Asus M5A78L-M/USB3

Performance Results


Gaming 43% Speed boat	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 36% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 69.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	58.1% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	53% 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.

Very high background CPU (47%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus M5A78L-M/USB3 (all builds)
Memory	5.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140911
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 08 '19 at 12:15
Run Duration	128 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	47%

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PC Performing above expectations (66^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 4.5 GHz, turbo 4.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	69.8% Good	Memory 90.7 1-Core 75.8 2-Core 138 63% 101 Pts	4-Core 265 8-Core 491 45% 378 Pts	64-Core 474 29% 474 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 69.8% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 580-$130 360,351 User benchmarks, average bench 52% MSI(1462 3418) CLim: 1366 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.4.2 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	58.1% Above average	Lighting 74.3 Reflection 68.7 Parallax 99 60% 80.6 fps	MRender 70 Gravity 73.7 Splatting 56.3 54% 66.6 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 58.1% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 44GB free (System drive) Firmware: R0105A SusWrite @10s intervals: 170 157 133 63 86 41 MB/s Performing below potential (31^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	53% Above average	Read 242 Write 209 Mixed 215 SusWrite 108 43% 194 MB/s	4K Read 27.8 4K Write 61.1 4K Mixed 26.8 109% 38.6 MB/s	DQ Read 146 DQ Write 17.7 DQ Mixed 1.1 21% 54.9 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 53% Great: 100%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 77GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 124 124 124 99 107 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	72.7% Very good	Read 137 Write 107 Mixed 64.4 SusWrite 116 78% 106 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1.2 221% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 72.7% Great: 109%

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 above expectations (73^rd percentile)	47.8% Average	MC Read 20.6 MC Write 14.6 MC Mixed 15 48% 16.7 GB/s	SC Read 11.6 SC Write 9.6 SC Mixed 13.9 33% 11.7 GB/s	Latency 66.3 60% 66.3 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 47.8% Great: 65%

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Motherboard: Asus M5A78L-M/USB3 - $53

CPU
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	508x
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	325x
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 $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	48x

RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	355x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	346x
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples	309x

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Value: 64% - Good

Total price: $128

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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