Asus M5A78L-M/USB3

Performance Results


Gaming 53% Yacht	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 43% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	69% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	53.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus M5A78L-M/USB3 (all builds)
Memory	9 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141202
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 14 '19 at 17:53
Run Duration	202 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing as expected (45^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8350-$130 313,196 User benchmarks, average bench 61% AM3R2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.3 GHz, turbo 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	74.7% Very good	Memory 91.8 1-Core 79.5 2-Core 158 67% 110 Pts	4-Core 312 8-Core 461 48% 386 Pts	64-Core 464 29% 464 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 74.7% Great: 68%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Zotac(19DA 1435) CLim: 2113 MHz, MLim: 2057 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 436.48 Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	69% Good	Lighting 83.3 Reflection 91.3 Parallax 68.9 68% 81.2 fps	MRender 90 Gravity 83.6 Splatting 87.7 71% 87.1 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 69% Great: 88%
ATI Radeon 3000 Graphics 21,841 User benchmarks, average bench 1% Asus(1043 8388) 256MB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 8.970.100.9001 Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	0.5% Terrible	Lighting 0.5 Reflection 1.46 Parallax 0.22 0% 0.73 fps	MRender 0.86 Gravity 0.33 Splatting 1.17 1% 0.79 fps
Poor: 0% ↑ This bench: 0.5% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX100 128GB-$74 9,892 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 24GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 60 55 54 53 50 48 MB/s Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	53.6% Above average	Read 249 Write 184 Mixed 183 SusWrite 53.1 37% 167 MB/s	4K Read 25.1 4K Write 61 4K Mixed 32 111% 39.4 MB/s	DQ Read 130 DQ Write 132 DQ Mixed 91.8 80% 118 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 53.6% Great: 89%
OCZ VERTEX2 100GB 640 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 47GB free Firmware: 1.37 SusWrite @10s intervals: 62 56 56 54 46 48 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	45.2% Average	Read 180 Write 69.3 Mixed 103 SusWrite 53.7 22% 102 MB/s	4K Read 24.8 4K Write 59.2 4K Mixed 25.1 101% 36.4 MB/s	DQ Read 104 DQ Write 72 DQ Mixed 57.3 51% 77.8 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 45.2% Great: 49%
PNY CS900 240GB-$20 61,417 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 47GB free Firmware: CS900612 SusWrite @10s intervals: 62 56 56 54 51 48 MB/s Performing below potential (15^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	53.2% Above average	Read 258 Write 228 Mixed 216 SusWrite 54.4 42% 189 MB/s	4K Read 28.2 4K Write 62.6 4K Mixed 28.1 112% 39.6 MB/s	DQ Read 113 DQ Write 132 DQ Mixed 99.3 81% 115 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 53.2% Great: 91%
V Series SATA SSD 120GB 3,411 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 34GB free Firmware: N1209B SusWrite @10s intervals: 62 56 56 54 46 48 MB/s Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	38.1% Below average	Read 241 Write 218 Mixed 197 SusWrite 53.8 40% 178 MB/s	4K Read 22.8 4K Write 54 4K Mixed 9.2 75% 28.7 MB/s	DQ Read 78.1 DQ Write 94.9 DQ Mixed 12.8 30% 61.9 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 38.1% Great: 85%
OCZ-VERTEX 32GB 18 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 15GB free Firmware: 1.6 SusWrite @10s intervals: 62 56 56 54 47 48 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 9% Great: 47%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 12GB 85,415 User benchmarks, average bench 35% null MHz 2048, 2048, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	48.9% Average	MC Read 18.3 MC Write 15.8 MC Mixed 17.5 49% 17.2 GB/s	SC Read 10.7 SC Write 9.3 SC Mixed 14.5 33% 11.5 GB/s	Latency 64.3 62% 64.3 ns
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 48.9% Great: 50%

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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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Value: 65% - Good

Total price: $128

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $177	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