Asus M5A78L-M LE

Performance Results


Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 50% Yacht	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 49.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	6.19% 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 Drive	31% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Very high background CPU (42%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A78L-M LE (all builds)
Memory	5.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20131127
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 08 '19 at 13:33
Run Duration	147 Seconds
Run User	PRT-User
Background CPU	42%

PC Performing as expected (60^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 X3 450-$80 4,468 User benchmarks, average bench 44% AM3R2, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 3 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	49.5% Average	Memory 77.7 1-Core 46.3 2-Core 92.1 47% 72 Pts	4-Core 124 8-Core 138 17% 131 Pts	64-Core 140 9% 140 Pts
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 49.5% Great: 51%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 240 58,337 User benchmarks, average bench 5% PwrHis(1787 2012) 2GB CLim: 780 MHz, MLim: 900 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 18.12.3 Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	6.19% Terrible	Lighting 7.43 Reflection 9.04 Parallax 9.12 6% 8.53 fps	MRender 8 Gravity 6.67 Splatting 8.65 6% 7.77 fps
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 6.19% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Team T253L3120G 120GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 49GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFM91.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 57 70 75 84 88 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	31% Below average	Read 180 Write 107 Mixed 140 SusWrite 76.7 28% 126 MB/s	4K Read 16.1 4K Write 22.5 4K Mixed 15.3 56% 18 MB/s	DQ Read 26.9 DQ Write 55.6 DQ Mixed 27.4 25% 36.6 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 31% Great: 108%
WD RE4 1TB (2010)-$38 23,775 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 647GB free Firmware: 01.01V02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 78 83 84 88 89 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	52.3% Above average	Read 97 Write 76.5 Mixed 72.6 SusWrite 85 61% 82.8 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.7 144% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 52.3% Great: 76%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 435GB free Firmware: HP35 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 94 103 102 105 106 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	57.3% Above average	Read 97.1 Write 58.7 Mixed 51.5 SusWrite 102 57% 77.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.9 161% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 57.3% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x4GB 424,126 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 2 of 2 slots used 8GB DIMM Performing below potential (38^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	30.7% Below average	MC Read 13.4 MC Write 7.2 MC Mixed 11.3 30% 10.6 GB/s	SC Read 6.4 SC Write 6.4 SC Mixed 7.7 20% 6.83 GB/s	Latency 84.9 47% 84.9 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 30.7% Great: 65%

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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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Desktop 48%

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Workstation 5%

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Motherboard: Asus M5A78L-M LE

CPU
FX-4100AMD $110Bench 51%, 32,471 samples	18x
FX-6100AMD $68Bench 54%, 44,863 samples	15x
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	15x

GPU
Radeon 3000 GraphicsATIBench 1%, 21,841 samples	12x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	6x
GTX 650Nvidia $112Bench 8%, 69,673 samples	5x

SSD
A400 120GBKingston $28Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	5x
Green 120GB (2018)WD $59Bench 43%, 69,933 samples	4x
BX500 240GBCrucial $29Bench 56%, 142,801 samples	4x

RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	50x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	25x
1x8GBUnknownBench 38%, 168,538 samples	11x

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Value: 55% - Above average

Total price: $138

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16