Asus M5A78L-M/USB3

Performance Results


Gaming 4% Tree trunk	Desktop 43% Speed boat	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (30th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 70 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.
Processor	With 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 48%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	1.32% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	59.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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	3 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141202
Uptime	1.5 Days
Run Date	Nov 15 '18 at 08:37
Run Duration	132 Seconds
Run User	SVK-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Athlon II X4 620 5,981 User benchmarks, average bench 44% AM3R2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 2.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	48% Average	Memory 70.5 1-Core 37.7 2-Core 76.5 41% 61.6 Pts	4-Core 150 8-Core 150 20% 150 Pts	64-Core 151 9% 151 Pts
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 48% Great: 52%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce 8600 GT 8,099 User benchmarks, average bench 2% Device(107D 2A8A) 256MB Ram: 256MB, Driver: 342.1 Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	1.32% Terrible	Lighting 2.07 Reflection 2.04 Parallax 0.78 2% 1.63 fps	MRender 0.19 Gravity 1.53 Splatting 0.57 1% 0.76 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1.32% Great: 2%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 272GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR021 SusWrite @10s intervals: 197 206 204 209 210 210 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	59.1% Above average	Read 230 Write 196 Mixed 200 SusWrite 206 47% 208 MB/s	4K Read 22.2 4K Write 51.8 4K Mixed 29.6 99% 34.5 MB/s	DQ Read 152 DQ Write 137 DQ Mixed 146 109% 145 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 59.1% Great: 99%
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$48 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 86GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 116 123 124 127 128 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	69.7% Good	Read 120 Write 102 Mixed 39.5 SusWrite 123 70% 96.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.4 93% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 69.7% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8GB 82,857 User benchmarks, average bench 34% null MHz 2048, 2048, 4096 MB Performing below potential (28^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	26.6% Poor	MC Read 11.2 MC Write 7 MC Mixed 9 26% 9.07 GB/s	SC Read 7.2 SC Write 6.2 SC Mixed 6.8 19% 6.73 GB/s	Latency 100 40% 100 ns
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 26.6% Great: 51%

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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 5%

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Desktop 50%

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Workstation 5%

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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	325x
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 $38Bench 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 $273	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 $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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