Asus M5A78L-M/USB3

Performance Results


Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 58% Gunboat	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 49.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	31.5% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	24.4% 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

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A78L-M/USB3 (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110428
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 17 '17 at 14:28
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing as expected (56^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Phenom II X4 840-$150 5,147 User benchmarks, average bench 47% AM3R2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	49.6% Average	Memory 70.9 1-Core 47.5 2-Core 94.9 45% 71.1 Pts	4-Core 165 8-Core 168 22% 166 Pts	64-Core 160 10% 160 Pts
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 49.6% Great: 55%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 670-$435 47,610 User benchmarks, average bench 28% MSI(1462 2842) 2GB CLim: 1306 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	31.5% Below average	Lighting 37.3 Reflection 34.1 Parallax 43.7 30% 38.4 fps	MRender 47.5 Gravity 43.1 Splatting 35.2 34% 41.9 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 31.5% Great: 31%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V+200 Series 120GB 853 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 20GB free (System drive) Firmware: 502ABBF0 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 108 108 21614608 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 0 -6579889880394 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4159 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 151 (B1) Unknown 0 0 6 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 32 79 51544784928 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 21614608 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 21614608 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 21614608 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 99 99 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 13923 (EA) Unknown 0 0 9413 (F1) Unknown 0 0 9413 (F2) Unknown 0 0 20281	24.4% Poor	Read 138 Write 73.1 Mixed 72.7 21% 94.7 MB/s	4K Read 11.8 4K Write 31.9 4K Mixed 6.51 43% 16.7 MB/s	DQ Read 16.9 DQ Write 69.5 DQ Mixed 7.08 16% 31.1 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 24.4% Great: 83%

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 (1^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	19.6% Very poor	MC Read 7.2 MC Write 5.9 MC Mixed 6.1 18% 6.4 GB/s	SC Read 2.2 SC Write 5.9 SC Mixed 5.5 13% 4.53 GB/s	Latency 99.2 40% 99.2 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 19.6% Great: 97%

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

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Motherboard: Asus M5A78L-M/USB3 - $53

CPU
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	508x
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	324x
FX-8320AMD $175Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	185x

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	90x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	85x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	56x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $37Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	48x

RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	355x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	346x
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples	309x

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Value: 64% - Good

Total price: $128

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $274	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $183	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