Asus M5A78L-M/USB3

Performance Results


Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 55% Yacht	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	1.74% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	13.4% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
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 (26%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A78L-M/USB3 (all builds)
Memory	5.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140911
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Mar 30 '18 at 04:55
Run Duration	378 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	26%

PC Performing as expected (56^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6100-$68 44,863 User benchmarks, average bench 54% AM3R2, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	61% Good	Memory 88.5 1-Core 60.1 2-Core 115 56% 87.8 Pts	4-Core 193 8-Core 223 27% 208 Pts	64-Core 236 15% 236 Pts
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 61% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 6450 32,407 User benchmarks, average bench 2% Sapphire(174B E164) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	1.74% Terrible	Lighting 2.3 Reflection 2.31 Parallax 1.97 2% 2.19 fps	MRender 1.81 Gravity 1.6 Splatting 1.91 2% 1.77 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 1.74% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
PNY XLR8 120GB-$150 48 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 35GB free (System drive) Firmware: 524ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance (0^th 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 95 95 2831712 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 2 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 24266565224817 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2636 (AB) Unknown 0 0 1 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 275 (B1) Unknown 0 0 26 (B5) Unknown 0 0 1 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 35 52 64427917347 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 2831712 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 2 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 2831712 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 2831712 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 82 82 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 49374 (EA) Unknown 0 0 14648 (F1) Unknown 0 0 14648 (F2) Unknown 0 0 15321	13.4% Very poor	Read 236 Write 3.16 Mixed 6.2 17% 81.8 MB/s	4K Read 4.07 4K Write 3.46 4K Mixed 3.4 12% 3.64 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 13.4% Great: 39%
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C 1TB-$40 97,793 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 539GB free Firmware: JP4OA3EA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 135 135 98 (03) Spinup time 117 117 25791103298 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 10809 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 105 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 138 138 31 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 42033 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3639 (C0) Power-off retract count 91 91 10991 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 91 91 10991 (C2) HDA temperature 150 150 261993988136 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 123 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	58% Above average	Read 107 Write 95.3 Mixed 107 78% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.29 79% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 58% Great: 74%
WD WD25 00JS-58NCB1 250GB 17,984 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 65GB free Firmware: 10.02E01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 190 181 5500 (04) Start/Stop count 90 90 10843 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 1 1 74867 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4058 (BE) vendor-specific 65 38 35 (C2) HDA temperature 115 88 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 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	20.8% Poor	Read 36.5 Write 35.4 Mixed 47.5 30% 39.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.61 4K Mixed 0.39 91% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 20.8% Great: 35%
WD My Passport 25E2 4TB 31,793 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 3TB free, PID 25e2 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	35.3% Below average	Read 105 Write 76.3 Mixed 80 107% 87 MB/s	4K Read 1.23 4K Write 1.05 4K Mixed 0.08 43% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 35.3% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x4GB 424,126 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	47.7% Average	MC Read 21.2 MC Write 13 MC Mixed 17.7 49% 17.3 GB/s	SC Read 8.6 SC Write 8.6 SC Mixed 10.5 26% 9.23 GB/s	Latency 69.1 58% 69.1 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 47.7% Great: 65%

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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