Asus M5A78L-M/USB3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 64% Destroyer	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 59.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	27.1% 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	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	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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Motherboard	Asus M5A78L-M/USB3 (all builds)
Memory	26 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131112
Uptime	3.9 Days
Run Date	Mar 28 '18 at 18:23
Run Duration	303 Seconds
Run User	MEX-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing as expected (54^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-4300-$73 55,454 User benchmarks, average bench 52% AM3R2, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	59.6% Above average	Memory 84.2 1-Core 65.4 2-Core 118 56% 89.4 Pts	4-Core 205 8-Core 210 28% 207 Pts	64-Core 209 13% 209 Pts
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 59.6% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 270-$140 47,409 User benchmarks, average bench 24% PowerColor(148C 2337) 2GB CLim: 955 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 18.2.2 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	27.1% Poor	Lighting 34.2 Reflection 30.4 Parallax 40.9 28% 35.2 fps	MRender 27.9 Gravity 28.2 Splatting 36 26% 30.7 fps
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 27.1% Great: 26%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Expansion Desk 3TB 13,194 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 2TB free Firmware: 9401 Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	16.5% Very poor	Read 27.3 Write 28.6 Mixed 26.4 21% 27.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 4.44 4K Mixed 0.47 162% 1.85 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 16.5% Great: 103%
Seagate ST3250620AS 250GB-$149 6,960 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 32GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3.CHL Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 253 0 (03) Spinup time 97 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3409 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (07) Seek error rate 87 60 652708703 (09) Power-on hours count 49 49 44932 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3256 (B8) Unknown 100 253 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 51 44 892272689 (C2) HDA temperature 49 56 73014444081 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 64 54 212230052 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	33.8% Below average	Read 58 Write 59.6 Mixed 20.7 34% 46.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.39 4K Write 1.27 4K Mixed 0.23 65% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 33.8% Great: 43%
Seagate ST3160815AS 160GB-$46 33,785 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 22GB free Firmware: 3.AAD Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 103 85 15353385 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 84 84 16835 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 149390903 (09) Power-on hours count 35 35 57554 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4742 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 56 49 740818988 (C2) HDA temperature 44 51 68719476780 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 71 63 185570690 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	31.2% Below average	Read 54.2 Write 54.2 Mixed 23 32% 43.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.21 4K Mixed 0.41 87% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 31.2% Great: 42%
WD Elements 1TB 51,914 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 655GB free, PID 1021 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	20.1% Poor	Read 40.8 Write 42.1 Mixed 36.8 51% 39.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.61 4K Mixed 0.29 66% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 20.1% Great: 43%
WD Elements 2TB 35,768 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 303GB free, PID 1021 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	21.2% Poor	Read 39.7 Write 41.6 Mixed 39.6 52% 40.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 2.01 4K Mixed 0.25 79% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 21.2% Great: 44%

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 (11^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	39.7% Below average	MC Read 16.6 MC Write 9.9 MC Mixed 14.7 39% 13.7 GB/s	SC Read 9.4 SC Write 8 SC Mixed 11.7 28% 9.7 GB/s	Latency 73.2 55% 73.2 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 39.7% Great: 115%

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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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Total price: $128

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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