Asus M5A78L-M PLUS/USB3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 66% Battle cruiser	Workstation 15% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 64.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	29.2% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (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	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 8 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A78L-M PLUS/USB3 (all builds)
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160405
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 22 '17 at 17:48
Run Duration	221 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (68^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-$129 106,454 User benchmarks, average bench 59% AM3R2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	64.7% Good	Memory 87.5 1-Core 62.4 2-Core 123 57% 91 Pts	4-Core 228 8-Core 370 37% 299 Pts	64-Core 370 23% 370 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 64.7% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7950-$290 33,820 User benchmarks, average bench 29% Sapphire(174B 3000) 3GB CLim: 925 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 17.12.1 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	29.2% Poor	Lighting 38.6 Reflection 30 Parallax 30.8 32% 33.2 fps	MRender 26.6 Gravity 29.1 Splatting 33.9 25% 29.9 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 29.2% Great: 32%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 435GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 167 154 4633 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1750 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 77 77 17168 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1703 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 106 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1750 (C2) HDA temperature 113 100 34 (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	52% Above average	Read 90.6 Write 90.2 Mixed 31.3 52% 70.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 2.17 4K Mixed 0.37 112% 1.09 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 52% Great: 69%
Seagate ST3250310NS 250GB-$80 1,187 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 83GB free Firmware: MA0D Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 79 63 86434162 (03) Spinup time 99 99 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 852 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (07) Seek error rate 77 60 4350540911 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 4241 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 37 867 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 55 538116128 (C2) HDA temperature 32 45 47244640288 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 41 40 86434162 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	56.4% Above average	Read 101 Write 95.7 Mixed 27.1 54% 74.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 1.46 4K Mixed 0.36 90% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 56.4% Great: 60%
WD Blue 160GB (2007)-$24 56,540 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 41GB free (System drive) Firmware: 02.03E02 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 138 133 4058 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 512 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 14896 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 481 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 293 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 512 (C2) HDA temperature 108 90 35 (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 4 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 82 82 13475 (F1) Unknown 200 200 11888188351 (F2) Unknown 200 200 6755470231	47% Average	Read 85.3 Write 78.3 Mixed 27.2 46% 63.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.74 4K Mixed 0.23 80% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 47% Great: 59%
Samsung HD161HJ 160GB-$40 22,667 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 12GB free Firmware: GF100-07 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 252 100 0 (03) Spinup time 73 73 4000 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 2618 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 790129 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1343 (B8) Unknown 252 252 0 (BB) vendor-specific 252 252 0 (BC) Unknown 252 252 0 (BE) vendor-specific 151 112 34 (C2) HDA temperature 151 112 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 252 252 0
Poor: 11% Great: 42%
WD Blue 160GB (2007)-$24 56,540 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 12GB free Firmware: 01.03E01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 1 (03) Spinup time 135 128 4250 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 357 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3021 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 347 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 105 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 357 (C2) HDA temperature 110 93 33 (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 200 199 15 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	32.7% Below average	Read 55.6 Write 57.7 Mixed 27.1 34% 46.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.33 102% 1.04 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 32.7% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 16GB 70,565 User benchmarks, average bench 41% null MHz 8192, 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	41.6% Average	MC Read 16.7 MC Write 13.9 MC Mixed 13.6 42% 14.7 GB/s	SC Read 9 SC Write 7.2 SC Mixed 10.1 25% 8.77 GB/s	Latency 70 57% 70 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 41.6% Great: 54%

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Gaming 22%

Surfboard

Desktop 65%

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Workstation 18%

Surfboard

Motherboard: Asus M5A78L-M PLUS/USB3

CPU
FX-6300AMD $57Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	433x
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	294x
FX-8300AMD $168Bench 58%, 49,767 samples	176x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	177x
Radeon RX 560-BAMDBench 20%, 49,289 samples	86x
GTX 1050Nvidia $101Bench 26%, 269,381 samples	84x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	60x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	43x
A400 120GBKingston $32Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	29x

RAM
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	326x
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	183x
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples	173x

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Value: 86% - Excellent

Total price: $144

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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