Asus M5A78L-M/USB3

Performance Results


Gaming 50% Yacht	Desktop 63% Destroyer	Workstation 38% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 57.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	87.4% 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	42.8% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

17 months ago, 16 months ago, 16 months ago, 16 months ago, 16 months ago, 3 months ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A78L-M/USB3 (all builds)
Memory	3.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141202
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 17 '23 at 20:16
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	19%

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PC Performing as expected (50^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 4.3 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	57.2% Above average	Memory 74.7 1-Core 47.2 2-Core 125 50% 82.2 Pts	4-Core 228 8-Core 253 32% 240 Pts	64-Core 285 18% 285 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 57.2% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6676) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 527.56 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	87.4% Excellent	Lighting 110 Reflection 110 Parallax 102 90% 107 fps	MRender 94 Gravity 106 Splatting 102 83% 100 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 87.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS1311 240GB-$78 26,547 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 84GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS131122 SusWrite @10s intervals: 62 63 65 66 57 62 MB/s Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	42.8% Average	Read 204 Write 202 Mixed 173 SusWrite 62.4 36% 160 MB/s	4K Read 22.7 4K Write 42.6 4K Mixed 27.3 92% 30.9 MB/s	DQ Read 28 DQ Write 66.9 DQ Mixed 35 30% 43.3 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 42.8% Great: 97%
WD WD10EADX-00TDHB0 1TB 12,976 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 223GB free Firmware: 77.04D77 SusWrite @10s intervals: 66 66 65 66 57 63 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	36.5% Below average	Read 62.9 Write 58.7 Mixed 37.8 SusWrite 64 41% 55.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 140% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 36.5% Great: 57%
Hitachi HDS723020BLA642 2TB 113 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 1.5TB free, PID 1011 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 40 40 41 42 42 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	19.3% Very poor	Read 40.4 Write 40.3 Mixed 36.7 SusWrite 40.3 54% 39.4 MB/s	4K Read 1.6 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 81% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 19.3% Great: 20%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x4GB 424,126 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	32.1% Below average	MC Read 11.9 MC Write 11.1 MC Mixed 10.1 32% 11 GB/s	SC Read 8 SC Write 8.8 SC Mixed 8.1 24% 8.3 GB/s	Latency 91 44% 91 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 32.1% Great: 65%

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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	513x
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	326x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 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 $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	48x

RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	357x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	347x
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples	310x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $171

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $95	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16