Asus M5A78L-M/USB3

Performance Results


Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 49% Yacht	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (33rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 67 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 58.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	2.8% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	27.2% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB 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, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A78L-M/USB3 (all builds)
Memory	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141202
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 12 '20 at 12:12
Run Duration	135 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6300-$47 261,607 User benchmarks, average bench 55% AM3R2, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 2.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	58.3% Above average	Memory 85.2 1-Core 42.9 2-Core 47.1 43% 58.4 Pts	4-Core 175 8-Core 229 26% 202 Pts	64-Core 236 15% 236 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 58.3% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 430 22,369 User benchmarks, average bench 3% PNY(196E 0828) 1GB CLim: 700 MHz, MLim: 325 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	2.8% Terrible	Lighting 3.6 Reflection 4.04 Parallax 3.59 3% 3.74 fps	MRender 3.14 Gravity 4.03 Splatting 2.43 3% 3.2 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 2.8% Great: 4%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ VERTEX2 100GB 640 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 7GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.37 SusWrite @10s intervals: 53 51 49 48 50 46 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	27.2% Poor	Read 125 Write 64.8 Mixed 65.5 SusWrite 49.4 17% 76.2 MB/s	4K Read 14.1 4K Write 29.8 4K Mixed 15.8 57% 19.9 MB/s	DQ Read 19.9 DQ Write 47.7 DQ Mixed 19 19% 28.9 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 27.2% Great: 49%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 162GB free Firmware: JC4B SusWrite @10s intervals: 62 62 62 63 63 62 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	40% Average	Read 77 Write 60.5 Mixed 46.3 SusWrite 62.3 45% 61.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.9 156% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 40% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x8GB 236,291 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	32.1% Below average	MC Read 12.3 MC Write 10.8 MC Mixed 10.2 32% 11.1 GB/s	SC Read 5.9 SC Write 5.2 SC Mixed 7.4 18% 6.17 GB/s	Latency 71.8 56% 71.8 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 32.1% Great: 97%

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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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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 $129Bench 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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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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16