Asus M5A78L

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 6%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 47%
Yacht
Workstation
Workstation 5%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 44.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics13.5% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory10GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 10GB 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.
Very high background CPU (40%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU. CPU throttled at 78% by Windows. Ensure maximum processor state is set to 100% via Settings > System > Power & sleep > Additional power settings > Change plan settings > Change advanced power settings > Processor power management > Maximum processor state.
MotherboardAsus M5A78L  (all builds)
Memory7 GB free of 10 GB @ 1.3 GHz
DisplayЦвета: 1440 x 900 - 32 Bit
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20111130
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJun 16 '17 at 15:08
Run Duration88 Seconds
Run User UKR-User
Background CPU 40%
CPU Throttled 78%

 PC Performing as expected (48th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Phenom II X4 B50
AM3R2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 2.5 GHz (avg)
Performing way below expectations (17th percentile)
44.8% Average
Memory 68.8
1-Core 36
2-Core 71.6
39% 58.8 Pts
4-Core 122
8-Core 125
16% 124 Pts
64-Core 132
8% 132 Pts
Poor: 41%
This bench: 44.8%
Great: 60%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD HD 6850
Gigabyte(1458 21F8) 1GB
Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.301.1901.0
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
13.5% Very poor
Lighting 17.6
Reflection 13.8
Parallax 15.2
14% 15.5 fps
MRender 11.8
Gravity 11.9
Splatting 17.8
12% 13.9 fps
Poor: 11%
This bench: 13.5%
Great: 13%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35
182GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing as expected (57th percentile)
87.5% Excellent
Read 146
Write 158
Mixed 143
112% 149 MB/s
4K Read 0.92
4K Write 2.51
4K Mixed 0.26
114% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 87.5%
Great: 109%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown 10GB
null MHz
4096, 2048, 4096 MB
Performing way below expectations (18th percentile)
20.9% Poor
MC Read 7.6
MC Write 6.2
MC Mixed 6.7
20% 6.83 GB/s
SC Read 6.1
SC Write 5.1
SC Mixed 5.5
16% 5.57 GB/s
Latency 104
38% 104 ns
Poor: 16%
This bench: 20.9%
Great: 45%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical M5A78L Builds (Compare 41 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 19%
Surfboard
Desktop
Desktop 61%
Destroyer
Workstation
Workstation 14%
Tree trunk

Motherboard: Asus M5A78L

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 58% - Above average Total price: $292
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