Asus M5A78L-M/USB3

Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 58% Gunboat	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 56.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	9.52% 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	26.9% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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	5.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121114
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 09 '17 at 16:24
Run Duration	241 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-4130 Quad-Core-$150 8,564 User benchmarks, average bench 52% AM3R2, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	56.6% Above average	Memory 78.9 1-Core 66 2-Core 127 56% 90.7 Pts	4-Core 201 8-Core 201 27% 201 Pts	64-Core 202 12% 202 Pts
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 56.6% Great: 59%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
ATI FirePro V5800 (FireGL V) 444 User benchmarks, average bench 9% HP(103C 2306) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.2401.0 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	9.52% Terrible	Lighting 12.6 Reflection 9.77 Parallax 11.9 10% 11.4 fps	MRender 8.86 Gravity 9.3 Splatting 10.8 8% 9.65 fps
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 9.52% Great: 10%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Extreme 120GB-$160 11,787 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 29GB free (System drive) Firmware: R112 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance (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 (01) Raw read error rate 104 104 8742420 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 -71313636979534 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2758 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 2761 (B1) Unknown 0 0 4 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 34 39 51542163490 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 8742420 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 8742420 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 8742420 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 6616 (EA) Unknown 0 0 6700 (F1) Unknown 0 0 6700 (F2) Unknown 0 0 12812	26.9% Poor	Read 193 Write 74 Mixed 102 27% 123 MB/s	4K Read 20.2 4K Write 10.6 4K Mixed 8.39 47% 13.1 MB/s	DQ Read 26.1 DQ Write 15.5 DQ Mixed 9.66 10% 17.1 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 26.9% Great: 81%
Hitachi HDS721050CLA362 500GB-$59 47,815 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 434GB free Firmware: JP2OA3EA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 135 135 96 (03) Spinup time 116 116 12897943748 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1106 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 138 138 31 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1167 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1100 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1106 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1106 (C2) HDA temperature 181 181 201864314913 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	71.9% Very good	Read 120 Write 131 Mixed 78.3 81% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 1.42 4K Mixed 0.41 98% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 71.9% Great: 74%
Samsung HD401LJ 400GB 1,767 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 351GB free Firmware: ZZ100-15 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 7936 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4855 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 253 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 253 0 (08) Seek timer performance 253 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 550 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 253 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4789 (BE) vendor-specific 68 56 32 (C2) HDA temperature 142 106 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 230910 (C4) Reallocation count 253 253 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 253 253 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 253 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 294 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 253 253 0	37.5% Below average	Read 66 Write 64.3 Mixed 50 45% 60.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.65 4K Mixed 0.41 95% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 37.5% Great: 42%
G-DRIVE USB 3TB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 2.5TB free, PID 8034 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	62% Good	Read 158 Write 147 Mixed 79.2 156% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.96 4K Write 2.26 4K Mixed 0.22 88% 1.14 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 62% Great: 62%
WD My Book 1TB 10,299 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 274GB free, PID null Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	17.8% Very poor	Read 39.5 Write 35 Mixed 35.8 47% 36.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 1.39 4K Mixed 0.22 57% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 17.8% Great: 22%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1x8GB 168,538 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	27.6% Poor	MC Read 9.4 MC Write 9 MC Mixed 8.4 26% 8.93 GB/s	SC Read 8 SC Write 7.9 SC Mixed 8.3 23% 8.07 GB/s	Latency 82.6 48% 82.6 ns
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 27.6% Great: 67%

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Workstation 5%

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Motherboard: Asus M5A78L-M/USB3 - $53

CPU
FX-6300AMD $57Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	506x
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) $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