Asus M5A78L-M/USB3

Performance Results


Gaming 30% Sail boat	Desktop 64% Destroyer	Workstation 23% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 53.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	51.6% 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	73.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

High background CPU (28%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus M5A78L-M/USB3 (all builds)
Memory	6.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141202
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 23 '17 at 00:08
Run Duration	115 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	28%

PC Performing as expected (51^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-4350-$57 11,995 User benchmarks, average bench 57% AM3R2, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	53.9% Above average	Memory 68.7 1-Core 71.8 2-Core 132 54% 90.9 Pts	4-Core 228 8-Core 226 30% 227 Pts	64-Core 225 14% 225 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 53.9% Great: 64%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% MSI(1462 3160) CLim: 1443 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 376.53 Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	51.6% Above average	Lighting 63.9 Reflection 67.7 Parallax 60.7 52% 64.1 fps	MRender 71.7 Gravity 61.6 Splatting 55.2 50% 62.8 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 51.6% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 256GB-$115 141,929 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 154GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXM02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 614 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 496 (B1) Unknown 99 99 9 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 61 40 39 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 38 (F1) Unknown 99 99 2824291888	73.9% Very good	Read 370 Write 324 Mixed 353 78% 349 MB/s	4K Read 32 4K Write 74.7 4K Mixed 22.2 116% 43 MB/s	DQ Read 32.9 DQ Write 186 DQ Mixed 21.3 42% 80.1 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 73.9% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 459GB free Firmware: HP35 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 77 68 241394896 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 79 79 21576 (05) Reallocated sector count 98 98 103 (07) Seek error rate 87 60 591624017 (09) Power-on hours count 75 75 21981 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 90 90 10679 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1151126135 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 65535 (BC) Unknown 100 94 1009332715761 (BD) vendor-specific 96 96 4 (BE) vendor-specific 70 50 505217054 (C2) HDA temperature 30 50 60129542174 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 35 26 241394896 (C4) Reallocation count 98 98 103 (C5) Current pending sector count 99 98 80 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	53.6% Above average	Read 94.3 Write 92.3 Mixed 75.9 66% 87.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 1.61 4K Mixed 0.6 129% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 53.6% Great: 68%

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 (92^nd percentile)	41.5% Average	MC Read 18.4 MC Write 10.5 MC Mixed 15.8 43% 14.9 GB/s	SC Read 10.5 SC Write 8.8 SC Mixed 12.8 31% 10.7 GB/s	Latency 104 38% 104 ns
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 41.5% Great: 45%

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Motherboard: Asus M5A78L-M/USB3 - $53

CPU
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 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: $128

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