Asus M5A78L-M/USB3

Performance Results


Gaming 40% Speed boat	Desktop 68% Battle cruiser	Workstation 33% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 61.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	61.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	54.5% 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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A78L-M/USB3 (all builds)
Memory	14.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141202
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Aug 30 '18 at 13:13
Run Duration	148 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8320-$75 106,454 User benchmarks, average bench 59% AM3R2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	61.9% Good	Memory 86.4 1-Core 61.7 2-Core 110 55% 86.1 Pts	4-Core 204 8-Core 382 35% 293 Pts	64-Core 373 23% 373 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 61.9% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Gigabyte(1458 371A) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 399.7 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	61.6% Good	Lighting 76.8 Reflection 76.8 Parallax 73.9 63% 75.9 fps	MRender 72.9 Gravity 71.6 Splatting 73.6 60% 72.7 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 61.6% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra Plus 256GB-$139 17,545 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 220GB free (System drive) Firmware: X2316RL SusWrite @10s intervals: 196 192 218 219 220 222 MB/s Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	54.5% Above average	Read 241 Write 213 Mixed 178 SusWrite 211 47% 211 MB/s	4K Read 18.4 4K Write 44 4K Mixed 23.8 82% 28.7 MB/s	DQ Read 155 DQ Write 140 DQ Mixed 105 90% 133 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 54.5% Great: 99%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 3TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 162 165 156 163 165 166 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	77.7% Very good	Read 107 Write 148 Mixed 62.4 SusWrite 163 88% 120 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 4.8 4K Mixed 0.6 210% 2.23 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 77.7% Great: 90%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 256GB 88 User benchmarks, average bench 116% 143GB free, PID b202 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 250 240 273 272 274 279 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	213% Outstanding	Read 282 Write 256 Mixed 266 SusWrite 265 363% 267 MB/s	4K Read 21.6 4K Write 35.4 4K Mixed 26.5 2,186% 27.8 MB/s	DQ Read 18.1 DQ Write 43.8 DQ Mixed 19.2 2,210% 27 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 213% Great: 282%

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 (28^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	47.9% Average	MC Read 19.6 MC Write 15.1 MC Mixed 16.9 49% 17.2 GB/s	SC Read 9.9 SC Write 8.2 SC Mixed 12.8 29% 10.3 GB/s	Latency 70.9 56% 70.9 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 47.9% 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 $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	514x
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	328x
FX-8320AMD $75Bench 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	350x
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples	310x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $171

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $29	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16