Asus M5A78L-M/USB3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (29th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 71 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 71.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	50.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 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.

Motherboard	Asus M5A78L-M/USB3 (all builds)
Memory	28.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20141202
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 31 '17 at 02:07
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing below expectations (29^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 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	71.3% Very good	Memory 89.9 1-Core 80.8 2-Core 162 67% 111 Pts	4-Core 285 8-Core 499 47% 392 Pts	64-Core 502 31% 502 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 71.3% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 560-$500 60,738 User benchmarks, average bench 22% Gigabyte(1458 22FF) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1249 MHz, MLim: 1850 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.12.1 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 27.9 Reflection 30.2 34% 29.1 fps
Poor: 19% Great: 25%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 194GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT03B6Q 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 99 99 55 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 97 (B1) Unknown 99 99 1 (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 71 58 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 17 (EB) Unknown 99 99 45 (F1) Unknown 99 99 1578244104	50.1% Above average	Read 228 Write 179 Mixed 180 43% 195 MB/s	4K Read 30.7 4K Write 43 4K Mixed 19.4 94% 31.1 MB/s	DQ Read 33.7 DQ Write 59.1 DQ Mixed 19.9 23% 37.5 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 50.1% Great: 134%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 778GB free Firmware: CC38 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 103873984 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1572 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 69207200 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2219 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 783 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 18 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 60 437846042 (C2) HDA temperature 26 40 55834574874 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 42 25 103873984 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 22 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -82544976457671 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2092059453 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2292975010	43.8% Average	Read 74 Write 78.6 Mixed 28.2 44% 60.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 1.05 4K Mixed 0.28 66% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 43.8% Great: 68%
Seagate BUP BK 4TB 970 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 1TB free, PID ab28 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	18.8% Very poor	Read 25.5 Write 25 Mixed 23.2 32% 24.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.98 4K Write 3.06 4K Mixed 0.43 122% 1.49 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 18.8% Great: 57%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x8GB 41,916 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM Performing below potential (12^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	40.5% Average	MC Read 15.1 MC Write 14.6 MC Mixed 14 42% 14.6 GB/s	SC Read 6.8 SC Write 5.1 SC Mixed 8.7 20% 6.87 GB/s	Latency 67.3 59% 67.3 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 40.5% Great: 115%

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Motherboard: Asus M5A78L-M/USB3 - $53

CPU
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	510x
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	325x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 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	90x

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

RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	355x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	346x
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples	310x

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Value: 65% - Good

Total price: $128

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16