Asus M5A78L-M/USB3

Performance Results


Gaming 48% Yacht	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 39% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 68%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	69.3% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	54.6% 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	8.6 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	Jan 15 '20 at 16:52
Run Duration	199 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	1%

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PC Performing as expected (44^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 (96^th percentile)	68% Good	Memory 88.8 1-Core 64.9 2-Core 144 61% 99.3 Pts	4-Core 256 8-Core 426 42% 341 Pts	64-Core 422 26% 422 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 68% 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: 1949 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.87 Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	69.3% Good	Lighting 82.4 Reflection 94.5 Parallax 94.5 67% 90.5 fps	MRender 89.7 Gravity 89.5 Splatting 90.3 74% 89.8 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 69.3% 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 (50^th percentile)	0.49% Terrible	Lighting 0.5 Reflection 1.58 Parallax 0.16 0% 0.74 fps	MRender 0.81 Gravity 0.3 Splatting 1.17 1% 0.76 fps
Poor: 0% ↑ This bench: 0.49% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS900 240GB-$20 61,417 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 155GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS900612 SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 136 138 83 67 67 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	54.6% Above average	Read 250 Write 197 Mixed 205 SusWrite 102 42% 188 MB/s	4K Read 27.1 4K Write 57.1 4K Mixed 27.1 106% 37.1 MB/s	DQ Read 134 DQ Write 138 DQ Mixed 116 93% 129 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 54.6% Great: 91%
OCZ VERTEX2 100GB 640 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 21GB free Firmware: 1.37 SusWrite @10s intervals: 62 55 56 54 55 55 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	44.5% Average	Read 186 Write 72.2 Mixed 102 SusWrite 56.1 23% 104 MB/s	4K Read 23.7 4K Write 55 4K Mixed 23.6 95% 34.1 MB/s	DQ Read 136 DQ Write 71.9 DQ Mixed 84.9 68% 97.4 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 44.5% Great: 49%
Crucial MX100 128GB-$74 9,892 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 43GB free Firmware: MU01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 129 120 109 112 106 109 MB/s Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	58.2% Above average	Read 248 Write 182 Mixed 178 SusWrite 114 40% 181 MB/s	4K Read 25.4 4K Write 61.5 4K Mixed 31.9 112% 39.6 MB/s	DQ Read 155 DQ Write 139 DQ Mixed 102 89% 132 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 58.2% Great: 89%
V Series SATA SSD 120GB 3,411 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 79GB free Firmware: N1209B SusWrite @10s intervals: 129 168 183 194 200 197 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	46.5% Average	Read 247 Write 202 Mixed 197 SusWrite 178 46% 206 MB/s	4K Read 22.6 4K Write 53.6 4K Mixed 8.9 74% 28.4 MB/s	DQ Read 90 DQ Write 120 DQ Mixed 14.6 36% 74.9 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 46.5% Great: 85%
OCZ-VERTEX 32GB 18 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 18GB free Firmware: 1.6 SusWrite @10s intervals: 61 59 60 59 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 above expectations (85^th percentile)	43.1% Average	MC Read 17.1 MC Write 14.4 MC Mixed 13.5 43% 15 GB/s	SC Read 10.5 SC Write 8.8 SC Mixed 11.9 30% 10.4 GB/s	Latency 68.7 58% 68.7 ns
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 43.1% Great: 50%

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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