Asus M5A78L-M/USB3

Performance Results


Gaming 37% Jet ski	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 28% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 64.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	55% 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	30.7% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus M5A78L-M/USB3 (all builds)
Memory	6 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140911
Uptime	4.9 Days
Run Date	Jul 12 '17 at 13:06
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	CHE-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Phenom II X6 1045T-$165 5,709 User benchmarks, average bench 54% AM3R2, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 2.7 GHz, turbo 2.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	64.5% Good	Memory 93.3 1-Core 57.3 2-Core 108 56% 86 Pts	4-Core 196 8-Core 280 30% 238 Pts	64-Core 281 17% 281 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 64.5% Great: 59%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Nvidia(10DE 13C2) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	55% Above average	Lighting 69.3 Reflection 69.9 Parallax 62.7 56% 67.3 fps	MRender 74.6 Gravity 65.8 Splatting 54.9 52% 65.1 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 55% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ VERTEX2 60GB 4,861 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 16GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.11 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 216552237 (05) Reallocated sector count 97 97 320 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 13881334311926 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2117 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 87 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 0 0 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 118 99 216552237 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 94 94 1 (E9) Unknown 0 0 2688 (EA) Unknown 0 0 4032 (F1) Unknown 0 0 4032 (F2) Unknown 0 0 7040	30.7% Below average	Read 140 Write 59 Mixed 84.7 21% 94.5 MB/s	4K Read 18.8 4K Write 53.1 4K Mixed 9.13 68% 27 MB/s	DQ Read 23.5 DQ Write 60.4 DQ Mixed 8.26 16% 30.7 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 30.7% Great: 51%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 195GB free Firmware: AP73 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 215356906 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2789 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 82 60 201182626 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6279 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2502 (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 66 41 4708040769570 (C2) HDA temperature 34 59 47244640290 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 41 27 215356906 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	64.4% Good	Read 107 Write 117 Mixed 32.4 62% 85.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.91 4K Mixed 0.54 124% 1.05 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 64.4% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 12GB 85,415 User benchmarks, average bench 35% null MHz 4096, 4096, 2048, 2048 MB Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	40.5% Average	MC Read 17.8 MC Write 8.3 MC Mixed 15.8 40% 14 GB/s	SC Read 8 SC Write 7.4 SC Mixed 10.7 25% 8.7 GB/s	Latency 61.4 65% 61.4 ns
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 40.5% Great: 50%

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Motherboard: Asus M5A78L-M/USB3 - $53

CPU
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	513x
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	326x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	186x

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	91x

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	357x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	347x
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples	310x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $171

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Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $490	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16