Asus M5A78L-M/USB3

Performance Results


Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 57% Gunboat	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	3.35% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (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	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	5.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141202
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Mar 20 '17 at 22:45
Run Duration	174 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-9370-$194 9,054 User benchmarks, average bench 62% AM3R2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	63% Good	Memory 84.1 1-Core 63.2 2-Core 123 56% 90.2 Pts	4-Core 228 8-Core 363 36% 296 Pts	64-Core 368 23% 368 Pts
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 63% Great: 70%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 430 22,369 User benchmarks, average bench 3% PNY(196E 0828) 1GB CLim: 700 MHz, MLim: 325 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 378.78 Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	3.35% Terrible	Lighting 4.13 Reflection 5 Parallax 3.31 3% 4.15 fps	MRender 5.38 Gravity 4.2 Splatting 3.09 3% 4.22 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 3.35% Great: 4%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung Portable SSD T1 250GB 605 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 231GB free Firmware: 0 Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	64.9% Good	Read 361 Write 326 Mixed 344 77% 344 MB/s	4K Read 24.6 4K Write 34.6 4K Mixed 22.2 84% 27.1 MB/s	DQ Read 114 DQ Write 101 DQ Mixed 52.9 55% 89.3 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 64.9% Great: 71%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 666GB free (System drive) Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 136 124 6175 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2052 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 55 55 33035 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2026 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 215 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 1 1 887378 (C2) HDA temperature 101 90 46 (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	57.8% Above average	Read 99.5 Write 102 Mixed 23.6 54% 75 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.54 4K Mixed 0.18 65% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 57.8% Great: 59%
WD My Book 500GB 375 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 28GB free, PID null Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	14.7% Very poor	Read 25 Write 23 Mixed 15.2 26% 21.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 1.91 4K Mixed 0.34 79% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 14.7% Great: 22%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x2GB 183,252 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 4 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	45.4% Average	MC Read 17.4 MC Write 15.1 MC Mixed 15.8 46% 16.1 GB/s	SC Read 10 SC Write 8.9 SC Mixed 12.6 30% 10.5 GB/s	Latency 73.3 54% 73.3 ns
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 45.4% Great: 45%

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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 $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 $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 $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 $45	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