Asus M5A78L-M/USB3

Performance Results


Gaming 40% Jet ski	Desktop 68% Battle cruiser	Workstation 31% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 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. 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 61.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	60.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	26.7% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (27%). 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	27.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141202
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 12 '17 at 17:18
Run Duration	331 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	27%

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PC Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8320-$129 106,454 User benchmarks, average bench 59% AM3R2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	61.6% Good	Memory 89.1 1-Core 57.7 2-Core 110 55% 85.4 Pts	4-Core 187 8-Core 290 29% 238 Pts	64-Core 335 21% 335 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 61.6% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 85A4) CLim: 2075 MHz, MLim: 2202 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 376.33 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	60.9% Good	Lighting 76.2 Reflection 78.3 Parallax 68.1 62% 74.2 fps	MRender 75.3 Gravity 67.2 Splatting 72.5 59% 71.7 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 60.9% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB-$42 87,912 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 1GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z22000RL 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 97 100 1633 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 748 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1724 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1776 (A9) Unknown 100 100 32 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1749 (AE) Unknown 100 100 119 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 60 100 206158430248 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 58 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 170305 (F1) Unknown 253 253 6198 (F2) Unknown 253 253 5473	26.7% Poor	Read 110 Write 129 Mixed 120 27% 120 MB/s	4K Read 14.8 4K Write 41.3 4K Mixed 1.85 47% 19.3 MB/s	DQ Read 20.1 DQ Write 59.2 DQ Mixed 1.99 12% 27.1 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 26.7% Great: 78%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1TB 4,752 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 707GB free, PID b207 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	13.4% Very poor	Read 25.7 Write 24.9 Mixed 25 32% 25.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.27 4K Write 1.35 4K Mixed 0.17 53% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 13.4% Great: 50%
SanDisk 16GB 111 User benchmarks, average bench 8% 14GB free, PID 5576 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	7.23% Terrible	Read 19.3 Write 5.63 Mixed 6.23 11% 10.4 MB/s	4K Read 3.66 4K Write 0.76 4K Mixed 0.97 72% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 7.23% Great: 10%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x8GB 41,916 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM Performing below potential (31^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	48.6% Average	MC Read 20.5 MC Write 14.2 MC Mixed 17.9 50% 17.5 GB/s	SC Read 9.4 SC Write 8 SC Mixed 12.4 28% 9.93 GB/s	Latency 68.4 58% 68.4 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 48.6% Great: 115%

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Workstation 5%

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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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Value: 64% - Good

Total price: $128

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