Asus M5A78L-M/USB3

Performance Results


Gaming 46% Yacht	Desktop 68% Battle cruiser	Workstation 38% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (31st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 69 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 60.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	73.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	22% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A78L-M/USB3 (all builds)
Memory	28.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141202
Uptime	1.5 Days
Run Date	Jun 02 '20 at 02:37
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	SRB-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing below expectations (31^st 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 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	60.3% Good	Memory 84.6 1-Core 63.1 2-Core 125 57% 90.8 Pts	4-Core 196 8-Core 371 34% 284 Pts	64-Core 358 22% 358 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 60.3% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$238 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% Gigabyte(1458 4013) CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 446.14 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	73.2% Very good	Lighting 91.5 Reflection 83.6 Parallax 84.3 75% 86.5 fps	MRender 113 Gravity 76.6 Splatting 74.7 70% 88.2 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 73.2% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 480GB-$38 237,487 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 361GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFKB1H5 SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 95 39 41 53 41 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	22% Poor	Read 176 Write 91.3 Mixed 75.2 SusWrite 59.5 22% 101 MB/s	4K Read 9.8 4K Write 16.4 4K Mixed 9.2 35% 11.8 MB/s	DQ Read 7.8 DQ Write 15.7 DQ Mixed 11 9% 11.5 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 22% Great: 102%
Kingston SKC600512G 512GB 5,390 User benchmarks, average bench 109% 277GB free Firmware: S4500104 SusWrite @10s intervals: 163 172 199 199 197 199 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	57.5% Above average	Read 210 Write 194 Mixed 198 SusWrite 188 44% 198 MB/s	4K Read 31.2 4K Write 44.8 4K Mixed 33.3 114% 36.4 MB/s	DQ Read 37.7 DQ Write 63.9 DQ Mixed 46.8 37% 49.5 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 57.5% Great: 130%
WD Red 1TB (2012)-$88 37,583 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 449GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 96 40 41 53 42 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	47.5% Average	Read 104 Write 113 Mixed 69.5 SusWrite 60.5 64% 86.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 187% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 47.5% Great: 87%

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 (27^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	46.4% Average	MC Read 19.1 MC Write 14.6 MC Mixed 16.5 48% 16.7 GB/s	SC Read 9.6 SC Write 7.7 SC Mixed 11.8 28% 9.7 GB/s	Latency 72.5 55% 72.5 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 46.4% Great: 115%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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 $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	511x
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	326x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	186x

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	91x

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	356x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	346x
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples	310x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $171

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16