Asus M5A78L-M/USB3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 1% Tree trunk	Desktop 46% Yacht	Workstation 1% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (37th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 63 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 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 57%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	0.46% 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	14GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 14GB 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 9 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

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A78L-M/USB3 (all builds)
Memory	11.5 GB free of 14 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20111130
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 10 '17 at 15:18
Run Duration	427 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing below expectations (37^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 965-$144 43,442 User benchmarks, average bench 53% AM3R2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	57% Above average	Memory 79.9 1-Core 49.9 2-Core 100 49% 76.7 Pts	4-Core 200 8-Core 198 27% 199 Pts	64-Core 200 12% 200 Pts
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 57% Great: 61%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
ATI Radeon 3000 Graphics 21,841 User benchmarks, average bench 1% Asus(1043 8388) 256MB Driver: atidxx32 Ver. 8.56.1.16 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	0.46% Terrible	Lighting 0.47 Reflection 1.31 Parallax 0.34 0% 0.71 fps	MRender 0.76 Gravity 0.27 Splatting 1.09 1% 0.71 fps
Poor: 0% ↑ This bench: 0.46% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD WD5000AAVS-00ZTB0 500GB 13,629 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 401GB free Firmware: 01.01B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 10 (03) Spinup time 169 69 4550 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9274 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 24 24 55526 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 694 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 622 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 33 33 502390 (C2) HDA temperature 116 93 31 (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 200 200 476 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 1	27.3% Poor	Read 47.6 Write 46.8 Mixed 23.5 29% 39.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 2.16 4K Mixed 0.31 96% 1 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 27.3% Great: 44%
WD WD5003ABYZ-011FA0 500GB 2,936 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 300GB free Firmware: 01.01S03 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 141 137 3950 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 97 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 414 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 94 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 65 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 31 (C2) HDA temperature 111 94 32 (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 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	62.6% Good	Read 106 Write 111 Mixed 15.8 56% 77.8 MB/s	4K Read 1.04 4K Write 2.61 4K Mixed 0.41 137% 1.35 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 62.6% Great: 78%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 320GB-$80 31,610 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 239GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3.AAK Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 95 77939153 (03) Spinup time 97 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 84 84 17329 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 82 54 200663176 (09) Power-on hours count 31 31 60460 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5847 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 60 26 673054760 (C2) HDA temperature 40 74 60129542184 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 75 53 174449200 (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	33.1% Below average	Read 62.3 Write 52.8 Mixed 25.9 35% 47 MB/s	4K Read 0.32 4K Write 1.19 4K Mixed 0.14 51% 0.55 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 33.1% Great: 43%
WD Green 2TB (2009)-$113 12,948 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 99GB free Firmware: 01.00A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 166 137 8658 (04) Start/Stop count 79 79 21171 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 33 33 49429 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2888 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 180 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 121 121 239578 (C2) HDA temperature 117 90 35 (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 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	29% Poor	Read 55.6 Write 45.4 Mixed 7.69 26% 36.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 0.1 4K Mixed 0.08 32% 0.23 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 29% Great: 60%
TOSHIBA TransMemory-Mx 8GB 90 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 7GB free, PID 6545 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	4.84% Terrible	Read 21.8 Write 4.06 Mixed 5.61 10% 10.5 MB/s	4K Read 3.36 4K Write 0.002 4K Mixed 0.002 13% 1.12 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 4.84% Great: 22%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 14GB 9,406 User benchmarks, average bench 35% null MHz 4096, 4096, 4096, 2048 MB Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	28.9% Poor	MC Read 12.3 MC Write 6.9 MC Mixed 10.3 28% 9.83 GB/s	SC Read 6.2 SC Write 5.8 SC Mixed 7.4 18% 6.47 GB/s	Latency 80.7 50% 80.7 ns
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 28.9% Great: 52%

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Gaming 5%

Tree trunk

Desktop 50%

Yacht

Workstation 5%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: Asus M5A78L-M/USB3 - $53

CPU
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	508x
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	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 $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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