Asus M5A78L-M/USB3

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 56% Gunboat	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 57.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	9.34% 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	40.3% 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 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A78L-M/USB3 (all builds)
Memory	3.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20110428
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 23 '19 at 15:49
Run Duration	273 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st 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 955-$83 41,403 User benchmarks, average bench 51% AM3R2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	57.7% Above average	Memory 85.6 1-Core 47.4 2-Core 89.9 50% 74.3 Pts	4-Core 176 8-Core 175 24% 175 Pts	64-Core 182 11% 182 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 57.7% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 6700 4,583 User benchmarks, average bench 8% Sapphire(174B E148) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 8.951.0.0 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	9.34% Terrible	Lighting 12.2 Reflection 9.58 Parallax 10.1 10% 10.6 fps	MRender 9.76 Gravity 8.67 Splatting 10.9 8% 9.78 fps
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 9.34% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 320 Series 120GB-$89 9,651 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 23GB free (System drive) Firmware: 4PC10362 SusWrite @10s intervals: 117 95 85 84 80 78 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	40.3% Average	Read 226 Write 128 Mixed 135 SusWrite 89.7 32% 145 MB/s	4K Read 16.7 4K Write 31.8 4K Mixed 20.4 68% 23 MB/s	DQ Read 134 DQ Write 70 DQ Mixed 57.7 55% 87.2 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 40.3% Great: 48%
Hitachi Deskstar P7K500 500GB-$159 43,620 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 106GB free Firmware: GM4OA5CA SusWrite @10s intervals: 65 64 64 63 64 63 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	39.5% Below average	Read 73.5 Write 83.3 Mixed 41.7 SusWrite 63.9 48% 65.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 162% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 39.5% Great: 51%
WD Elements 25A3 4TB 7,568 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 1TB free, PID 25a3 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 153 153 154 154 152 153 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	62.2% Good	Read 146 Write 147 Mixed 73.5 SusWrite 153 174% 130 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 119% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 62.2% Great: 105%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x4GB 424,126 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	32.9% Below average	MC Read 14 MC Write 7.4 MC Mixed 12.1 32% 11.2 GB/s	SC Read 6.9 SC Write 6.3 SC Mixed 8.9 21% 7.37 GB/s	Latency 71.6 56% 71.6 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 32.9% 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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Motherboard: Asus M5A78L-M/USB3 - $53

CPU
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	509x
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	325x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 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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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 $178	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