Asus M5A78L-M/USB3

Performance Results


Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 40% Jet ski	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (26th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 74 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 relatively low single core score, this CPU can handle email, light web browsing and basic audio/video playback, but it will struggle to handle CPU intensive tasks. Finally, with a gaming score of 46.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	6.77% 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	31.5% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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.

Very high background CPU (62%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus M5A78L-M/USB3 (all builds)
Memory	11.2 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141202
Uptime	2.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 25 '20 at 02:29
Run Duration	229 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	62%

PC Performing below expectations (26^th 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 2.65 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	46.7% Average	Memory 60.6 1-Core 18.4 2-Core 29.3 28% 36.1 Pts	4-Core 178 8-Core 324 30% 251 Pts	64-Core 310 19% 310 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 46.7% Great: 65%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GeForce GT 640 34,519 User benchmarks, average bench 6% Asus(1043 83F9) 2GB CLim: 901 MHz, MLim: 445 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 432.0 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	6.77% Terrible	Lighting 7.57 Reflection 7.35 Parallax 8.78 6% 7.9 fps	MRender 8.24 Gravity 10.1 Splatting 10.4 8% 9.58 fps
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 6.77% Great: 7%
ATI Radeon 3000 Graphics 21,841 User benchmarks, average bench 1% Asus(1043 8388) 256MB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 8.970.100.9001 Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	0.53% Terrible	Lighting 0.57 Reflection 1.5 Parallax 0.19 0% 0.75 fps	MRender 0.81 Gravity 0.37 Splatting 1.09 1% 0.75 fps
Poor: 0% ↑ This bench: 0.53% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Adata Ultimate SU800 512GB-$74 31,280 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 52GB free (System drive) Firmware: R0427ANR SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 165 174 119 108 158 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	31.5% Below average	Read 130 Write 93.8 Mixed 86 SusWrite 133 25% 111 MB/s	4K Read 5.8 4K Write 23.4 4K Mixed 21.5 49% 16.9 MB/s	DQ Read 26.1 DQ Write 54.1 DQ Mixed 31.2 26% 37.1 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 31.5% Great: 127%
Adata Ultimate SU800 512GB-$74 31,280 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 229GB free Firmware: R0427ANR SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 174 181 123 118 166 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	44.3% Average	Read 200 Write 177 Mixed 185 SusWrite 141 40% 176 MB/s	4K Read 21.4 4K Write 32 4K Mixed 25.6 82% 26.3 MB/s	DQ Read 32.6 DQ Write 50.5 DQ Mixed 27.7 25% 36.9 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 44.3% Great: 127%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 465GB free Firmware: CC25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 60 59 60 59 61 60 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	33.2% Below average	Read 56 Write 64 Mixed 38.2 SusWrite 59.9 40% 54.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.4 70% 0.47 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 33.2% Great: 114%
Seagate BUP Portable 5TB 5,996 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 1.5TB free Firmware: 1707 SusWrite @10s intervals: 32 55 56 44 41 50 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	16.5% Very poor	Read 11 Write 42.7 Mixed 22.5 SusWrite 46.3 23% 30.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.1 30% 0.33 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 16.5% Great: 69%
USB Mass Storage Device 32GB 297 User benchmarks, average bench 10% 29GB free, PID 121c Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 5.8 8.4 8.1 7.1 6.8 8.3 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	4.63% Terrible	Read 11 Write 10 Mixed 11 SusWrite 7.4 13% 9.85 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.5 34% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 4.63% Great: 17%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 24GB 14,716 User benchmarks, average bench 43% null MHz 8192, 8192, 4096, 4096 MB Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	39.1% Below average	MC Read 15.6 MC Write 13.7 MC Mixed 14.3 42% 14.5 GB/s	SC Read 7.4 SC Write 7.5 SC Mixed 10.5 24% 8.47 GB/s	Latency 126 32% 126 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 39.1% Great: 72%

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Workstation 5%

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Motherboard: Asus M5A78L-M/USB3 - $53

CPU
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	509x
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	325x
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 $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: 65% - 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 $45	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