Asus M5A78L-M/USB3

Performance Results


Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 58% Gunboat	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 55.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	14.5% 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 Drive	45.7% 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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A78L-M/USB3 (all builds)
Memory	3.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141202
Uptime	1.8 Days
Run Date	Aug 03 '19 at 11:17
Run Duration	128 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Phenom II X6 1045T-$165 5,709 User benchmarks, average bench 54% AM3R2, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 2.7 GHz, turbo 2.75 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	55.7% Above average	Memory 82.4 1-Core 45.6 2-Core 87.8 48% 71.9 Pts	4-Core 159 8-Core 235 24% 197 Pts	64-Core 232 14% 232 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 55.7% Great: 59%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 6850 31,600 User benchmarks, average bench 12% XFX(1682 3117) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.200.1062.1004 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	14.5% Very poor	Lighting 19 Reflection 15 Parallax 16.1 16% 16.7 fps	MRender 12.7 Gravity 12.8 Splatting 18.9 12% 14.8 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 14.5% Great: 13%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 226GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 81 79 83 83 83 84 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	45.7% Average	Read 200 Write 166 Mixed 185 SusWrite 82.2 36% 158 MB/s	4K Read 26.9 4K Write 37.6 4K Mixed 29.4 98% 31.3 MB/s	DQ Read 29.4 DQ Write 59 DQ Mixed 40 32% 42.8 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 45.7% Great: 129%
Seagate Barracuda Green 1TB-$580 15,105 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 766GB free Firmware: CC3C SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 82 84 83 84 84 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	60.1% Good	Read 126 Write 118 Mixed 58.5 SusWrite 83.3 71% 96.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.7 123% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 60.1% Great: 75%

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 below potential (20^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	21.8% Poor	MC Read 7.3 MC Write 6.6 MC Mixed 6.5 20% 6.8 GB/s	SC Read 6 SC Write 4.4 SC Mixed 5.6 15% 5.33 GB/s	Latency 76.3 52% 76.3 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 21.8% Great: 65%

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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 $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	506x
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: $128

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $184	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