Asus M5A78L-M LE

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU, SSD
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 49.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
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	4GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and although it's sufficient for most games, some will benefit from up to 8GB of RAM. 4GB is also enough for modest file and system caches which allow for a responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (37%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A78L-M LE (all builds)
Memory	2.1 GB free of 4 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120215
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 24 '20 at 13:54
Run Duration	807 Seconds
Run User	THA-User
Background CPU	37%

PC Performing as expected (58^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 455-$90 3,733 User benchmarks, average bench 45% AM3R2, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 3 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	49.7% Average	Memory 76.1 1-Core 46.4 2-Core 97.6 47% 73.4 Pts	4-Core 137 8-Core 141 18% 139 Pts	64-Core 144 9% 144 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 49.7% Great: 54%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate ST3500630SV 500GB 223 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 138GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3.ACH SusWrite @10s intervals: 60 63 59 63 67 69 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	35.7% Below average	Read 60.9 Write 53.4 Mixed 27.2 SusWrite 63.5 37% 51.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.6 110% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 35.7% Great: 44%
Seagate ST9320423AS 320GB-$40 13,598 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 156GB free Firmware: D005SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 68 68 69 68 69 69 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	38.9% Below average	Read 67.1 Write 62.4 Mixed 41.9 SusWrite 68.4 44% 59.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.8 132% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 38.9% Great: 51%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1x4GB 154,807 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 1 of 2 slots used 4GB DIMM Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	23.6% Poor	MC Read 9.2 MC Write 6.6 MC Mixed 7.3 22% 7.7 GB/s	SC Read 5.9 SC Write 5.7 SC Mixed 6.4 17% 6 GB/s	Latency 88.1 45% 88.1 ns
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 23.6% 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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Gaming 5%

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Desktop 48%

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Workstation 5%

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Motherboard: Asus M5A78L-M LE

CPU
FX-4100AMD $110Bench 51%, 32,471 samples	18x
FX-6100AMD $68Bench 54%, 44,863 samples	15x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	15x

GPU
Radeon 3000 GraphicsATIBench 1%, 21,841 samples	12x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	6x
GTX 650Nvidia $112Bench 8%, 69,673 samples	5x

SSD
A400 120GBKingston $29Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	5x
Green 120GB (2018)WD $59Bench 43%, 69,933 samples	4x
BX500 240GBCrucial $29Bench 56%, 142,801 samples	4x

RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	50x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	25x
1x8GBUnknownBench 38%, 168,538 samples	11x

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Value: 55% - Above average

Total price: $139

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	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) $30	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