Asus M5A78L-M/USB3

Performance Results


Gaming 26% Raft	Desktop 70% Battleship	Workstation 22% Surfboard


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 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 66.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	34.7% 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	34.4% 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.

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

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A78L-M/USB3 (all builds)
Memory	10.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141202
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Aug 27 '16 at 22:28
Run Duration	225 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	12%

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 FX-8350-$130 313,196 User benchmarks, average bench 61% AM3R2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	66.4% Good	Memory 86.5 1-Core 67.5 2-Core 134 59% 96.1 Pts	4-Core 252 8-Core 381 39% 316 Pts	64-Core 404 25% 404 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 66.4% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% MSI(1462 3205) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx Ver. 21.21.13.7254 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	34.7% Below average	Lighting 45 Reflection 43.1 Parallax 36.4 37% 41.5 fps	MRender 38.8 Gravity 39.9 Splatting 35.4 31% 38 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 34.7% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX200 240GB-$36 36,559 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 73GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU02.6 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 (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 147 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 194 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 31 (A3) Unknown 100 100 283 (94) Unknown 100 100 63964 (95) Unknown 100 100 875 (96) Unknown 100 100 774 (97) Unknown 100 100 864 (A4) Unknown 100 100 24049 (A5) Unknown 100 100 51 (A6) Unknown 100 100 2 (A7) Unknown 100 100 18 (A9) Unknown 100 100 99 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 14 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 47460129701922 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 98909 (F2) Unknown 100 100 97643 (F5) Unknown 100 100 142039 (F6) Unknown 100 100 127928 (F7) Unknown 100 100 0	34.4% Below average	Read 197 Write 118 Mixed 119 32% 144 MB/s	4K Read 24.2 4K Write 23.1 4K Mixed 9.9 62% 19.1 MB/s	DQ Read 28.8 DQ Write 35.6 DQ Mixed 10.7 14% 25 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 34.4% Great: 91%
Seagate ST940210AS 40GB 456 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 1GB free Firmware: 3.ALC Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 253 0 (03) Spinup time 99 99 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1438 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 79 60 87196195 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 2261 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1270 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 58 42 707264554 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 164 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 78 78 45220 (C2) HDA temperature 42 58 68719476778 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 88 61 111642658 (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	11.5% Very poor	Read 19.1 Write 20.7 Mixed 10.5 12% 16.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 0.92 4K Mixed 0.31 69% 0.55 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 11.5% Great: 24%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1TB 14,232 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 610GB free, PID a202 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	14% Very poor	Read 25.6 Write 24.8 Mixed 17 28% 22.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.56 4K Mixed 0.19 61% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 14% Great: 49%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x8GB 236,291 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM Performing below potential (25^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	46.6% Average	MC Read 19.3 MC Write 14.1 MC Mixed 16.4 47% 16.6 GB/s	SC Read 9.4 SC Write 8.8 SC Mixed 13 30% 10.4 GB/s	Latency 70.9 56% 70.9 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 46.6% Great: 97%

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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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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