Asus M5A78L-M/USB3

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 50.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (60%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus M5A78L-M/USB3 (all builds)
Memory	4.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141202
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 30 '20 at 00:52
Run Duration	135 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	60%

PC Performing as expected (57^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Phenom II X4 945 12,746 User benchmarks, average bench 51% AM3R2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	50.4% Above average	Memory 81.1 1-Core 23.8 2-Core 73.9 41% 59.6 Pts	4-Core 119 8-Core 114 16% 116 Pts	64-Core 124 8% 124 Pts
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 50.4% Great: 58%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$50 695,066 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 1.5TB free (System drive) Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 77 106 114 146 140 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	64% Good	Read 106 Write 134 Mixed 67.3 SusWrite 117 78% 106 MB/s	4K Read 1.7 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.9 182% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 64% Great: 106%
SMI USB DISK 16GB 1,632 User benchmarks, average bench 11% 6GB free, PID 2000 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 40 38 39 39 32 39 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	34% Below average	Read 119 Write 26 Mixed 19.2 SusWrite 37.9 53% 50.6 MB/s	4K Read 10.9 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 2.2 180% 5 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 34% Great: 26%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x2GB 183,252 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 4 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	31.8% Below average	MC Read 13.9 MC Write 7.5 MC Mixed 11.7 32% 11 GB/s	SC Read 5.7 SC Write 5.7 SC Mixed 8.3 19% 6.57 GB/s	Latency 78.4 51% 78.4 ns
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 31.8% Great: 45%

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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	508x
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	325x
FX-8320AMD $175Bench 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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	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) $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