Asus M5A78L-M/USB3

Performance Results


Gaming 13% Tree trunk	Desktop 51% Yacht	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (28th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 72 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 below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 49.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	17.6% 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	37.5% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (24%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A78L-M/USB3 (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141202
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 07 '17 at 16:26
Run Duration	325 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	24%

PC Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8320-$129 106,454 User benchmarks, average bench 59% AM3R2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.15 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	49.3% Average	Memory 59.9 1-Core 23.3 2-Core 83.6 35% 55.6 Pts	4-Core 209 8-Core 376 35% 292 Pts	64-Core 375 23% 375 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 49.3% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7850-$174 49,592 User benchmarks, average bench 19% Sapphire(174B E221) 2GB CLim: 860 MHz, MLim: 1200 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.5.2 Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	17.6% Very poor	Lighting 25.3 Reflection 27.6 Parallax 30.4 21% 27.7 fps	MRender 24.3 Gravity 20.7 Splatting 3.43 12% 16.2 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 17.6% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 137GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q 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 1 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 4 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (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 67 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 99 99 212102056	37.5% Below average	Read 207 Write 163 Mixed 165 40% 178 MB/s	4K Read 20.2 4K Write 20.4 4K Mixed 13.5 59% 18 MB/s	DQ Read 30 DQ Write 42.9 DQ Mixed 17.8 19% 30.2 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 37.5% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 570GB free Firmware: JC4B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 143631788 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 88 88 13218 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 79 60 95077675 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 8399 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3901 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 60 471203867 (C2) HDA temperature 27 40 47244640283 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 48 24 143631788 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 79779017549562 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2146404094 (F2) Unknown 100 253 4198342043	48.2% Average	Read 95.9 Write 72.1 Mixed 28.8 48% 65.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.26 78% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 48.2% Great: 68%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 232GB free Firmware: JC4B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 99 71920862 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 87 87 13799 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 76 60 4339315267 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 8093 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4165 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 78 52 437583894 (C2) HDA temperature 22 48 47244640278 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 43 27 71920862 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 4874787908816 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3867855632 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1428478715	51.4% Above average	Read 93 Write 86.1 Mixed 16.8 47% 65.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 1.44 4K Mixed 0.32 87% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 51.4% Great: 68%
Hitachi Travelstar 5K750 750GB-$52 41,501 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 117GB free Firmware: JE4OA50A Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 187 187 73014444033 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 6918 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 6348 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 4003 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 65536 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 57 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 56756 (C2) HDA temperature 253 253 240518692885 (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 0 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	33.7% Below average	Read 71.2 Write 46.3 Mixed 25.2 35% 47.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.28 4K Write 0.88 4K Mixed 0.13 43% 0.43 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 33.7% Great: 53%
Seagate ST3500630AS 500GB-$102 29,256 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 333GB free Firmware: 3.AAK Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 90 222645429 (03) Spinup time 93 93 0 (04) Start/Stop count 83 83 17525 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 88 60 711442154 (09) Power-on hours count 68 68 28247 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 6074 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 40 9111994399 (C2) HDA temperature 31 60 60129542175 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 67 51 184048447 (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	30.9% Below average	Read 53.6 Write 53.7 Mixed 17 30% 41.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.51 4K Mixed 0.27 78% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 30.9% Great: 43%
FCR-HS3 -1 32GB 163 User benchmarks, average bench 21% 28GB free, PID 6348 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	10.2% Very poor	Read 26 Write 13.9 Mixed 13.9 21% 17.9 MB/s	4K Read 3.33 4K Write 0.86 4K Mixed 0.64 63% 1.61 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 10.2% Great: 39%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x4GB 106,178 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	45.8% Average	MC Read 20.4 MC Write 15.5 MC Mixed 17.9 51% 17.9 GB/s	SC Read 6.3 SC Write 5 SC Mixed 8.2 19% 6.5 GB/s	Latency 128 31% 128 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 45.8% Great: 61%

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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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Value: 64% - Good

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