Asus M5A78L-M/USB3

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 70% Battleship	Workstation 55% Yacht


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 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 66.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	104% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	37.8% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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 (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus M5A78L-M/USB3 (all builds)
Memory	8.9 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141202
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	Apr 21 '18 at 22:12
Run Duration	122 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	20%

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-8370-$175 34,720 User benchmarks, average bench 62% AM3R2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	66.6% Good	Memory 85.1 1-Core 72.4 2-Core 138 60% 98.7 Pts	4-Core 260 8-Core 428 42% 344 Pts	64-Core 430 27% 430 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 66.6% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85F1) CLim: 1923 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	104% Outstanding	Lighting 126 Reflection 164 Parallax 190 103% 160 fps	MRender 120 Gravity 170 Splatting 118 110% 136 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 120GB-$76 9,139 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 43GB free (System drive) Firmware: X31000RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (2^nd 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 253 100 5516 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1855 (A5) Unknown 100 100 532672480632 (A6) Unknown 100 100 12 (A7) Unknown 100 100 20 (A8) Unknown 100 100 36 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 25 (AE) Unknown 100 100 335 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 66 54 231928692770 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 1 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 6622923458054 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 2825 (EA) Unknown 100 100 7235 (F1) Unknown 253 253 5470 (F2) Unknown 253 253 7865 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	37.8% Below average	Read 210 Write 131 Mixed 83.4 31% 142 MB/s	4K Read 23.5 4K Write 34.6 4K Mixed 10.5 67% 22.9 MB/s	DQ Read 27.7 DQ Write 54.9 DQ Mixed 10.9 17% 31.2 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 37.8% Great: 93%
Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C 1TB-$40 97,793 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 332GB free Firmware: JP4OA3MA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 136 136 93 (03) Spinup time 120 120 25790841143 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 7437 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 138 138 31 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 13784 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 3790 (C0) Power-off retract count 94 94 7474 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 7474 (C2) HDA temperature 193 193 257698234399 (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 2	60.6% Good	Read 104 Write 107 Mixed 30.2 59% 80.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 1.25 4K Mixed 0.37 93% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 60.6% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 12GB 85,415 User benchmarks, average bench 35% null MHz 8192, 4096 MB Performing below potential (24^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	27.1% Poor	MC Read 9 MC Write 8.6 MC Mixed 8 24% 8.53 GB/s	SC Read 8.6 SC Write 6.7 SC Mixed 8 22% 7.77 GB/s	Latency 71.8 56% 71.8 ns
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 27.1% Great: 50%

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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	508x
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	325x
FX-8320AMD $175Bench 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: 64% - 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 $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