Asus M5A78L-M/USB3

Performance Results


Gaming 38% Jet ski	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 31% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 71.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	49.3% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	40.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Motherboard	Asus M5A78L-M/USB3 (all builds)
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141202
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 14 '18 at 21:11
Run Duration	117 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8300-$168 49,767 User benchmarks, average bench 58% AM3R2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	71.5% Very good	Memory 93.4 1-Core 73.5 2-Core 131 63% 99.3 Pts	4-Core 270 8-Core 448 44% 359 Pts	64-Core 432 27% 432 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 71.5% Great: 64%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 470-$126 94,030 User benchmarks, average bench 40% XFX(1682 9470) CLim: 1226 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 18.2.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	49.3% Average	Lighting 61.8 Reflection 62.3 Parallax 85.2 50% 69.8 fps	MRender 63.8 Gravity 57.4 Splatting 53.2 47% 58.1 fps
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 49.3% Great: 47%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 520 Series 180GB-$132 14,258 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 61GB free (System drive) Firmware: LE1i Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below potential (1^st 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 77 77 798863937258 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2666 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 513 (B7) Unknown 100 100 69 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 513 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 457921 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 57 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 457921 (F2) Unknown 100 100 615280 (F9) Unknown 100 100 17194	40.9% Average	Read 196 Write 174 Mixed 184 41% 185 MB/s	4K Read 22.7 4K Write 47.5 4K Mixed 9.04 71% 26.4 MB/s	DQ Read 25.5 DQ Write 68.8 DQ Mixed 10 18% 34.8 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 40.9% Great: 88%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 362GB free Firmware: 12.01C02 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 183 178 5850 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3469 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 77 77 17156 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2232 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 319 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3527 (C2) HDA temperature 119 98 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 5 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	43.2% Average	Read 76.1 Write 74.2 Mixed 29 44% 59.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 1.41 4K Mixed 0.32 86% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 43.2% Great: 69%

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 (79^th percentile)	49.3% Average	MC Read 19.6 MC Write 15.3 MC Mixed 17.8 50% 17.6 GB/s	SC Read 10.5 SC Write 8.2 SC Mixed 12 29% 10.2 GB/s	Latency 61.2 65% 61.2 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 49.3% Great: 61%

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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 $177	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