Asus M5A78L-M/USB3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 1% Tree trunk	Desktop 57% Gunboat	Workstation 1% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 70.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	0.43% 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	10GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 10GB 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus M5A78L-M/USB3 (all builds)
Memory	2.7 GB free of 10 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20141202
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 27 '17 at 06:24
Run Duration	364 Seconds
Run User	IRN-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing as expected (56^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6300-$57 261,607 User benchmarks, average bench 55% AM3R2, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 4.45 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	70.4% Very good	Memory 92.8 1-Core 73.3 2-Core 146 64% 104 Pts	4-Core 265 8-Core 358 40% 312 Pts	64-Core 358 22% 358 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 70.4% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
ATI Radeon 3000 Graphics 21,841 User benchmarks, average bench 1% Asus(1043 8388) 1GB Driver: atiu9p64 aticfx64 atiu9pag aticfx32 atiumd64 atidxx64 atiumdag atidxx32 atiumdva atiumd6a atitmm64 Ver. 8.710.0.0 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	0.43% Terrible	Lighting 0.47 Reflection 1.12 Parallax 0.19 0% 0.59 fps	MRender 0.52 Gravity 0.13 Splatting 1.13 1% 0.6 fps
Poor: 0% ↑ This bench: 0.43% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 1.5TB-$88 40,945 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1TB free (System drive) Firmware: CC1H Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 197544758 (03) Spinup time 100 92 0 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7401 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 21 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 244539509 (09) Power-on hours count 57 57 37866 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 5 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4567 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 96 38655295552 (BD) vendor-specific 59 59 41 (BE) vendor-specific 61 43 215405101095 (C2) HDA temperature 39 57 73014444071 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 58 30 197544758 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 122 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 30386893650535 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2456402468 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1430079997	36.3% Below average	Read 64.5 Write 61.7 Mixed 58.7 46% 61.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.12 4K Mixed 0.32 78% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 36.3% Great: 70%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 466GB free Firmware: 15.01H15 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 61 (03) Spinup time 135 134 4216 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3162 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 7213 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 237 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 170 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2991 (C2) HDA temperature 111 94 32 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 8 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 20 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 165 27677 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 18	58% Above average	Read 102 Write 100 Mixed 79.7 70% 93.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 1.79 4K Mixed 0.34 98% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 58% Great: 69%
SanDisk Cruzer Blade 8GB 30,139 User benchmarks, average bench 10% 4GB free, PID 5567 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	10.2% Very poor	Read 29.2 Write 3.91 Mixed 9.19 13% 14.1 MB/s	4K Read 3.09 4K Write 1.41 4K Mixed 0.88 89% 1.79 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 10.2% Great: 13%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 10GB 21,027 User benchmarks, average bench 31% null MHz 4096, 4096, 2048 MB Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	32% Below average	MC Read 10.7 MC Write 10.1 MC Mixed 9.4 29% 10.1 GB/s	SC Read 10.2 SC Write 8 SC Mixed 10.3 27% 9.5 GB/s	Latency 62.6 64% 62.6 ns
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 32% Great: 45%

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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 $57Bench 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: $138

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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