Asus M5A78L-M/USB3

Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 57% Gunboat	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 58.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	9.55% 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	34.2% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A78L-M/USB3 (all builds)
Memory	6.5 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20141202
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 23 '16 at 05:29
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing as expected (59^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 X4 955-$83 41,403 User benchmarks, average bench 51% AM3R2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	58.5% Above average	Memory 84.8 1-Core 47.7 2-Core 95.1 50% 75.9 Pts	4-Core 188 8-Core 190 25% 189 Pts	64-Core 190 12% 190 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 58.5% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
ATI Radeon HD 4770 1,570 User benchmarks, average bench 8% MSI(1462 1960) 512MB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 8.850.0.0 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	9.55% Terrible	Lighting 12.5 Reflection 11.6 Parallax 8.88 10% 11 fps	MRender 8.24 Gravity 7.97 Splatting 13.2 8% 9.79 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 9.55% Great: 8%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
FM-25S2S-120GBP2 120GB 310 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 55GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.1 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 108 105 20655063 (05) Reallocated sector count 89 89 1984 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 71949292188347 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 828 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 144 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 0 0 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 108 105 20655063 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 83 83 1 (E9) Unknown 0 0 14592 (EA) Unknown 0 0 16192 (F1) Unknown 0 0 16192 (F2) Unknown 0 0 38976	34.2% Below average	Read 150 Write 81.8 Mixed 98.8 24% 110 MB/s	4K Read 22.9 4K Write 56.8 4K Mixed 7.95 75% 29.2 MB/s	DQ Read 23.3 DQ Write 66.3 DQ Mixed 7.37 16% 32.3 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 34.2% Great: 55%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 841GB free Firmware: 05.00K05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 228 225 8575 (04) Start/Stop count 92 92 8444 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 31 31 50574 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 927 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 197 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 8444 (C2) HDA temperature 104 85 46 (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 15 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	58.1% Above average	Read 106 Write 96.7 Mixed 89.1 73% 97.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.89 4K Write 1.07 4K Mixed 0.38 99% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 58.1% Great: 76%
WD Black 1TB (2010)-$49 257,835 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 833GB free Firmware: 05.00K05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 243 216 7850 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7189 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 31 31 50702 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 932 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 200 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 7189 (C2) HDA temperature 104 84 46 (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 16 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	57.7% Above average	Read 100 Write 100 Mixed 33.9 57% 78.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.86 4K Write 2.72 4K Mixed 0.4 131% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 57.7% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 3x4GB 39,448 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 3 of 4 slots used 12GB DIMM Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	25.5% Poor	MC Read 9.5 MC Write 6.9 MC Mixed 7.7 23% 8.03 GB/s	SC Read 6.9 SC Write 6.6 SC Mixed 7 20% 6.83 GB/s	Latency 72.1 56% 72.1 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 25.5% Great: 57%

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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 $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	506x
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	324x
FX-8320AMD $175Bench 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 $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