Asus M5A78L-M/USB3

Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 54% Yacht	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (25th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 75 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 57.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	8.41% 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	33.8% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
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.

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

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A78L-M/USB3 (all builds)
Memory	10.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110428
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Nov 01 '19 at 08:09
Run Duration	136 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	29%

PC Performing below expectations (25^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 1090T-$240 23,506 User benchmarks, average bench 57% AM3R2, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	57.3% Above average	Memory 81.8 1-Core 46.7 2-Core 92.6 48% 73.7 Pts	4-Core 182 8-Core 241 27% 212 Pts	64-Core 245 15% 245 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 57.3% Great: 64%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 650-$112 69,673 User benchmarks, average bench 8% Palit(1569 11C8) 2GB CLim: 1058 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 441.8 Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	8.41% Terrible	Lighting 9.6 Reflection 9.62 Parallax 11.9 8% 10.4 fps	MRender 11.9 Gravity 10.7 Splatting 12.2 10% 11.6 fps
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 8.41% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 53GB free (System drive) Firmware: 521ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 74 78 79 80 68 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	33.8% Below average	Read 103 Write 85.5 Mixed 96.3 SusWrite 76.1 20% 90.2 MB/s	4K Read 16.4 4K Write 41.7 4K Mixed 21.3 74% 26.5 MB/s	DQ Read 22.9 DQ Write 66.1 DQ Mixed 22.1 23% 37 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 33.8% Great: 73%
Seagate BarraCuda SSD ZA500CM10002 500GB 7,894 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 444GB free Firmware: STAS1024 SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 79 79 80 80 68 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	41.9% Average	Read 194 Write 178 Mixed 168 SusWrite 77.3 35% 154 MB/s	4K Read 22.1 4K Write 41.3 4K Mixed 25.5 88% 29.6 MB/s	DQ Read 29.8 DQ Write 61.1 DQ Mixed 35.9 30% 42.3 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 41.9% Great: 113%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x4GB 106,178 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM Performing below potential (15^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	30.5% Below average	MC Read 13.7 MC Write 6.3 MC Mixed 11.5 30% 10.5 GB/s	SC Read 6.3 SC Write 5 SC Mixed 7.6 18% 6.3 GB/s	Latency 77.2 52% 77.2 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 30.5% Great: 61%

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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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Desktop 50%

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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