Asus M5A78L-M LE

Performance Results


Gaming 45% Speed boat	Desktop 63% Destroyer	Workstation 32% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 56.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	79.6% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	58.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (20%). 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	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121114
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 05 '21 at 16:48
Run Duration	128 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	20%

PC Performing as expected (54^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 way above expectations (88^th percentile)	56.3% Above average	Memory 83.5 1-Core 44.5 2-Core 88.8 48% 72.3 Pts	4-Core 172 8-Core 171 23% 172 Pts	64-Core 175 11% 175 Pts
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 56.3% Great: 58%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560 214,030 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Gainward(10B0 17C8) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1544 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 457.09 Performing below potential (61^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	79.6% Very good	Lighting 98.1 Reflection 116 Parallax 103 80% 106 fps	MRender 102 Gravity 99.1 Splatting 90.8 79% 97.2 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 79.6% Great: 87%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 480GB-$38 237,487 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 196GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFKK1B3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 167 206 205 199 185 MB/s Performing below potential (25^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	58.9% Above average	Read 225 Write 193 Mixed 191 SusWrite 180 44% 197 MB/s	4K Read 22.6 4K Write 60.8 4K Mixed 31.3 106% 38.2 MB/s	DQ Read 119 DQ Write 140 DQ Mixed 118 92% 126 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 58.9% Great: 102%
Hitachi HDS721050CLA662 500GB 14,997 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 465GB free Firmware: JP2OA50E SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 119 134 135 134 133 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	72.7% Very good	Read 129 Write 128 Mixed 62.5 SusWrite 124 81% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 142% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 72.7% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x8GB 236,291 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	28.7% Poor	MC Read 11.1 MC Write 7.4 MC Mixed 9.8 27% 9.43 GB/s	SC Read 7.1 SC Write 6 SC Mixed 8.1 20% 7.07 GB/s	Latency 74.4 54% 74.4 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 28.7% 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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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 $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