Asus M5A78L-M/USB3

Performance Results


Gaming 43% Speed boat	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 34% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 67.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	60.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	51% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Motherboard	Asus M5A78L-M/USB3 (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141202
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 24 '18 at 20:06
Run Duration	176 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8300-$168 49,767 User benchmarks, average bench 58% AM3R2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	67.1% Good	Memory 90.4 1-Core 62.6 2-Core 123 58% 92.1 Pts	4-Core 238 8-Core 359 37% 298 Pts	64-Core 361 22% 361 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 67.1% Great: 64%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Nvidia(10DE 11D7) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 417.35 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	60.2% Good	Lighting 75.2 Reflection 75.2 Parallax 65.4 61% 71.9 fps	MRender 69.6 Gravity 70.1 Splatting 72.8 58% 70.8 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 60.2% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$36 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 39GB free (System drive) Firmware: 603ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 88 90 95 91 92 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	51% Above average	Read 210 Write 107 Mixed 162 SusWrite 92.7 32% 143 MB/s	4K Read 21.8 4K Write 57 4K Mixed 31.5 104% 36.8 MB/s	DQ Read 83.1 DQ Write 120 DQ Mixed 99.6 76% 101 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 51% Great: 73%
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 42GB free Firmware: R0105A SusWrite @10s intervals: 182 198 195 166 62 70 MB/s Performing below potential (40^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	59.3% Above average	Read 256 Write 228 Mixed 232 SusWrite 146 48% 215 MB/s	4K Read 28.2 4K Write 62 4K Mixed 27.4 111% 39.2 MB/s	DQ Read 152 DQ Write 138 DQ Mixed 46.6 62% 112 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 59.3% Great: 100%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$37 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 575GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 181 186 186 189 190 189 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 198 Write 187 Mixed 79 SusWrite 187 119% 163 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.9 171% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 113%
Samsung HD081GJ 80GB 966 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 17GB free Firmware: GE100-07 SusWrite @10s intervals: 50 51 52 51 52 50 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	29.5% Poor	Read 51.7 Write 53.8 Mixed 35.8 SusWrite 50.9 35% 48.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.7 119% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 29.5% Great: 42%
Netac OnlyDisk 32GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 8% 27GB free, PID 3c01 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 10 10 8.5 11 11 10 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	6.24% Terrible	Read 22.5 Write 9.8 Mixed 4 SusWrite 10.1 13% 11.6 MB/s	4K Read 3.3 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 12% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 6.24% Great: 10%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x4GB 106,178 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	49.9% Average	MC Read 21.4 MC Write 15 MC Mixed 17.7 52% 18 GB/s	SC Read 10.3 SC Write 8.2 SC Mixed 11.6 29% 10 GB/s	Latency 66.7 60% 66.7 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 49.9% Great: 61%

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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 $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	514x
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	328x
FX-8320AMD $203Bench 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 $36Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	48x

RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	357x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	351x
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples	311x

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