Asus M5A78L-M/USB3

Performance Results


Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 60% Destroyer	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 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 68.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	0.78% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	43.4% 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A78L-M/USB3 (all builds)
Memory	13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141202
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Jan 08 '18 at 12:59
Run Duration	300 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8350-$130 313,196 User benchmarks, average bench 61% AM3R2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	68.9% Good	Memory 92.6 1-Core 73.1 2-Core 133 62% 99.5 Pts	4-Core 246 8-Core 437 41% 341 Pts	64-Core 436 27% 436 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 68.9% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 5450 66,079 User benchmarks, average bench 1% MSI(1462 2127) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	0.78% Terrible	Lighting 0.83 Reflection 1.38 Parallax 1.03 1% 1.08 fps	MRender 1.29 Gravity 0.63 Splatting 1.52 1% 1.15 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 0.78% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Transcend SSD220 240GB-$35 12,548 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 139GB free (System drive) Firmware: P1025F8 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 341 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 536 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 85 (A3) Unknown 100 100 8 (A4) Unknown 100 100 7773 (A5) Unknown 100 100 82 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 15 (94) Unknown 100 100 19372 (95) Unknown 100 100 604 (96) Unknown 100 100 403 (97) Unknown 100 100 569 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (B1) Unknown 100 100 4 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 21 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 55 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 61617 (F2) Unknown 100 100 57176 (F5) Unknown 100 100 124368	43.4% Average	Read 246 Write 125 Mixed 136 37% 169 MB/s	4K Read 23 4K Write 27.5 4K Mixed 17.6 72% 22.7 MB/s	DQ Read 127 DQ Write 57.8 DQ Mixed 32.5 40% 72.3 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 43.4% Great: 93%
USB Flash Memory 16GB 2,810 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 14GB free, PID 6544 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	4.47% Terrible	Read 16.7 Write 4.61 Mixed 7.01 10% 9.45 MB/s	4K Read 4.26 4K Write 0.01 4K Mixed 0.007 16% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 4.47% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x8GB 236,291 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	51% Above average	MC Read 21.9 MC Write 14.6 MC Mixed 17.9 52% 18.1 GB/s	SC Read 11.2 SC Write 9 SC Mixed 14 33% 11.4 GB/s	Latency 62.9 64% 62.9 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 51% 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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Workstation 5%

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Motherboard: Asus M5A78L-M/USB3 - $53

CPU
FX-6300AMD $57Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	505x
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	324x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 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 $37Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	48x

RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	354x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	345x
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples	309x

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Value: 64% - Good

Total price: $138

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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