Asus M5A78L-M/USB3

Performance Results


Gaming 34% Sail boat	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 28% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 68.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	45.8% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	49.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A78L-M/USB3 (all builds)
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131112
Uptime	2.9 Days
Run Date	Mar 06 '17 at 00:42
Run Duration	531 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8350-$130 313,196 User benchmarks, average bench 61% AM3R2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	68.2% Good	Memory 89.6 1-Core 72.8 2-Core 134 62% 99 Pts	4-Core 254 8-Core 429 42% 342 Pts	64-Core 430 27% 430 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 68.2% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% PNY(196E 1131) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1392 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 372.90 Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	45.8% Average	Lighting 53.7 Reflection 53.8 Parallax 44.6 44% 50.7 fps	MRender 72.8 Gravity 59.8 Splatting 53.8 50% 62.1 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 45.8% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Pro 256GB-$175 73,119 User benchmarks, average bench 95% 37GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXM03B0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (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 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 6546 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 980 (B1) Unknown 98 98 44 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 76 34 24 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 2 (EB) Unknown 99 99 345 (F1) Unknown 99 99 6153122913	49.2% Average	Read 219 Write 208 Mixed 176 45% 201 MB/s	4K Read 25.6 4K Write 42 4K Mixed 19.4 86% 29 MB/s	DQ Read 21.5 DQ Write 65.9 DQ Mixed 15.8 20% 34.4 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 49.2% Great: 116%
WD Blue 320GB (2007)-$65 108,153 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 298GB free Firmware: 01.03E01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 136 135 4158 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 356 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 61 61 28928 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 199 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 58 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 356 (C2) HDA temperature 112 88 31 (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	56.9% Above average	Read 98.6 Write 99.6 Mixed 31.7 56% 76.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 1.87 4K Mixed 0.42 109% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 56.9% Great: 58%
Seagate ST9320325AS 320GB-$34 18,767 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 57GB free Firmware: 0003SDM1 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 224700720 (03) Spinup time 99 98 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2229 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 46606868 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 3779 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1669 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 9 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 76 54 420741144 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 55 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 92 92 16337 (C2) HDA temperature 24 46 64424509464 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 48 47 224700720 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	33.1% Below average	Read 60.3 Write 54.8 Mixed 11.6 31% 42.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.36 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.33 76% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 33.1% Great: 39%
Generic- Compact Flash 0GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 2% 0GB free, PID null, CompactFlash Flash Storage 256 mb SLCF256h Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	4.42% Terrible	Read 3.1 Write 2.37 Mixed 2.68 3% 2.72 MB/s	4K Read 1.79 4K Write 0.99 4K Mixed 0.82 68% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 4.42% Great: 4%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x4GB 106,178 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	47.6% Average	MC Read 19.6 MC Write 14.7 MC Mixed 16.8 49% 17 GB/s	SC Read 9.9 SC Write 7.8 SC Mixed 12.6 29% 10.1 GB/s	Latency 67.8 59% 67.8 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 47.6% Great: 61%

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Motherboard: Asus M5A78L-M/USB3 - $53

CPU
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	514x
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	327x
FX-8320AMD $125Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	186x

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	91x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	85x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	56x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $36Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	48x

RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	357x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	349x
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples	310x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $171

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $159	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $109	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16