Asus M5A78L-M/USB3

Performance Results


Gaming 22% Surfboard	Desktop 66% Battle cruiser	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 60%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	34.2% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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 (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus M5A78L-M/USB3 (all builds)
Memory	10.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141202
Uptime	4.9 Days
Run Date	Feb 21 '17 at 18:41
Run Duration	263 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	17%

PC Performing as expected (54^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6300-$47 261,607 User benchmarks, average bench 55% AM3R2, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	60% Above average	Memory 82.3 1-Core 65.1 2-Core 121 56% 89.5 Pts	4-Core 212 8-Core 265 31% 238 Pts	64-Core 264 16% 264 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 60% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% EVGA(3842 2968) 2GB CLim: 1544 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 376.53 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	34.2% Below average	Lighting 44.5 Reflection 43.1 Parallax 38.2 36% 41.9 fps	MRender 35.5 Gravity 40 Splatting 35.9 30% 37.1 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 34.2% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 120GB-$42 87,912 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 111GB free Firmware: Z32080RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (10^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 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 543 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 135 (A5) Unknown 100 100 8590458886 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 68 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 57 55 193273528363 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 8590000130 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 10 (EA) Unknown 100 100 29 (F1) Unknown 253 253 22 (F2) Unknown 253 253 10 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	39.5% Below average	Read 237 Write 111 Mixed 170 38% 173 MB/s	4K Read 20.6 4K Write 50.7 4K Mixed 4.45 64% 25.3 MB/s	DQ Read 146 DQ Write 106 DQ Mixed 1.68 35% 84.7 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 39.5% Great: 78%
Toshiba DT01ACA200 2TB-$40 344,862 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2TB free (System drive) Firmware: MX4OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 139 139 70 (03) Spinup time 142 142 21491548439 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 509 (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 1814 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 456 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 509 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 509 (C2) HDA temperature 166 166 184684314660 (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 1	103% Outstanding	Read 183 Write 174 Mixed 161 130% 173 MB/s	4K Read 0.94 4K Write 1.94 4K Mixed 0.19 96% 1.02 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 108%
Memorex Frog 8GB 15 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 7GB free, PID 053e Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	5.01% Terrible	Read 19.9 Write 6.45 Mixed 6.87 12% 11.1 MB/s	4K Read 2.92 4K Write 0.008 4K Mixed 0.003 11% 0.98 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 5.01% Great: 6%

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 (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	29.8% Poor	MC Read 10.3 MC Write 10.1 MC Mixed 8.7 28% 9.7 GB/s	SC Read 8.5 SC Write 7.5 SC Mixed 9.4 24% 8.47 GB/s	Latency 76.5 52% 76.5 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 29.8% Great: 97%

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

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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