Asus M5A78L-M/USB3

Performance Results


Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 57% Gunboat	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 53.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	12.3% 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	31% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Very high background CPU (45%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A78L-M/USB3 (all builds)
Memory	3.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920x1080x4294967296 szín
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20120828
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Aug 30 '21 at 14:17
Run Duration	401 Seconds
Run User	HUN-User
Background CPU	45%

PC Performing as expected (46^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6100-$68 44,863 User benchmarks, average bench 54% AM3R2, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.35 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	53.4% Above average	Memory 76.2 1-Core 60.3 2-Core 101 50% 79.2 Pts	4-Core 173 8-Core 210 25% 192 Pts	64-Core 214 13% 214 Pts
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 53.4% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 6850 31,600 User benchmarks, average bench 12% PwrHis(1787 3000) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	12.3% Very poor	Lighting 16.9 Reflection 19.1 Parallax 14.7 14% 16.9 fps	MRender 12.9 Gravity 12.2 Splatting 10.5 10% 11.9 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 12.3% Great: 13%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Agility 3 120GB-$102 38,562 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 19GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.15 SusWrite @10s intervals: 66 60 59 59 70 59 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	31% Below average	Read 86.3 Write 87.1 Mixed 108 SusWrite 62.2 19% 85.9 MB/s	4K Read 19.1 4K Write 25.8 4K Mixed 16.6 64% 20.5 MB/s	DQ Read 108 DQ Write 84.4 DQ Mixed 40.6 46% 77.8 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 31% Great: 61%
Maxtor STM380211AS 80GB 864 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 70GB free Firmware: 3.AAE SusWrite @10s intervals: 64 67 66 66 68 68 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	37.7% Below average	Read 64.8 Write 11.5 Mixed 31.9 SusWrite 66.5 32% 43.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 140% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 37.7% Great: 40%
WD WD10EAVS-00D7B1 1TB 26,179 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 775GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 43 48 49 48 49 49 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	37.9% Below average	Read 84.2 Write 76.2 Mixed 50 SusWrite 47.5 48% 64.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.9 163% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 37.9% Great: 51%

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 (54^th percentile)	40.5% Average	MC Read 16.8 MC Write 12.4 MC Mixed 14.9 42% 14.7 GB/s	SC Read 7 SC Write 7.2 SC Mixed 10.8 24% 8.33 GB/s	Latency 87.9 46% 87.9 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 40.5% Great: 65%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

SkillBench Score 48: 6R 6G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
48%	13%	90	107	65	144	31.5"	1920 1080	AUS32FA ASUS VA326

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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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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