Asus M5A78L/USB3

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 47% Yacht	Workstation 17% Surfboard


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 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 37.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	48.5% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	35.7% 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.

Very high background CPU (70%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus M5A78L/USB3 (all builds)
Memory	10.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130427
Uptime	1.6 Days
Run Date	May 15 '17 at 13:03
Run Duration	302 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	70%

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-8120 25,690 User benchmarks, average bench 56% AM3R2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 1.95 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	37.9% Below average	Memory 61.8 1-Core 22 2-Core 41.6 30% 41.8 Pts	4-Core 76.8 8-Core 226 17% 151 Pts	64-Core 270 17% 270 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 37.9% Great: 63%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970-$200 834,238 User benchmarks, average bench 49% Asus(1043 8508) CLim: 1455 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 381.89 Performing below potential (47^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	48.5% Average	Lighting 60.1 Reflection 65.7 Parallax 62 49% 62.6 fps	MRender 69.5 Gravity 56.5 Splatting 51.3 47% 59.1 fps
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 48.5% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX200 500GB-$90 17,487 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 74GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 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 (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6307 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1141 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 98 98 61 (AE) Unknown 100 100 26 (B4) Unknown 0 0 5546 (B7) Unknown 100 100 1562 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 59 55 193274511401 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 98 98 2 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 42568500359 (F7) Unknown 100 100 1330564956 (F8) Unknown 100 100 622776716	35.7% Below average	Read 241 Write 133 Mixed 143 38% 173 MB/s	4K Read 16.7 4K Write 17.9 4K Mixed 11.6 50% 15.4 MB/s	DQ Read 74.9 DQ Write 57.2 DQ Mixed 26.4 30% 52.9 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 35.7% Great: 105%
Seagate Momentus XT 7200 RPM 2.5" 750GB-$55 8,365 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 460GB free Firmware: SM12 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 219375816 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5492 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 236923689 (09) Power-on hours count 84 84 14509 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 3009 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 253 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 67 62 555089953 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 926 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 34 34 132373 (C2) HDA temperature 33 40 55834574881 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 38 26 219375816 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	59.4% Above average	Read 104 Write 103 Mixed 102 78% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 1.37 4K Mixed 0.22 76% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 59.4% Great: 63%
Seagate Momentus XT 7200 RPM 2.5" 750GB-$55 8,365 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 271GB free Firmware: SM12 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 112 99 49008600 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7233 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 81 60 135116431 (09) Power-on hours count 83 83 15296 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 3031 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 253 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 59 588644387 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 134 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 19 19 162072 (C2) HDA temperature 35 41 60129542179 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 37 24 49008600 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	43.5% Average	Read 72.1 Write 79.8 Mixed 71.6 56% 74.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 0.32 4K Mixed 0.19 46% 0.32 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 43.5% Great: 63%
NC Gameband 8GB 71 User benchmarks, average bench 9% 7GB free, PID 0031 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	7.44% Terrible	Read 23.9 Write 10.4 Mixed 7.86 15% 14.1 MB/s	4K Read 2.93 4K Write 0.33 4K Mixed 0.4 36% 1.22 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 7.44% Great: 11%

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 (4^th percentile)	26.4% Poor	MC Read 9.5 MC Write 9.2 MC Mixed 8.6 26% 9.1 GB/s	SC Read 7.2 SC Write 7.2 SC Mixed 7.3 21% 7.23 GB/s	Latency 122 33% 122 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 26.4% Great: 97%

Take a copy of your results How to check your in-game FPS

System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Custom PC Builder (Explore upgrades for this PC) Build your perfect PC: compare component prices, popularity, speed and value for money

CHOOSE AN UPGRADE:

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

MBD

Typical M5A78L/USB3 Builds (Compare 109 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 21%

Surfboard

Desktop 67%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 17%

Surfboard

Motherboard: Asus M5A78L/USB3

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	15x
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	14x
FX-4100AMD $110Bench 51%, 32,471 samples	9x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	8x
GTX 650Nvidia $112Bench 8%, 69,673 samples	6x
GeForce GT 730NvidiaBench 5%, 164,888 samples	5x

SSD
BX500 240GBCrucial $29Bench 56%, 142,801 samples	4x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	4x
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	3x

RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	27x
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples	19x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	11x

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

Value: 79% - Very good

Total price: $218

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16