Asus M5A78L-M/USB3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 2% Tree trunk	Desktop 29% Raft	Workstation 2% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a relatively low single core score, this CPU can handle email, light web browsing and basic audio/video playback, but it will struggle to handle CPU intensive tasks. Finally, with a gaming score of 33.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	1.09% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (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	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.

Motherboard	Asus M5A78L-M/USB3 (all builds)
Memory	5.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141202
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 08 '16 at 22:03
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing as expected (48^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, turbo 2.35 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	33.4% Below average	Memory 52.4 1-Core 22.9 2-Core 42.7 28% 39.3 Pts	4-Core 77.1 8-Core 406 24% 242 Pts	64-Core 437 27% 437 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 33.4% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 5450 66,079 User benchmarks, average bench 1% Sapphire(174B E225) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.200.1062.1004 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	1.09% Terrible	Lighting 1.33 Reflection 1.73 Parallax 1.59 1% 1.55 fps	MRender 1.62 Gravity 0.83 Splatting 1.52 1% 1.32 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1.09% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Hitachi HDS721050DLE630 500GB 10,673 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 443GB free Firmware: MS1OA650 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 138 138 83 (03) Spinup time 115 115 17192124626 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 3302 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 113 113 35 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3022 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1786 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 3304 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 3304 (C2) HDA temperature 230 230 184684511258 (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 2	80.1% Excellent	Read 137 Write 142 Mixed 83.9 90% 121 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 1.52 4K Mixed 0.17 77% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 80.1% Great: 82%
WD Black 500GB (2012)-$47 20,548 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 86GB free (System drive) Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 172 2200 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4759 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 12993 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4715 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 619 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4139 (C2) HDA temperature 110 95 33 (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 2 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	74.4% Very good	Read 136 Write 123 Mixed 94.3 88% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.86 4K Write 2.54 4K Mixed 0.24 110% 1.21 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 74.4% Great: 105%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x4GB 424,126 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	39.3% Below average	MC Read 17.7 MC Write 14.3 MC Mixed 14.2 44% 15.4 GB/s	SC Read 5.5 SC Write 4.7 SC Mixed 6.7 16% 5.63 GB/s	Latency 152 26% 152 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 39.3% Great: 65%

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Workstation 5%

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Motherboard: Asus M5A78L-M/USB3 - $53

CPU
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	508x
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	325x
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 $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	48x

RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	355x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	346x
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples	309x

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Value: 64% - Good

Total price: $128

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	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) $37	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