Asus M5A78L-M/USB3

Performance Results


Gaming 29% Raft	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 24% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 72.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	35.3% 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	45.2% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A78L-M/USB3 (all builds)
Memory	4.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131112
Uptime	4.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 07 '19 at 22:58
Run Duration	185 Seconds
Run User	PRT-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing as expected (47^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8370-$175 34,720 User benchmarks, average bench 62% AM3R2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	72.6% Very good	Memory 93 1-Core 74.3 2-Core 148 65% 105 Pts	4-Core 283 8-Core 440 45% 362 Pts	64-Core 437 27% 437 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 72.6% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Asus(1043 854D) CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 431.60 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	35.3% Below average	Lighting 45.7 Reflection 44 Parallax 39.2 37% 43 fps	MRender 39.4 Gravity 40.2 Splatting 36.6 32% 38.7 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 35.3% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX100 256GB-$116 55,768 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 33GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 71 96 96 70 65 67 MB/s Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	45.2% Average	Read 205 Write 216 Mixed 177 SusWrite 77.6 38% 169 MB/s	4K Read 22.7 4K Write 47.8 4K Mixed 28.8 97% 33.1 MB/s	DQ Read 26.2 DQ Write 67.6 DQ Mixed 34.5 30% 42.8 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 45.2% Great: 97%
Crucial MX500 1TB-$66 202,785 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 851GB free Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 189 203 207 206 208 MB/s Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	60.9% Good	Read 229 Write 216 Mixed 218 SusWrite 191 48% 214 MB/s	4K Read 29.7 4K Write 45.3 4K Mixed 39 119% 38 MB/s	DQ Read 36.3 DQ Write 70.6 DQ Mixed 45.7 37% 50.9 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 60.9% Great: 125%
Samsung 860 Evo 250GB-$52 296,814 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 17GB free Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 101 98 71 66 67 MB/s Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	54.6% Above average	Read 229 Write 213 Mixed 205 SusWrite 80 41% 182 MB/s	4K Read 31.3 4K Write 49.7 4K Mixed 37.8 122% 39.6 MB/s	DQ Read 37 DQ Write 63 DQ Mixed 42.8 34% 47.6 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 54.6% Great: 128%
WD Blue 320GB (2008)-$39 64,707 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 90GB free Firmware: 01.03E01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 85 85 85 85 85 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	51.6% Above average	Read 95 Write 94.7 Mixed 63.8 SusWrite 84.3 62% 84.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1 183% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 51.6% Great: 60%
USB Flash Memory 8GB 2,269 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 4GB free, PID 6545 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 5.4 6.1 6.1 6.1 5.9 6.1 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	4.36% Terrible	Read 15 Write 4 Mixed 4.2 SusWrite 5.9 8% 7.28 MB/s	4K Read 3.8 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 14% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 4.36% Great: 7%

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 above expectations (77^th percentile)	49.8% Average	MC Read 20.1 MC Write 14.9 MC Mixed 17.8 50% 17.6 GB/s	SC Read 11 SC Write 9.7 SC Mixed 12.8 32% 11.2 GB/s	Latency 62 64% 62 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 49.8% Great: 65%

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Motherboard: Asus M5A78L-M/USB3 - $53

CPU
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	506x
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	324x
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 $37Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	48x

RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	354x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	345x
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples	309x

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Value: 64% - Good

Total price: $128

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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