Asus M5A78L-M/USB3

Performance Results


Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 15% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 69.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	22.1% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	41.2% 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.

Motherboard	Asus M5A78L-M/USB3 (all builds)
Memory	10.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141202
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 03 '21 at 03:49
Run Duration	175 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8300-$168 49,767 User benchmarks, average bench 58% AM3R2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	69.6% Good	Memory 92.6 1-Core 73.8 2-Core 134 63% 100 Pts	4-Core 253 8-Core 457 43% 355 Pts	64-Core 460 28% 460 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 69.6% Great: 64%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 260X-$120 38,521 User benchmarks, average bench 20% Gigabyte(1458 228B) 2GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 26.20.13031.20012 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	22.1% Poor	Lighting 27.3 Reflection 28.3 Parallax 39.8 22% 31.8 fps	MRender 25.1 Gravity 28 Splatting 26.8 22% 26.6 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 22.1% Great: 22%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 240GB-$89 105,079 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 0GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3J96R9 SusWrite @10s intervals: 200 155 117 93 89 86 MB/s Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	41.2% Average	Read 237 Write 220 Mixed 38.5 SusWrite 124 34% 155 MB/s	4K Read 21.5 4K Write 46.4 4K Mixed 5 64% 24.3 MB/s	DQ Read 154 DQ Write 141 DQ Mixed 97.7 87% 131 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 41.2% Great: 88%
Toshiba MK5065GSX 500GB-$52 4,140 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 0GB free Firmware: GJ003A SusWrite @10s intervals: 47 47 49 48 49 49 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	30.8% Below average	Read 58.7 Write 50.7 Mixed 22.1 SusWrite 48.3 33% 45 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.5 104% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 30.8% Great: 42%
WD WD10JPCX-24UE4T0 1TB 40,989 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 0GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Read 85.7 Mixed 53.5 53% 69.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 130% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 20% Great: 61%
Flash USB Disk 4GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 3% 0GB free, PID ab43 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 3 3.5 3.3 3.5 3.3 3.6 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	3.53% Terrible	Read 13.5 Write 2.2 Mixed 4.2 SusWrite 3.3 6% 5.8 MB/s	4K Read 3.6 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 13% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 3.53% Great: 4%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 16GB 70,565 User benchmarks, average bench 41% null MHz 8192, 4096, 4096 MB Performing below potential (20^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	31.4% Below average	MC Read 12.3 MC Write 9.8 MC Mixed 7.2 28% 9.77 GB/s	SC Read 11.6 SC Write 7.7 SC Mixed 9.9 28% 9.73 GB/s	Latency 63 64% 63 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 31.4% Great: 54%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	8	6	60	31.5"	1280 720	PHL0000 PHILIPS FTV

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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

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Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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