Asus M5A78L-M/USB3

Performance Results


Gaming 2% Tree trunk	Desktop 57% Gunboat	Workstation 2% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 64.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	1.87% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	32.5% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	4GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and although it's sufficient for most games, some will benefit from up to 8GB of RAM. 4GB is also enough for modest file and system caches which allow for a responsive system.
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	2.7 GB free of 4 GB @ 0.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141202
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 19 '16 at 17:23
Run Duration	131 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	46%

PC Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8320E-$87 33,199 User benchmarks, average bench 58% AM3R2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	64.3% Good	Memory 89.5 1-Core 70.4 2-Core 124 60% 94.6 Pts	4-Core 213 8-Core 352 34% 283 Pts	64-Core 355 22% 355 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 64.3% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 610 62,458 User benchmarks, average bench 2% EVGA(3842 2617) 2GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6451 Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	1.87% Terrible	Lighting 2.33 Reflection 2.65 Parallax 1.16 2% 2.05 fps	MRender 2.57 Gravity 2.4 Splatting 1.83 2% 2.27 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 1.87% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba THNS256GG8BAAA-FDE 256GB 22 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 204GB free (System drive) Firmware: AGL10203 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (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 7300 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2332 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 4110576651136 (AA) Unknown 100 100 412326035554 (AD) Unknown 100 100 4328128683 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 840 (C2) HDA temperature 71 41 253404053533 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	32.5% Below average	Read 158 Write 178 Mixed 126 34% 154 MB/s	4K Read 12.3 4K Write 32.5 4K Mixed 9.14 48% 18 MB/s	DQ Read 18.8 DQ Write 33.7 DQ Mixed 9.15 12% 20.5 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 32.5% Great: 35%
WD WD6400AAVS-00G9B1 640GB 3,696 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 298GB free Firmware: 05.04C05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 134 130 6266 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5450 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 10123 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 104 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 17 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5449 (C2) HDA temperature 119 96 28 (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	48.2% Average	Read 85.1 Write 82.5 Mixed 25 47% 64.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 2.46 4K Mixed 0.37 109% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 48.2% Great: 48%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1x4GB 154,807 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 1 of 4 slots used 4GB DIMM Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	28.9% Poor	MC Read 11.2 MC Write 9.1 MC Mixed 6.9 26% 9.07 GB/s	SC Read 8.5 SC Write 8.3 SC Mixed 9 25% 8.6 GB/s	Latency 67.9 59% 67.9 ns
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 28.9% Great: 52%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Workstation 5%

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Motherboard: Asus M5A78L-M/USB3 - $53

CPU
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	509x
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: 65% - 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 $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