Asus M5A78L-M LE/USB3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 64% Destroyer	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 65.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	14.7% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A78L-M LE/USB3 (all builds)
Memory	5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161118
Uptime	2.1 Days
Run Date	May 20 '17 at 17:49
Run Duration	127 Seconds
Run User	LTU-User
Background CPU	19%

PC Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8320-$129 106,454 User benchmarks, average bench 59% AM3R2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	65.7% Good	Memory 87.3 1-Core 68.2 2-Core 130 59% 95.1 Pts	4-Core 240 8-Core 424 40% 332 Pts	64-Core 424 26% 424 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 65.7% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% MSI(1462 3202) CLim: 1555 MHz, MLim: 1952 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 382.5 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	14.7% Very poor	Lighting 16.7 Reflection 19.2 Parallax 15.6 14% 17.2 fps	MRender 23.8 Gravity 16.7 Splatting 21.7 17% 20.7 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 14.7% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$28 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 339GB free (System drive) Firmware: MS2OA750 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 99 99 131072 (02) Throughput performance 141 141 72 (03) Spinup time 123 123 12897157305 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 741 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 115 115 34 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3685 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 723 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 742 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 742 (C2) HDA temperature 139 139 240519151659 (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 200 200 0	90.9% Outstanding	Read 157 Write 160 Mixed 146 116% 154 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 1.85 4K Mixed 0.19 81% 0.89 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 90.9% Great: 107%
Samsung HD161HJ 160GB-$40 22,667 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 126GB free Firmware: JF100-14 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 253 100 0 (03) Spinup time 253 253 4352 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7854 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 253 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 253 0 (08) Seek timer performance 253 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 23108 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 253 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3875 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 287482 (B8) Unknown 253 253 0 (BB) vendor-specific 77 77 65560 (BC) Unknown 253 253 0 (BE) vendor-specific 136 97 789315618 (C2) HDA temperature 133 97 789315619 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 287482 (C4) Reallocation count 253 253 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 253 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 253 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 29	42.6% Average	Read 71.7 Write 76.6 Mixed 48.9 49% 65.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 1.19 4K Mixed 0.42 93% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 42.6% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1x8GB 168,538 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 1 of 2 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	30.7% Below average	MC Read 10.5 MC Write 10 MC Mixed 8.9 28% 9.8 GB/s	SC Read 9.3 SC Write 8.4 SC Mixed 9.5 26% 9.07 GB/s	Latency 70.2 57% 70.2 ns
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 30.7% Great: 67%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 22%

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Desktop 65%

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Workstation 18%

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Motherboard: Asus M5A78L-M LE/USB3

CPU
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	67x
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	66x
FX-8300AMD $168Bench 58%, 49,767 samples	22x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	32x
GeForce GT 730NvidiaBench 5%, 164,888 samples	14x
GTX 1050Nvidia $101Bench 26%, 269,381 samples	13x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	6x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	6x
MX500 500GBCrucial $44Bench 106%, 237,241 samples	5x

RAM
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	99x
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	72x
1x8GBUnknownBench 38%, 168,538 samples	25x

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Value: 81% - Excellent

Total price: $177

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16