Asus M5A78L-M/USB3

Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 53% Yacht	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (14th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 86 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 52.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	8.36% 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	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.

Very high background CPU (45%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus M5A78L-M/USB3 (all builds)
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20131112
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 20 '16 at 17:59
Run Duration	198 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	45%

PC Performing way below expectations (14^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, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	52.2% Above average	Memory 77.3 1-Core 52 2-Core 97.2 49% 75.5 Pts	4-Core 151 8-Core 210 23% 180 Pts	64-Core 211 13% 211 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 52.2% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 270X-$199 77,943 User benchmarks, average bench 27% Sapphire(174B E270) 2GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 16.200.1010.0 Relative performance (0^th percentile)	8.36% Terrible	Lighting 15.5 Reflection 29.1 Parallax 31.6 13% 25.4 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 8.36% Great: 29%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 240GB-$40 53,931 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 48GB free Firmware: X31000RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (0^th 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 253 100 7178 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1058 (A5) Unknown 100 100 73043542419 (A6) Unknown 100 100 9 (A7) Unknown 100 100 35 (A8) Unknown 100 100 24 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 14 (AE) Unknown 100 100 25 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 73 40 171799805979 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1490392449616 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 3273 (EA) Unknown 100 100 4089 (F1) Unknown 253 253 3338 (F2) Unknown 253 253 2381 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	32.7% Below average	Read 209 Write 105 Mixed 70.8 28% 128 MB/s	4K Read 23.1 4K Write 17.5 4K Mixed 10.4 58% 17 MB/s	DQ Read 25.5 DQ Write 24.3 DQ Mixed 11.1 12% 20.3 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 32.7% Great: 101%
SanDisk Ultra Plus 64GB 1,117 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 29GB free Firmware: X2316RL 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 253 100 9134 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1426 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 28 (A8) Unknown 100 100 322 (A9) Unknown 100 100 79 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 201 (AE) Unknown 100 100 37 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 73 44 188979675163 (D4) Unknown 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1606 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 13039 (F1) Unknown 253 253 5709 (F2) Unknown 253 253 5062 (F3) Unknown 100 100 0	36.5% Below average	Read 200 Write 148 Mixed 122 35% 157 MB/s	4K Read 18.7 4K Write 25.1 4K Mixed 14 60% 19.2 MB/s	DQ Read 25.8 DQ Write 40.7 DQ Mixed 14.2 16% 26.9 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 36.5% Great: 81%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 2TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 178 174 6100 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6970 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 11772 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1983 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 88 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 164 164 108692 (C2) HDA temperature 122 112 28 (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 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	39.4% Below average	Read 66.1 Write 71.3 Mixed 60.8 50% 66.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 0.39 4K Mixed 0.17 47% 0.36 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 39.4% Great: 83%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 305GB free (System drive) Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 117 107 7150 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5568 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 75 75 18260 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3339 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 121 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 177 177 71761 (C2) HDA temperature 116 100 31 (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 200 194 6557 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	32.8% Below average	Read 52.9 Write 61.4 Mixed 11.3 30% 41.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.23 4K Write 1.11 4K Mixed 0.09 40% 0.48 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 32.8% Great: 59%

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 below expectations (38^th percentile)	38.9% Below average	MC Read 16.1 MC Write 12.5 MC Mixed 13.2 40% 13.9 GB/s	SC Read 8 SC Write 7.6 SC Mixed 9.8 24% 8.47 GB/s	Latency 85.8 47% 85.8 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 38.9% Great: 61%

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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 $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	508x
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	325x
FX-8320AMD $175Bench 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 $295	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