Asus M5A78L-M/USB3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 1% Tree trunk	Desktop 40% Speed boat	Workstation 1% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 44.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	2.74% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	6GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 6GB 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 8 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.

High background CPU (29%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A78L-M/USB3 (all builds)
Memory	2.4 GB free of 6 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20121114
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 11 '19 at 16:35
Run Duration	133 Seconds
Run User	FIN-User
Background CPU	29%

PC Performing as expected (49^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Athlon II X3 425 1,367 User benchmarks, average bench 42% AM3R2, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 3 threads Base clock 2.7 GHz Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	44.9% Average	Memory 72 1-Core 39.8 2-Core 71.1 41% 61 Pts	4-Core 106 8-Core 106 14% 106 Pts	64-Core 107 7% 107 Pts
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 44.9% Great: 50%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
ATI Radeon HD 4650 1,681 User benchmarks, average bench 3% MSI(1462 1603) 1GB Driver: atiumd64.dll Ver. 8.620.0.0 Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	2.74% Terrible	Lighting 3.23 Reflection 4.88 Parallax 2.81 3% 3.64 fps	MRender 2.86 Gravity 3 Splatting 4.48 3% 3.45 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 2.74% Great: 4%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 422GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 101 125 123 140 130 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	73.2% Very good	Read 133 Write 125 Mixed 55 SusWrite 122 79% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.5 92% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 73.2% Great: 113%
Verbatim STORE N GO 8GB 7,781 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 7GB free, PID 0302 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 2.8 2.9 3 2.9 2.8 2.9 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	3.78% Terrible	Read 17.3 Write 2.5 Mixed 4.3 SusWrite 2.9 7% 6.75 MB/s	4K Read 2.7 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 10% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 3.78% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 3x2GB 45,030 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 3 of 4 slots used 6GB DIMM Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	27.4% Poor	MC Read 11.2 MC Write 7 MC Mixed 10 27% 9.4 GB/s	SC Read 6.7 SC Write 5.8 SC Mixed 6.9 18% 6.47 GB/s	Latency 96.9 41% 96.9 ns
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 27.4% Great: 52%

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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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Desktop 50%

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Workstation 5%

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Motherboard: Asus M5A78L-M/USB3 - $53

CPU
FX-6300AMD $57Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	505x
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: $138

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