Asus M5A78L-M PLUS/USB3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 4%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 40%
Speed boat
Workstation
Workstation 3%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall 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.
ProcessorWith a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 48.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics6.73% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot DriveThe 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.
Memory22GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 22GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardAsus M5A78L-M PLUS/USB3  (all builds)
Memory19.1 GB free of 22 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1152 x 648 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20161118
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJan 25 '21 at 18:50
Run Duration135 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU7%

 PC Performing as expected (44th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD FX-6200 Six-Core-$40
AM3R2, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads
Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 3 GHz (avg)
Performing way below expectations (4th percentile)
48.4% Average
Memory 60.8
1-Core 28
2-Core 81.7
36% 56.8 Pts
4-Core 195
8-Core 290
30% 243 Pts
64-Core 292
18% 292 Pts
Poor: 51%
This bench: 48.4%
Great: 65%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 5670
Device(1545 5670) 1GB
Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.301.1901.0
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
6.73% Terrible
Lighting 8.9
Reflection 10.4
Parallax 8.1
7% 9.13 fps
MRender 8.3
Gravity 5.2
Splatting 7.4
6% 6.97 fps
Poor: 5%
This bench: 6.73%
Great: 6%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37
683GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 107 114 129 125 118 MB/s
Performing below expectations (38th percentile)
78% Very good
Read 158
Write 151
Mixed 69
SusWrite 114
90% 123 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 2.2
4K Mixed 1
198% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 78%
Great: 109%
WD Blue 160GB (2007)-$22
149GB free
Firmware: 03.03E03
SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 94 98 99 101 101 MB/s
Performing as expected (58th percentile)
42% Average
Read 49.9
Write 48.3
Mixed 38.1
SusWrite 96.1
43% 58.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.9
4K Mixed 0.8
145% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 18%
This bench: 42%
Great: 59%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown 22GB
null MHz
8192, 8192, 4096, 2048 MB
Performing way below expectations (17th percentile)
30.1% Below average
MC Read 12.4
MC Write 10.8
MC Mixed 8.9
31% 10.7 GB/s
SC Read 8.6
SC Write 7.1
SC Mixed 6.7
21% 7.47 GB/s
Latency 125
32% 125 ns
Poor: 22%
This bench: 30.1%
Great: 50%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Typical M5A78L-M PLUS/USB3 Builds (Compare 1,267 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 22%
Surfboard
Desktop
Desktop 65%
Destroyer
Workstation
Workstation 18%
Surfboard

Motherboard: Asus M5A78L-M PLUS/USB3

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 88% - Excellent Total price: $134
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