Asus M5A78L-M/USB3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 2% Tree trunk	Desktop 52% Yacht	Workstation 2% Tree trunk


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 61.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	0.5% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A78L-M/USB3 (all builds)
Memory	11.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141202
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Jan 24 '18 at 07:58
Run Duration	170 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	5%

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-6300-$57 261,607 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 (97^th percentile)	61.7% Good	Memory 83.7 1-Core 71.4 2-Core 123 58% 92.8 Pts	4-Core 223 8-Core 276 32% 250 Pts	64-Core 288 18% 288 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 61.7% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
ATI Radeon 3000 Graphics 21,841 User benchmarks, average bench 1% Asus(1043 8388) 256MB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 8.970.100.9001 Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	0.5% Terrible	Lighting 0.5 Reflection 1.54 Parallax 0.28 0% 0.77 fps	MRender 0.86 Gravity 0.37 Splatting 1.17 1% 0.8 fps
Poor: 0% ↑ This bench: 0.5% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 290GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 80% Great: 134%
WD WD10EURX 1TB-$23 53,598 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 485GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 130 126 4491 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4044 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 9090 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2727 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 57 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3986 (C2) HDA temperature 114 102 29 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	61.3% Good	Read 92.8 Write 120 Mixed 93.7 77% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.39 4K Write 2.75 4K Mixed 0.25 95% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 61.3% Great: 87%
Samsung M3 Portable 1TB 17,632 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 49GB free, PID 61b6 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	38.2% Below average	Read 83.3 Write 93.2 Mixed 83.5 113% 86.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.35 4K Write 1.85 4K Mixed 0.32 75% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 38.2% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 16GB 70,565 User benchmarks, average bench 41% null MHz 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	44.6% Average	MC Read 19.7 MC Write 11.9 MC Mixed 16.2 46% 15.9 GB/s	SC Read 10.1 SC Write 7.7 SC Mixed 11.8 28% 9.87 GB/s	Latency 74 54% 74 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 44.6% Great: 54%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 5%

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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 $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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Value: 64% - Good

Total price: $138

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) $33	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