Asus M5A78L-M/USB3

Performance Results


Gaming 22% Surfboard	Desktop 64% Destroyer	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 56.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	34.5% 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	20.9% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
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.

Very high background CPU (52%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A78L-M/USB3 (all builds)
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kleuren
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141202
Uptime	3.9 Days
Run Date	Sep 12 '21 at 14:46
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	BEL-User
Background CPU	52%

PC Performing as expected (48^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 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	56.7% Above average	Memory 79.9 1-Core 59.8 2-Core 109 53% 82.9 Pts	4-Core 191 8-Core 226 27% 208 Pts	64-Core 250 16% 250 Pts
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 56.7% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 770-$279 116,895 User benchmarks, average bench 34% MSI(1462 2825) 2GB CLim: 1241 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	34.5% Below average	Lighting 40.2 Reflection 36.8 Parallax 51.8 33% 42.9 fps	MRender 53.4 Gravity 49.5 Splatting 39.4 38% 47.4 fps
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 34.5% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
CHN-25SATAA3-120 120GB 50 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 23GB free (System drive) Firmware: Q1204B0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 85 87 66 23 12 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	20.9% Poor	Read 212 Write 176 Mixed 16.7 SusWrite 57.9 26% 116 MB/s	4K Read 15.9 4K Write 10 4K Mixed 0.8 30% 8.9 MB/s	DQ Read 21.1 DQ Write 13.5 DQ Mixed 5.3 7% 13.3 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 20.9% Great: 72%
Samsung 860 QVO 1TB-$109 201,200 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 770GB free Firmware: RVQ02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 162 188 187 187 187 189 MB/s Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	51.4% Above average	Read 211 Write 199 Mixed 170 SusWrite 183 43% 191 MB/s	4K Read 21 4K Write 40.7 4K Mixed 31.2 93% 31 MB/s	DQ Read 28.6 DQ Write 64.9 DQ Mixed 38.4 32% 44 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 51.4% Great: 121%
Hitachi Travelstar 5K750 750GB-$52 41,501 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 537GB free Firmware: JE4OA50A SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 88 88 66 26 13 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	42% Average	Read 86.2 Write 87.1 Mixed 45 SusWrite 60 51% 69.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.7 123% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 42% Great: 53%

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 (7^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	30.4% Below average	MC Read 10.7 MC Write 10.2 MC Mixed 9.2 29% 10 GB/s	SC Read 7.8 SC Write 7.8 SC Mixed 10.1 24% 8.57 GB/s	Latency 80.7 50% 80.7 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 30.4% Great: 97%

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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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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 $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