Asus M5A78L-M/USB3

Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 62% Destroyer	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 68.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	4.42% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	50% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	10GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 10GB 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 (31%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A78L-M/USB3 (all builds)
Memory	6.7 GB free of 10 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141202
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 18 '19 at 05:44
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	31%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8320-$121 106,454 User benchmarks, average bench 59% AM3R2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	68.6% Good	Memory 94.5 1-Core 68.7 2-Core 128 62% 97.2 Pts	4-Core 232 8-Core 436 40% 334 Pts	64-Core 434 27% 434 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 68.6% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 560 Ti (448 Core LE) 2,165 User benchmarks, average bench 19% Gigabyte(1458 353A) 1.2GB CLim: 852 MHz, MLim: 1000 MHz, Ram: 1.2GB, Driver: 391.35 Relative performance (0^th percentile)	4.42% Terrible	Lighting 2.67 Reflection 13.1 Parallax 11.9 2% 9.23 fps	MRender 7.95 Gravity 9.63 Splatting 13.4 9% 10.3 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 4.42% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Vaseky V880 500G 500GB 18 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 382GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0200 SusWrite @10s intervals: 160 160 83 105 64 105 MB/s Performing below potential (22^nd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	50% Average	Read 233 Write 196 Mixed 184 SusWrite 113 41% 182 MB/s	4K Read 22.5 4K Write 49.8 4K Mixed 24.4 92% 32.2 MB/s	DQ Read 120 DQ Write 132 DQ Mixed 109 87% 120 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 50% Great: 88%
AMD 3+0 Stripe/RAID0 1.5TB 127 User benchmarks, average bench 133% 1.5TB free Firmware: 1.10 SusWrite @10s intervals: 230 255 257 257 255 254 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	143% Outstanding	Read 246 Write 202 Mixed 72 SusWrite 251 140% 193 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 3.4 4K Mixed 1.1 218% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 143% Great: 198%
Seagate ST1000DX001-1NS1 1TB 32 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 865GB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 160 162 181 179 189 180 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	98.9% Outstanding	Read 168 Write 185 Mixed 26 SusWrite 175 100% 139 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 5.4 4K Mixed 2 372% 2.87 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 98.9% Great: 104%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 10GB 21,027 User benchmarks, average bench 31% null MHz 2048, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	49.8% Average	MC Read 18.9 MC Write 15.4 MC Mixed 17.8 50% 17.4 GB/s	SC Read 11.6 SC Write 9.4 SC Mixed 13.9 33% 11.6 GB/s	Latency 58.5 68% 58.5 ns
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 49.8% Great: 45%

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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 $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	510x
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	325x
FX-8320AMD $121Bench 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	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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $36	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16