Asus M5A78L-M/USB3

Performance Results


Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 53% Yacht	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (38th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 62 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 56.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	5.93% 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	37.7% 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.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus M5A78L-M/USB3 (all builds)
Memory	10.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121114
Uptime	18.6 Days
Run Date	Jun 02 '21 at 23:20
Run Duration	190 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8120 25,690 User benchmarks, average bench 56% AM3R2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	56.5% Above average	Memory 76.9 1-Core 64.7 2-Core 105 52% 82.2 Pts	4-Core 197 8-Core 281 30% 239 Pts	64-Core 291 18% 291 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 56.5% Great: 63%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce 8800 GT 5,568 User benchmarks, average bench 6% Asus(1043 8267) 512MB Ram: 512MB, Driver: 342.01 Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	5.93% Terrible	Lighting 8.1 Reflection 10.2 Parallax 2.8 7% 7.03 fps	MRender 7.5 Gravity 6.6 Splatting 3.7 5% 5.93 fps
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 5.93% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HyperX Fury 240GB-$193 27,826 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 22GB free (System drive) Firmware: 603ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 62 49 62 59 50 64 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	37.7% Below average	Read 158 Write 170 Mixed 127 SusWrite 57.7 29% 128 MB/s	4K Read 18.8 4K Write 41.9 4K Mixed 24.9 83% 28.5 MB/s	DQ Read 25.5 DQ Write 64 DQ Mixed 33.1 29% 40.9 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 37.7% Great: 84%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$64 143,477 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 122GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 64 64 64 59 51 65 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	39.7% Below average	Read 76.5 Write 76.5 Mixed 50 SusWrite 61.1 49% 66 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.8 169% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 39.7% Great: 85%
USB Disk 3.0 125GB 35 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 66GB free, PID 2000 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 23 24 24 24 12 11 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	12.6% Very poor	Read 24.3 Write 23.7 Mixed 23.3 SusWrite 19.7 31% 22.8 MB/s	4K Read 3.5 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 1.9 122% 2.23 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 12.6% Great: 41%
WD My Passport 2626 5TB 711 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 3.5TB free, PID 2626 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 100 105 102 104 102 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	54.6% Above average	Read 101 Write 90.7 Mixed 63.3 SusWrite 103 120% 89.6 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 5.6 4K Mixed 0.7 218% 2.47 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 54.6% Great: 62%
WD Elements 1TB 51,914 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 241GB free, PID 1042 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 60 62 63 63 62 62 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	22.5% Poor	Read 38.3 Write 37.6 Mixed 25.2 SusWrite 61.9 56% 40.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.6 59% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 22.5% Great: 43%

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 (3^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	25.2% Poor	MC Read 8.2 MC Write 8.1 MC Mixed 7.7 23% 8 GB/s	SC Read 7.8 SC Write 6.9 SC Mixed 8.4 22% 7.7 GB/s	Latency 86.6 46% 86.6 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 25.2% Great: 97%

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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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Workstation 5%

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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 $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: 64% - Good

Total price: $128

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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