Asus M5A78L-M/USB3

Performance Results


Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 60% Gunboat	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 54.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	28.4% 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	5.3% 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.

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.

Motherboard	Asus M5A78L-M/USB3 (all builds)
Memory	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141202
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 28 '19 at 07:25
Run Duration	123 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	42%

PC Performing as expected (51^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, turbo 2.95 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	54.4% Above average	Memory 81.8 1-Core 39.2 2-Core 78.4 45% 66.5 Pts	4-Core 152 8-Core 196 22% 174 Pts	64-Core 175 11% 175 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 54.4% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 760-$209 161,132 User benchmarks, average bench 26% EVGA(3842 2768) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1306 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 419.17 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	28.4% Poor	Lighting 33 Reflection 30.4 Parallax 38.1 27% 33.8 fps	MRender 41.7 Gravity 40.7 Splatting 34.2 31% 38.8 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 28.4% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
OCZ AGILITY2 100GB 17 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 14GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 54 55 57 56 56 51 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile)	5.3% Terrible	Read 27 Write 26.7 Mixed 23 SusWrite 54.6 7% 32.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.8 3% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 5.3% Great: 47%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 19GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 61 64 63 60 60 58 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	39.6% Below average	Read 76.4 Write 72.5 Mixed 52 SusWrite 61.1 48% 65.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.6 136% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 39.6% Great: 69%

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 (7^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	31.6% Below average	MC Read 13.1 MC Write 7.6 MC Mixed 11.7 31% 10.8 GB/s	SC Read 6.8 SC Write 6.2 SC Mixed 8.3 20% 7.1 GB/s	Latency 77.2 52% 77.2 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 31.6% Great: 97%

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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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Workstation 5%

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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 $125Bench 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 $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $50

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $29	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