Asus M5A78L-M/USB3

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 64% Destroyer	Workstation 15% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 58.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	29.9% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	44.3% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus M5A78L-M/USB3 (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140911
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Jan 12 '18 at 04:45
Run Duration	180 Seconds
Run User	JPN-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing as expected (47^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 X6 1055T-$175 23,835 User benchmarks, average bench 54% AM3R2, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 2.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	58.6% Above average	Memory 87.2 1-Core 48.6 2-Core 94.8 51% 76.9 Pts	4-Core 165 8-Core 247 26% 206 Pts	64-Core 247 15% 247 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 58.6% Great: 61%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 270X-$199 77,943 User benchmarks, average bench 27% Sapphire(174B E271) CLim: 1070 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.12.1 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	29.9% Poor	Lighting 38.1 Reflection 34.2 Parallax 44.8 31% 39.1 fps	MRender 29.7 Gravity 31.4 Splatting 38.1 28% 33.1 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 29.9% Great: 29%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Transcend SSD370 256GB-$110 5,249 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 31GB free (System drive) Firmware: N1114B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (2^nd 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 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2439 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3710 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 47 (A3) Unknown 100 100 22 (A4) Unknown 100 100 230573 (A5) Unknown 100 100 277 (A6) Unknown 100 100 175 (A7) Unknown 100 100 226 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 93 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 985 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 231 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 32 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 1455 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 19 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1205090 (F2) Unknown 100 100 770069 (F5) Unknown 100 100 1844584	44.3% Average	Read 220 Write 203 Mixed 209 47% 211 MB/s	4K Read 21.9 4K Write 44.2 4K Mixed 13.3 74% 26.4 MB/s	DQ Read 19.3 DQ Write 48.8 DQ Mixed 13.1 16% 27.1 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 44.3% Great: 96%
Seagate ST3250312AS 250GB-$32 19,180 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 181GB free Firmware: JC4B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 112 99 45169674 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 73 73 28110 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 61 60 25779963389 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 11788 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 6091 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 1 1 2203 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 87 64425492502 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 46 504627230 (C2) HDA temperature 30 54 55834574878 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 16 12 45169674 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 160 168193 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -122715805541130 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2324211546 (F2) Unknown 100 253 4095242079	42.3% Average	Read 103 Write 43.8 Mixed 65 53% 70.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.64 4K Mixed 0.43 101% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 42.3% Great: 69%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 255GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 172 171 2400 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6078 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 6777 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1750 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 148 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 195 195 15329 (C2) HDA temperature 112 86 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	91.7% Outstanding	Read 157 Write 163 Mixed 116 108% 145 MB/s	4K Read 1.28 4K Write 2.49 4K Mixed 0.37 140% 1.38 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 91.7% Great: 109%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$109 43,695 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 246GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 1 (03) Spinup time 106 105 7691 (04) Start/Stop count 84 84 16539 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 62 62 28326 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 6158 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 536 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 111 111 267993 (C2) HDA temperature 117 90 30 (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 86 75947 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	46.6% Average	Read 75.6 Write 86.5 Mixed 73.2 59% 78.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 1.67 4K Mixed 0.2 84% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 46.6% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x8GB 236,291 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	26.4% Poor	MC Read 10 MC Write 6.4 MC Mixed 8.7 24% 8.37 GB/s	SC Read 7.3 SC Write 6 SC Mixed 7.6 20% 6.97 GB/s	Latency 70.3 57% 70.3 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 26.4% Great: 97%

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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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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