Asus M5A78L-M/USB3

Performance Results


Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 53% Yacht	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 55%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	7.96% 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	35.8% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Very high background CPU (41%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus M5A78L-M/USB3 (all builds)
Memory	2.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors, 1024 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20141202
Uptime	4.2 Days
Run Date	Jun 16 '17 at 18:05
Run Duration	426 Seconds
Run User	MEX-User
Background CPU	41%

PC Performing as expected (45^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, 8 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	55% Above average	Memory 75.3 1-Core 53.6 2-Core 103 49% 77.3 Pts	4-Core 189 8-Core 296 30% 242 Pts	64-Core 300 19% 300 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 55% Great: 65%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
ATI Radeon HD 4850 1,032 User benchmarks, average bench 9% XFX(1682 2470) 512MB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 8.970.100.7000 Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	7.96% Terrible	Lighting 10.1 Reflection 7.62 Parallax 7.59 8% 8.44 fps	MRender 7.29 Gravity 7.2 Splatting 11.6 7% 8.7 fps
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 7.96% Great: 10%
ATI Radeon 3000 Graphics 21,841 User benchmarks, average bench 1% Asus(1043 8388) 256MB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 8.970.100.7000 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	0.47% Terrible	Lighting 0.5 Reflection 1.08 Parallax 0.31 0% 0.63 fps	MRender 0.76 Gravity 0.2 Splatting 1.04 1% 0.67 fps
Poor: 0% ↑ This bench: 0.47% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 58GB free (System drive) Firmware: 603ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 35471035 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 61452392082539 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 850 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 125 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 29 50 68722753565 (C2) HDA temperature 29 50 68722753565 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 35471035 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 35471035 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 35471035 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 97 97 1 (E9) Unknown 0 0 21343 (EA) Unknown 0 0 8893 (F1) Unknown 0 0 8893 (F2) Unknown 0 0 9751 (F4) Unknown 95 95 11600049	35.8% Below average	Read 193 Write 109 Mixed 132 32% 145 MB/s	4K Read 18.2 4K Write 46.1 4K Mixed 11.3 66% 25.2 MB/s	DQ Read 22.1 DQ Write 66.5 DQ Mixed 11.1 18% 33.2 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 35.8% Great: 73%
WD WD10JPCX-24UE4T0 1TB 40,989 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 1.5TB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 182 155 1891 (04) Start/Stop count 71 71 29000 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 7107 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1277 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 229 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 169 169 93302 (C2) HDA temperature 116 100 31 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (F0) Head flying hours 93 93 5419	35.3% Below average	Read 84.3 Write 38.4 Mixed 73.4 50% 65.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.85 4K Mixed 0.22 76% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 35.3% Great: 61%
WD Blue 2.5" 500GB (2010)-$35 32,229 User benchmarks, average bench 35% 414GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 187 178 1616 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1662 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 6166 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1631 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 171 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 163 163 112149 (C2) HDA temperature 116 100 31 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	49.4% Average	Read 85.3 Write 86.6 Mixed 21.9 47% 64.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.58 4K Mixed 0.16 66% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 49.4% Great: 50%
Fujitsu MHY2250BH 250GB-$34 1,194 User benchmarks, average bench 21% 233GB free Firmware: 890B Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 166307 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 52232192 (03) Spinup time 100 100 1 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 4507 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 8589934592000 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 211 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 4150 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 253 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 4422 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 253 253 0 (B9) Unknown 253 253 0 (BA) Unknown 253 253 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 98 6433861009410 (BC) Unknown 100 98 34360262666 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 71 42 487981085 (BF) G-sense error rate 253 253 16580608 (C0) Power-off retract count 96 96 69010461 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 47505 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 496 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 403505152 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 253 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 26752 (CB) Run out cancel 100 100 433754342241 (F0) Head flying hours 200 200 0	29.8% Poor	Read 51.5 Write 52 Mixed 33 34% 45.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.15 4K Mixed 0.28 72% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 29.8% Great: 30%
Mass Storage Device 8GB 499 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 7GB free, PID 125d Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	5.85% Terrible	Read 17.7 Write 4.72 Mixed 5.59 9% 9.34 MB/s	4K Read 3.14 4K Write 0.49 4K Mixed 0.54 47% 1.39 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 5.85% Great: 11%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1x8GB 168,538 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	24.8% Poor	MC Read 8.8 MC Write 8.3 MC Mixed 7.9 24% 8.33 GB/s	SC Read 5.7 SC Write 5.2 SC Mixed 6.3 16% 5.73 GB/s	Latency 89.7 45% 89.7 ns
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 24.8% Great: 67%

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Gaming 5%

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Desktop 50%

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Workstation 5%

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Motherboard: Asus M5A78L-M/USB3 - $53

CPU
FX-6300AMD $57Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	505x
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: $138

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) $35	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