Asus M5A78L/USB3

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 58% Gunboat	Workstation 8% 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 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 57.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	9.24% 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	26.8% 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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A78L/USB3 (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1280 x 960 - 32 Bit colori
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20120807
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 05 '16 at 20:18
Run Duration	286 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	15%

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-4100-$110 32,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% AM3R2, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	57.2% Above average	Memory 82.2 1-Core 62.9 2-Core 116 55% 87.1 Pts	4-Core 189 8-Core 190 25% 189 Pts	64-Core 190 12% 190 Pts
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 57.2% Great: 58%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 650-$112 69,673 User benchmarks, average bench 8% Gigabyte(1458 3553) 1GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6472 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	9.24% Terrible	Lighting 10.7 Reflection 9.65 Parallax 11.6 9% 10.6 fps	MRender 14 Gravity 9.67 Splatting 13.6 10% 12.4 fps
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 9.24% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 44GB free (System drive) Firmware: 521ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 11641607 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 -73804718011044 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1451 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 175 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 36 46 47247654948 (C2) HDA temperature 36 46 47247654948 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 11641607 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 11641607 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 11641607 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 4274 (EA) Unknown 0 0 4473 (F1) Unknown 0 0 4473 (F2) Unknown 0 0 5065	26.8% Poor	Read 113 Write 86.5 Mixed 89.5 21% 96.2 MB/s	4K Read 13.8 4K Write 42.9 4K Mixed 7.99 54% 21.6 MB/s	DQ Read 14.8 DQ Write 48.5 DQ Mixed 5.91 12% 23.1 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 26.8% Great: 73%
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 28GB free Firmware: 521ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 120 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 -140084653324714 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 724 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 191 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 36 54 64428048420 (C2) HDA temperature 36 54 64428048420 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 1944 (EA) Unknown 0 0 2206 (F1) Unknown 0 0 2206 (F2) Unknown 0 0 1980	20.6% Poor	Read 123 Write 58.4 Mixed 75.8 19% 85.6 MB/s	4K Read 14.6 4K Write 9.21 4K Mixed 8.86 38% 10.9 MB/s	DQ Read 15.4 DQ Write 10.2 DQ Mixed 7.9 7% 11.2 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 20.6% Great: 73%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$50 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 1TB free Firmware: MX4OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 139 139 72 (03) Spinup time 128 128 21494169896 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 581 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 124 124 33 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1161 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 398 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 584 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 584 (C2) HDA temperature 166 166 167504707620 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	83.6% Excellent	Read 143 Write 149 Mixed 93.6 95% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 1.76 4K Mixed 0.22 88% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 108%
TOSHIBA MQ01ABD100 1TB 1,122 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 75GB free, PID 0237 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	23.6% Poor	Read 48.1 Write 56.4 Mixed 49.8 68% 51.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 1.37 4K Mixed 0.17 54% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 23.6% Great: 43%
Seagate FreeAgent Go 250GB 73 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 42GB free, PID 2000 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	9.46% Terrible	Read 20.7 Write 17 Mixed 18.6 24% 18.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 0.87 4K Mixed 0.23 39% 0.49 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 9.46% Great: 15%

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 (12^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	40.6% Average	MC Read 16.2 MC Write 11.9 MC Mixed 15.3 41% 14.5 GB/s	SC Read 8 SC Write 8.2 SC Mixed 9.4 24% 8.53 GB/s	Latency 76.6 52% 76.6 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 40.6% Great: 97%

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

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Gaming 21%

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Desktop 67%

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Workstation 17%

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Motherboard: Asus M5A78L/USB3

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	15x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	14x
FX-4100AMD $110Bench 51%, 32,471 samples	9x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	8x
GTX 650Nvidia $112Bench 8%, 69,673 samples	6x
GeForce GT 730NvidiaBench 5%, 164,888 samples	5x

SSD
BX500 240GBCrucial $29Bench 56%, 142,801 samples	4x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	4x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	3x

RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	27x
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples	19x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	11x

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Value: 79% - Very good

Total price: $218

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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