Asus M5A78L-M/USB3

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 46% Yacht	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (11th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 89 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 32.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	18% 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	37% 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 (65%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A78L-M/USB3 (all builds)
Memory	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141202
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 08 '19 at 09:29
Run Duration	135 Seconds
Run User	TWN-User
Background CPU	65%

PC Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-4130 Quad-Core-$150 8,564 User benchmarks, average bench 52% AM3R2, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	32.8% Below average	Memory 46.7 1-Core 51.7 2-Core 84.3 37% 60.9 Pts	4-Core 110 8-Core 115 15% 112 Pts	64-Core 142 9% 142 Pts
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 32.8% Great: 59%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 560-$500 60,738 User benchmarks, average bench 22% Sapphire(1DA2 E348) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1300 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 19.1.1 Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	18% Very poor	Lighting 19.9 Reflection 27.2 Parallax 25.1 16% 24.1 fps	MRender 28.3 Gravity 19 Splatting 30.4 22% 25.9 fps
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 18% Great: 25%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SSD 120GB 120GB 218 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 24GB free (System drive) Firmware: Q0526A SusWrite @10s intervals: 156 93 51 50 51 51 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% Below average	Read 194 Write 172 Mixed 170 SusWrite 75.2 34% 153 MB/s	4K Read 19.7 4K Write 33.9 4K Mixed 20.4 74% 24.7 MB/s	DQ Read 29.5 DQ Write 53.4 DQ Mixed 32.1 27% 38.3 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 37% Great: 98%
Toshiba DT01ACA100 1TB-$31 763,289 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 838GB free Firmware: MS2OA750 SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 156 128 130 133 140 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	80.7% Excellent	Read 146 Write 156 Mixed 36.2 SusWrite 136 86% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.5 106% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 80.7% Great: 107%

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 way below expectations (1^st percentile)	20.2% Poor	MC Read 7.6 MC Write 7.9 MC Mixed 5.9 20% 7.13 GB/s	SC Read 4.8 SC Write 4.2 SC Mixed 5.8 14% 4.93 GB/s	Latency 173 23% 173 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 20.2% 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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Gaming 5%

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Desktop 50%

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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