Asus M5A78L-M/USB3

Performance Results


Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 52% Yacht	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (36th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 64 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 55.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	5.8% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	34.1% 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.

Very high background CPU (100%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus M5A78L-M/USB3 (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120828
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Oct 03 '17 at 19:10
Run Duration	184 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	100%

PC Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-4170 Quad-Core-$81 4,257 User benchmarks, average bench 56% AM3R2, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	55.8% Above average	Memory 77.7 1-Core 44.4 2-Core 108 48% 76.6 Pts	4-Core 196 8-Core 210 27% 203 Pts	64-Core 217 13% 217 Pts
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 55.8% Great: 63%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce 9800 GT 19,550 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Device(0000 0000) 1GB Ram: 1GB, Driver: 342.1 Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	5.8% Terrible	Lighting 7.77 Reflection 7.88 Parallax 2.94 6% 6.2 fps	MRender 6.9 Gravity 5.83 Splatting 5.09 5% 5.94 fps
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 5.8% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 830 128GB-$109 37,250 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 38GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXM03B1Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 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 96 96 16897 (0C) Power cycle count 90 90 9310 (B1) Unknown 85 85 526 (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 66 29 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 4 (EB) Unknown 99 99 107 (F1) Unknown 99 99 39407968697	34.1% Below average	Read 216 Write 160 Mixed 183 42% 187 MB/s	4K Read 17.7 4K Write 15.6 4K Mixed 10.7 49% 14.7 MB/s	DQ Read 17.9 DQ Write 30.1 DQ Mixed 12.2 13% 20.1 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 34.1% Great: 76%
Seagate BUP Slim RD 2TB 4,801 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 855GB free Firmware: 0304 Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	17.2% Very poor	Read 29.3 Write 29.8 Mixed 29.4 22% 29.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 3.03 4K Mixed 0.34 118% 1.31 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 17.2% Great: 66%
WD WD3200KS-00PFB0 320GB 3,103 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 214GB free Firmware: 21.00M21 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 190 185 5466 (04) Start/Stop count 86 86 14627 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 50 50 37020 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 90 90 10445 (BE) vendor-specific 67 47 33 (C2) HDA temperature 117 97 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 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	26.9% Poor	Read 47.1 Write 46.2 Mixed 24.1 29% 39.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.68 4K Mixed 0.36 93% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 26.9% Great: 36%

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 as expected (46^th percentile)	41.5% Average	MC Read 16.2 MC Write 13.5 MC Mixed 15.9 43% 15.2 GB/s	SC Read 6.6 SC Write 7.7 SC Mixed 9.5 23% 7.93 GB/s	Latency 84.9 47% 84.9 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 41.5% Great: 61%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Workstation 5%

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Motherboard: Asus M5A78L-M/USB3 - $53

CPU
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	509x
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	325x
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 $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: 65% - 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 $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