Asus M5A78L-M/USB3

Performance Results


Gaming 54% Yacht	Desktop 75% 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 72%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	73.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	56.2% 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, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus M5A78L-M/USB3 (all builds)
Memory	9.2 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141202
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 24 '19 at 16:30
Run Duration	184 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	4%

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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 3.9 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	72% Very good	Memory 90.1 1-Core 73.5 2-Core 146 63% 103 Pts	4-Core 293 8-Core 419 45% 356 Pts	64-Core 410 25% 410 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 72% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Zotac(19DA 1435) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2009 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.66 Performing below potential (12^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	73.2% Very good	Lighting 90.4 Reflection 103 Parallax 83.8 74% 92.4 fps	MRender 88.8 Gravity 85.8 Splatting 89.6 72% 88.1 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 73.2% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS900 240GB-$20 61,417 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 183GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS900612 SusWrite @10s intervals: 141 156 165 106 54 55 MB/s Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	56.2% Above average	Read 253 Write 201 Mixed 209 SusWrite 113 44% 194 MB/s	4K Read 27.7 4K Write 59.1 4K Mixed 27.4 108% 38.1 MB/s	DQ Read 135 DQ Write 140 DQ Mixed 117 94% 131 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 56.2% Great: 91%
OCZ VERTEX2 100GB 640 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 34GB free Firmware: 1.37 SusWrite @10s intervals: 62 55 52 52 54 54 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	44% Average	Read 174 Write 71 Mixed 102 SusWrite 55.1 22% 100 MB/s	4K Read 23.5 4K Write 55.8 4K Mixed 23.6 95% 34.3 MB/s	DQ Read 136 DQ Write 72.5 DQ Mixed 85.4 68% 97.8 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 44% Great: 49%
Crucial MX100 128GB-$74 9,892 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 77GB free Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 144 162 171 177 180 180 MB/s Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	61.6% Good	Read 243 Write 184 Mixed 181 SusWrite 169 44% 194 MB/s	4K Read 25.5 4K Write 62.3 4K Mixed 32.2 113% 40 MB/s	DQ Read 155 DQ Write 139 DQ Mixed 118 97% 137 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 61.6% Great: 89%
V Series SATA SSD 120GB 3,411 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 79GB free Firmware: N1209B SusWrite @10s intervals: 60 144 166 175 186 187 MB/s Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	43.3% Average	Read 246 Write 56.2 Mixed 149 SusWrite 153 34% 151 MB/s	4K Read 22.7 4K Write 52.7 4K Mixed 9.1 74% 28.2 MB/s	DQ Read 86 DQ Write 50.4 DQ Mixed 13.8 25% 50.1 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 43.3% Great: 85%
OCZ-VERTEX 32GB 18 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 18GB free Firmware: 1.6 SusWrite @10s intervals: 61 59 60 60 60 60 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 (89^th percentile)	45.2% Average	MC Read 17.2 MC Write 14.9 MC Mixed 15.4 45% 15.8 GB/s	SC Read 10.1 SC Write 8.8 SC Mixed 13 30% 10.6 GB/s	Latency 67 60% 67 ns
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 45.2% Great: 50%

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Workstation 5%

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Motherboard: Asus M5A78L-M/USB3 - $53

CPU
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	508x
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: 64% - Good

Total price: $128

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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