Asus M5A78L LE

Performance Results


Gaming 43% Speed boat	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 36% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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	62.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	23.4% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus M5A78L LE (all builds)
Memory	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150402
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Aug 10 '18 at 01:11
Run Duration	127 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing as expected (50^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8350-$130 313,196 User benchmarks, average bench 61% AM3R2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	67.1% Good	Memory 89 1-Core 69.8 2-Core 130 60% 96.4 Pts	4-Core 246 8-Core 430 41% 338 Pts	64-Core 429 26% 429 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 67.1% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-$500 167,107 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Asus(1043 8518) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1443 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 398.82 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	62.3% Good	Lighting 79.5 Reflection 80.3 Parallax 71.8 65% 77.2 fps	MRender 77.9 Gravity 71.3 Splatting 63.9 57% 71 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 62.3% Great: 66%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 120GB-$29 166,392 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 72GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFK71E0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 87 44 6.1 61 14 MB/s Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	23.4% Poor	Read 154 Write 93.8 Mixed 75.2 SusWrite 54.2 21% 94.4 MB/s	4K Read 14.2 4K Write 18.1 4K Mixed 10.1 44% 14.1 MB/s	DQ Read 11.3 DQ Write 18.3 DQ Mixed 12.3 10% 14 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 23.4% Great: 85%
Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB-$95 81,608 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 1.5TB free Firmware: CC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 115 103 115 112 103 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	61.9% Good	Read 106 Write 105 Mixed 54 SusWrite 110 69% 93.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.7 121% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 61.9% Great: 75%

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 (16^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	42.8% Average	MC Read 18.3 MC Write 13.6 MC Mixed 12.9 43% 14.9 GB/s	SC Read 10.2 SC Write 7.8 SC Mixed 12.3 29% 10.1 GB/s	Latency 68.4 58% 68.4 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 42.8% 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 21%

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Desktop 67%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 17%

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Motherboard: Asus M5A78L LE

CPU
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	34x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	27x
FX-6100AMD $68Bench 54%, 44,863 samples	19x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	11x
GeForce GT 710NvidiaBench 3%, 187,161 samples	9x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	9x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	13x
A400 120GBKingston $29Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	12x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	5x

RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	56x
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples	27x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	25x

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Value: 80% - Very good

Total price: $217

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