Asus M5A78L-M/USB3

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 62% Destroyer	Workstation 15% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (27th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 73 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 an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 54.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	33.4% 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	31.8% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (71%). 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	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120323
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 10 '16 at 14:29
Run Duration	213 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	71%

PC Performing below expectations (27^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-$57 261,607 User benchmarks, average bench 55% AM3R2, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	54.1% Above average	Memory 82 1-Core 51.7 2-Core 97.8 50% 77.2 Pts	4-Core 146 8-Core 195 22% 171 Pts	64-Core 249 15% 249 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 54.1% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Gigabyte(1458 3690) 2GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.5891 Performing below potential (65^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	33.4% Below average	Lighting 43.4 Reflection 41.7 Parallax 37.2 35% 40.8 fps	MRender 37.5 Gravity 38.1 Splatting 33.7 30% 36.4 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 33.4% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial BX200 480GB-$160 11,290 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 66GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01.6 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 100 100 196 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 119 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 54 (A3) Unknown 100 100 601 (94) Unknown 100 100 22026 (95) Unknown 100 100 333 (96) Unknown 100 100 200 (97) Unknown 100 100 310 (A4) Unknown 100 100 11406 (A5) Unknown 100 100 23 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 8 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 4 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 52983541530663 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 59580 (F2) Unknown 100 100 81133 (F5) Unknown 100 100 134733 (F6) Unknown 100 100 88104 (F7) Unknown 100 100 0	31.8% Below average	Read 207 Write 86.9 Mixed 115 30% 136 MB/s	4K Read 21.3 4K Write 23 4K Mixed 10.1 57% 18.1 MB/s	DQ Read 28.6 DQ Write 35.2 DQ Mixed 10.6 14% 24.8 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 31.8% Great: 95%
WD Green 1.5TB (2009)-$150 16,916 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 1TB free Firmware: 01.00A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 176 166 6200 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2536 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 70 70 22045 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2523 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 756 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 172 172 86489 (C2) HDA temperature 109 91 41 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 24 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	39.9% Below average	Read 89.2 Write 50.1 Mixed 74.7 54% 71.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.28 4K Write 0.46 4K Mixed 0.14 36% 0.3 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 39.9% Great: 55%
WD My Passport 0820 1.5TB 683 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 1.5TB free, PID 0820 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	12.4% Very poor	Read 22.4 Write 21.4 Mixed 19.7 27% 21.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 1.42 4K Mixed 0.22 57% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 12.4% Great: 39%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 16GB 70,565 User benchmarks, average bench 41% null MHz 8192, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	29.9% Poor	MC Read 9.9 MC Write 10.1 MC Mixed 10.6 29% 10.2 GB/s	SC Read 5.2 SC Write 6.1 SC Mixed 7.6 18% 6.3 GB/s	Latency 76.8 52% 76.8 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 29.9% Great: 54%

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Motherboard: Asus M5A78L-M/USB3 - $53

CPU
FX-6300AMD $57Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	505x
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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $131	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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