding	Read 177 Write 154 Mixed 146 119% 159 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.51 4K Mixed 0.33 94% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 94.7% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x4GB 106,178 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	43.6% Average	MC Read 17.3 MC Write 14.7 MC Mixed 14.3 44% 15.4 GB/s	SC Read 9.4 SC Write 7.7 SC Mixed 11.1 27% 9.4 GB/s	Latency 69.5 58% 69.5 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 43.6% Great: 61%

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Gaming 21%

Surfboard

Desktop 67%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 17%

Surfboard

Motherboard: Asus M5A78L/USB3

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	15x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	14x
FX-4100AMD $110Bench 51%, 32,471 samples	9x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	8x
GTX 650Nvidia $112Bench 8%, 69,673 samples	6x
GeForce GT 730NvidiaBench 5%, 164,888 samples	5x

SSD
BX500 240GBCrucial $29Bench 56%, 142,801 samples	4x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	4x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	3x

RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	27x
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples	19x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	11x

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Value: 79% - Very good

Total price: $218

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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