Asus M5A78L-M/USB3

Performance Results


Gaming 26% Raft	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 20% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 61.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	85.9% 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	40.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

High background CPU (29%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A78L-M/USB3 (all builds)
Memory	0.5 GB free of 4 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121114
Uptime	1.6 Days
Run Date	Feb 11 '22 at 06:05
Run Duration	132 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	29%

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PC Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6300-$90 261,607 User benchmarks, average bench 55% AM3R2, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	61.6% Good	Memory 88.5 1-Core 66.3 2-Core 125 59% 93.1 Pts	4-Core 191 8-Core 266 29% 228 Pts	64-Core 266 16% 266 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 61.6% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$278 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Gigabyte(1458 3701) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	85.9% Excellent	Lighting 108 Reflection 112 Parallax 103 88% 107 fps	MRender 94.2 Gravity 106 Splatting 100 82% 100 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 88%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel SSDSC2BF180A5L 180GB 1,596 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 56GB free (System drive) Firmware: LTVi SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 95 126 103 111 109 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	40.2% Average	Read 213 Write 147 Mixed 171 SusWrite 110 36% 160 MB/s	4K Read 18.5 4K Write 39.2 4K Mixed 12.8 65% 23.5 MB/s	DQ Read 126 DQ Write 128 DQ Mixed 78.3 72% 111 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 40.2% Great: 81%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1x4GB 154,807 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 1 of 4 slots used 4GB DIMM Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	28% Poor	MC Read 9.3 MC Write 9.1 MC Mixed 8.2 25% 8.87 GB/s	SC Read 8 SC Write 7.5 SC Mixed 7.4 22% 7.63 GB/s	Latency 69.1 58% 69.1 ns
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 28% Great: 52%

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

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Motherboard: Asus M5A78L-M/USB3 - $53

CPU
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	514x
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	328x
FX-8320AMD $125Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	186x

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	91x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	85x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	56x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $36Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	48x

RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	357x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	351x
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples	311x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $171

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