Asus M5A78L-M/USB3

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 72%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 75%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 58%
Gunboat
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (39th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 61 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.
ProcessorWith a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics100% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive36.6% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Run History
7 years ago, 7 years ago.
MotherboardAsus M5A78L-M/USB3  (all builds)
Memory12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20141202
Uptime0.5 Days
Run DateDec 22 '16 at 09:27
Run Duration130 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU4%
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 PC Performing below expectations (39th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD FX-8370-$175
AM3R2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4.3 GHz, turbo 4.35 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
72.5% Very good
Memory 90.8
1-Core 77.3
2-Core 153
65% 107 Pts
4-Core 294
8-Core 468
47% 381 Pts
64-Core 462
29% 462 Pts
Poor: 53%
This bench: 72.5%
Great: 68%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400
CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 376.33
Performing below potential (34th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
100% Outstanding
Lighting 125
Reflection 142
Parallax 127
102% 131 fps
MRender 115
Gravity 134
Splatting 109
97% 119 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 100%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
OCZ Trion 150 480GB-$300
207GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SAFZ12.3 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing below potential (0th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable
36.6% Below average
Read 221
Write 153
Mixed 148
38% 174 MB/s
4K Read 21.6
4K Write 29.5
4K Mixed 8.2
59% 19.8 MB/s
DQ Read 24.4
DQ Write 44.2
DQ Mixed 9.86
14% 26.2 MB/s
Poor: 60%
This bench: 36.6%
Great: 101%
WD WD10EURX 1TB-$25
246GB free
Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing below expectations (35th percentile)
58.5% Above average
Read 99.2
Write 104
Mixed 77.4
70% 93.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.36
4K Write 2.33
4K Mixed 0.17
77% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 34%
This bench: 58.5%
Great: 87%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM
Performing below potential (23rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
46.2% Average
MC Read 18
MC Write 15.2
MC Mixed 15.7
47% 16.3 GB/s
SC Read 9.4
SC Write 8.2
SC Mixed 13.4
30% 10.3 GB/s
Latency 66.1
60% 66.1 ns
Poor: 29%
This bench: 46.2%
Great: 97%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical M5A78L-M/USB3 Builds (Compare 1,854 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 5%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 50%
Yacht
Workstation
Workstation 5%
Tree trunk

Motherboard: Asus M5A78L-M/USB3 - $53

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 64% - Good Total price: $138
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