Asus M5A78L-M/USB3

Performance Results


Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 65% Destroyer	Workstation 10% 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 64.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	11.9% 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	34.2% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A78L-M/USB3 (all builds)
Memory	5.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141202
Uptime	23 Days
Run Date	Jun 10 '18 at 00:44
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

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-8300-$168 49,767 User benchmarks, average bench 58% AM3R2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	64.9% Good	Memory 90.5 1-Core 73.5 2-Core 116 60% 93.3 Pts	4-Core 214 8-Core 358 35% 286 Pts	64-Core 353 22% 353 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 64.9% Great: 64%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 460-$203 31,648 User benchmarks, average bench 12% Nvidia(10DE 083D) 1GB CLim: 650 MHz, MLim: 850 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	11.9% Very poor	Lighting 13.6 Reflection 16.1 Parallax 12.2 11% 14 fps	MRender 19.6 Gravity 13.9 Splatting 16.1 13% 16.5 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 11.9% Great: 14%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Mushkin ECO2 120GB-$70 304 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 51GB free (System drive) Firmware: 604ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 7014371 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -76089640615528 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 250 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 98 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 34 52 55837982754 (C2) HDA temperature 34 52 55837982754 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 7014371 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 7014371 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 7014371 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 25769803776 (E9) Unknown 0 0 1659 (EA) Unknown 0 0 1078 (F1) Unknown 0 0 1078 (F2) Unknown 0 0 765	34.2% Below average	Read 314 Write 105 Mixed 145 41% 188 MB/s	4K Read 17.3 4K Write 14.7 4K Mixed 9.82 47% 13.9 MB/s	DQ Read 39.1 DQ Write 23.7 DQ Mixed 12.9 15% 25.2 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 34.2% Great: 75%
Seagate ST3808110AS 80GB-$33 4,823 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 74GB free Firmware: 3.ADH Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 150744253 (03) Spinup time 93 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6792 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 83 60 216302835 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 5975 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 6880 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 68 51 538181664 (C2) HDA temperature 32 49 51539607584 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 60 46 111896682 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	39.9% Below average	Read 70.4 Write 68.6 Mixed 68.1 52% 69 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 1.54 4K Mixed 0.39 96% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 39.9% Great: 41%
Seagate ST3160812AS 160GB-$47 10,399 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 77GB free Firmware: 3.AHH Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 92 199472284 (03) Spinup time 99 98 0 (04) Start/Stop count 83 83 17865 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 89 60 885863708 (09) Power-on hours count 69 69 27259 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 4069 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 51 521469983 (C2) HDA temperature 31 49 60129542175 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 56 45 66094340 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	38.2% Below average	Read 66.6 Write 66.2 Mixed 66.6 50% 66.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.39 92% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 38.2% Great: 40%

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 (61^st percentile)	43.9% Average	MC Read 18.4 MC Write 13.8 MC Mixed 13.7 44% 15.3 GB/s	SC Read 10.4 SC Write 9 SC Mixed 11.5 29% 10.3 GB/s	Latency 66.5 60% 66.5 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 43.9% Great: 65%

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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