Asus M5A78L-M/USB3

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 59% Gunboat	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 61.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	8.94% 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	42.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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/USB3 (all builds)
Memory	9.8 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20141202
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 17 '18 at 05:59
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing as expected (58^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Phenom II X4 945 12,746 User benchmarks, average bench 51% AM3R2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3 GHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	61.5% Good	Memory 90.3 1-Core 48.5 2-Core 96.8 52% 78.5 Pts	4-Core 192 8-Core 192 26% 192 Pts	64-Core 195 12% 195 Pts
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 61.5% Great: 58%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GTS 450 25,436 User benchmarks, average bench 7% Asus(1043 8375) 1GB CLim: 850 MHz, MLim: 950 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 388.71 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	8.94% Terrible	Lighting 10.4 Reflection 12 Parallax 2.94 8% 8.46 fps	MRender 13.9 Gravity 10.7 Splatting 11.6 10% 12.1 fps
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 8.94% Great: 8%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba THNSNK256GVN8 256GB 2,371 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 188GB free (System drive) Firmware: K8PA4101 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (3^rd 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 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1175 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 355 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 195 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 199 199 0 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 65 (C2) HDA temperature 71 32 292058693661 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	42.1% Average	Read 215 Write 199 Mixed 174 44% 196 MB/s	4K Read 20.2 4K Write 36.9 4K Mixed 13.3 67% 23.4 MB/s	DQ Read 20.6 DQ Write 44.9 DQ Mixed 13.5 16% 26.4 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 42.1% Great: 81%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 750GB-$55 4,103 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 623GB free Firmware: JC4B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 109 99 22285413 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1130 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 60 60 1206991 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 15047 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 671 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (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 73 51 454688795 (C2) HDA temperature 27 49 60129542171 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 40 34 22285413 (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 -83468394414197 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1927488274 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2319963910	55.6% Above average	Read 96.8 Write 96.8 Mixed 32.2 55% 75.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.83 4K Write 1.38 4K Mixed 0.42 107% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 55.6% Great: 67%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 266GB free Firmware: CC46 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 93 70412401 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3742 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 86 60 456847993 (09) Power-on hours count 48 48 45788 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1862 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 59 59 41 (BC) Unknown 100 99 12885098506 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 49 454688795 (C2) HDA temperature 27 51 55834574875 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 18 16 70412401 (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 -7413113501965 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2530976686 (F2) Unknown 100 253 4109648742	41.5% Average	Read 84.7 Write 59.7 Mixed 16.5 39% 53.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.82 4K Write 1.23 4K Mixed 0.49 111% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 41.5% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 12GB 85,415 User benchmarks, average bench 35% null MHz 4096, 4096, 2048, 2048 MB Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	35.5% Below average	MC Read 15.5 MC Write 8.4 MC Mixed 12.4 35% 12.1 GB/s	SC Read 7.7 SC Write 6.9 SC Mixed 9.3 23% 7.97 GB/s	Latency 66.9 60% 66.9 ns
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 35.5% Great: 50%

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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) $30	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