Asus M5A78L-M PLUS/USB3

Performance Results


Gaming 41% Speed boat	Desktop 61% Destroyer	Workstation 32% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (20th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 80 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%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	71.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	35.6% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
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.

Very high background CPU (50%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus M5A78L-M PLUS/USB3 (all builds)
Memory	24.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160405
Uptime	4.2 Days
Run Date	Sep 30 '22 at 00:16
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	50%

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PC Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8320E-$87 33,199 User benchmarks, average bench 58% AM3R2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	54% Above average	Memory 76.4 1-Core 44 2-Core 105 47% 75.1 Pts	4-Core 173 8-Core 261 27% 217 Pts	64-Core 280 17% 280 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 54% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super)-$233 428,800 User benchmarks, average bench 71% Gigabyte(1458 4014) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2220 MHz, MLim: 3505 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 516.94 Performing below potential (67^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	71.8% Very good	Lighting 90.4 Reflection 120 Parallax 78.8 74% 96.3 fps	MRender 111 Gravity 77 Splatting 69 68% 85.8 fps
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 71.8% Great: 76%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Team T253X6001T 1TB 2,856 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 418GB free (System drive) Firmware: U0115A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 93 102 36 7.1 11 MB/s Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	35.6% Below average	Read 217 Write 179 Mixed 191 SusWrite 54.1 36% 160 MB/s	4K Read 21.6 4K Write 40.1 4K Mixed 14.6 73% 25.4 MB/s	DQ Read 23 DQ Write 66.2 DQ Mixed 18.1 22% 35.8 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 35.6% Great: 102%
Team T253X6001T 1TB 2,856 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 45GB free Firmware: U0115A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 97 102 37 7.1 10 MB/s Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	35.1% Below average	Read 211 Write 186 Mixed 185 SusWrite 55.3 36% 159 MB/s	4K Read 20.2 4K Write 42.8 4K Mixed 14.3 72% 25.8 MB/s	DQ Read 24.5 DQ Write 66.3 DQ Mixed 18.2 22% 36.3 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 35.1% Great: 102%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 279GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 52 53 52 52 53 52 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	57.6% Above average	Read 148 Write 126 Mixed 73.2 SusWrite 52.3 73% 99.8 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1.1 221% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 57.6% Great: 109%
WD Blue 640GB (2008)-$33 94,563 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 13GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 53 53 52 51 53 52 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	29.3% Poor	Read 49.2 Write 59.4 Mixed 45.7 SusWrite 52.3 38% 51.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 158% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 29.3% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x8GB 41,916 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile)	43.4% Average	MC Read 17.9 MC Write 14.1 MC Mixed 15.4 45% 15.8 GB/s	SC Read 8.8 SC Write 8 SC Mixed 10.9 26% 9.23 GB/s	Latency 87.4 46% 87.4 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 43.4% Great: 115%

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Gaming 22%

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Desktop 65%

Destroyer

Workstation 18%

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Motherboard: Asus M5A78L-M PLUS/USB3

CPU
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	433x
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	294x
FX-8300AMD $168Bench 58%, 49,767 samples	176x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	177x
Radeon RX 560-BAMDBench 20%, 49,289 samples	86x
GTX 1050Nvidia $101Bench 26%, 269,381 samples	84x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	60x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	43x
A400 120GBKingston $30Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	29x

RAM
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	326x
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	183x
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples	173x

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Value: 88% - Excellent

Total price: $134

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