Asus M5A78L-M/USB3

Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 65.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	19.2% 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	28.7% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	10GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 10GB 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A78L-M/USB3 (all builds)
Memory	5.9 GB free of 10 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141202
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Oct 18 '19 at 02:02
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8320-$129 106,454 User benchmarks, average bench 59% AM3R2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	65.3% Good	Memory 91.7 1-Core 61.9 2-Core 106 56% 86.4 Pts	4-Core 212 8-Core 376 36% 294 Pts	64-Core 372 23% 372 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 65.3% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 560 Ti (448 Core LE) 2,165 User benchmarks, average bench 19% Gigabyte(1458 353A) 1.2GB CLim: 732 MHz, MLim: 950 MHz, Ram: 1.2GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	19.2% Very poor	Lighting 22.1 Reflection 34.9 Parallax 25.2 18% 27.4 fps	MRender 37.5 Gravity 17.7 Splatting 25.5 22% 26.9 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 19.2% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Vaseky V880 500G 500GB 18 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 382GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0200 SusWrite @10s intervals: 162 167 159 142 55 112 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	28.7% Poor	Read 181 Write 92 Mixed 70.5 SusWrite 133 26% 119 MB/s	4K Read 13.2 4K Write 17 4K Mixed 10.1 42% 13.4 MB/s	DQ Read 14.7 DQ Write 15.7 DQ Mixed 14.4 11% 14.9 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 28.7% Great: 88%
AMD 3+0 Stripe/RAID0 1.5TB 127 User benchmarks, average bench 133% 1.5TB free Firmware: 1.10 SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 186 255 256 257 250 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	133% Outstanding	Read 242 Write 248 Mixed 73.6 SusWrite 223 143% 197 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.2 229% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 133% Great: 198%
Seagate ST1000DX001-1NS1 1TB 32 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 865GB free Firmware: CC41 SusWrite @10s intervals: 169 168 160 166 190 179 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	87.2% Excellent	Read 131 Write 196 Mixed 29 SusWrite 172 95% 132 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 5.1 4K Mixed 2 371% 2.8 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 104%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 10GB 21,027 User benchmarks, average bench 31% null MHz 2048, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	46.9% Average	MC Read 18.2 MC Write 15.1 MC Mixed 16 47% 16.4 GB/s	SC Read 10.7 SC Write 8.8 SC Mixed 13.4 31% 11 GB/s	Latency 64.6 62% 64.6 ns
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 46.9% Great: 45%

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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 $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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Total price: $128

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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