Asus M5A78L-M/USB3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 53% Yacht	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (35th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 65 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 54.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	11.7% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (46%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus M5A78L-M/USB3 (all builds)
Memory	8.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140911
Uptime	8.9 Days
Run Date	Jun 26 '17 at 21:33
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	46%

PC Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8320-$175 106,454 User benchmarks, average bench 59% AM3R2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	54.6% Above average	Memory 74 1-Core 56.8 2-Core 110 50% 80.1 Pts	4-Core 192 8-Core 309 31% 251 Pts	64-Core 324 20% 324 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 54.6% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 270X-$199 77,943 User benchmarks, average bench 27% MSI(1462 3030) 2GB CLim: 1080 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.1.1 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	11.7% Very poor	Lighting 13.4 Reflection 7.81 Parallax 28.9 11% 16.7 fps	MRender 20.3 Gravity 15.3 Splatting 14.1 13% 16.6 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 11.7% Great: 29%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 79GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 67 63 5791737 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1217 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 39419415 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 2651 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 460 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 61 54 706084903 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1220 (C2) HDA temperature 39 15 64424509479 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 5 1 5791737 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 95 69759 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -110148731271092 (F1) Unknown 100 253 17518102663 (F2) Unknown 100 253 26547838927	87.4% Excellent	Read 154 Write 151 Mixed 81.3 95% 129 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 1.56 4K Mixed 0.24 81% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 87.4% Great: 112%
Maxtor STM3160215AS 160GB 8,567 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 21GB free Firmware: 3.AAD Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 115 95 182081207 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6493 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 32 (07) Seek error rate 89 60 921137463 (09) Power-on hours count 70 70 26902 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5325 (BB) vendor-specific 41 41 59 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 58 43 723779626 (C2) HDA temperature 42 57 55834574890 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 80 68 50900374 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 99 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 99 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	36.3% Below average	Read 61.2 Write 65 Mixed 33.1 39% 53.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.66 4K Write 0.92 4K Mixed 0.41 90% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 36.3% Great: 41%
Seagate STM3250318AS 250GB 3,989 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 18GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC38 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 69318278 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7355 (05) Reallocated sector count 23 23 3182 (07) Seek error rate 83 60 208499566 (09) Power-on hours count 78 78 19591 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3627 (B7) Unknown 90 90 10 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BC) Unknown 100 99 65550 (BD) vendor-specific 93 93 7 (BE) vendor-specific 59 41 181128331305 (C2) HDA temperature 41 59 47244640297 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 45 17 69318278 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 21715354677784 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1444472090 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1868717304	40.7% Average	Read 63.9 Write 77.9 Mixed 48.3 47% 63.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.06 4K Mixed 0.33 75% 0.61 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 40.7% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 16GB 70,565 User benchmarks, average bench 41% null MHz 4096, 4096, 8192 MB Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	28% Poor	MC Read 10 MC Write 10.1 MC Mixed 9.4 28% 9.83 GB/s	SC Read 5.3 SC Write 5.2 SC Mixed 5.8 16% 5.43 GB/s	Latency 92.5 43% 92.5 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 28% Great: 54%

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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 $178	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