Asus M5A78L-M/USB3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 1% Tree trunk	Desktop 43% Speed boat	Workstation 1% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 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 52.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	0.53% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). 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	3.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20141202
Uptime	2 Days
Run Date	Jul 30 '19 at 10:56
Run Duration	171 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing as expected (41^st 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 1045T-$165 5,709 User benchmarks, average bench 54% AM3R2, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 2.7 GHz Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	52.1% Above average	Memory 79.3 1-Core 42.9 2-Core 80.1 45% 67.4 Pts	4-Core 138 8-Core 209 22% 173 Pts	64-Core 222 14% 222 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 52.1% Great: 59%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
ATI Radeon 3000 Graphics 21,841 User benchmarks, average bench 1% Asus(1043 8388) 256MB Driver: atidxx32 Ver. 8.56.1.16 Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	0.53% Terrible	Lighting 0.5 Reflection 1.23 Parallax 0.34 0% 0.69 fps	MRender 1.57 Gravity 0.17 Splatting 1.09 1% 0.94 fps
Poor: 0% ↑ This bench: 0.53% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 335GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC25 SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 83 105 96 35 49 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	63.2% Good	Read 146 Write 101 Mixed 36.5 SusWrite 74.1 65% 89.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.4 83% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 63.2% Great: 114%
Seagate ST3000NC000 3TB 324 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 653GB free Firmware: CE02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 109 125 126 118 133 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	70.9% Very good	Read 127 Write 123 Mixed 60.5 SusWrite 120 79% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 166% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 70.9% Great: 111%
ST1000DM 010-2EP102 1TB 91 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 931GB free, PID 2338 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 34 34 39 39 37 41 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	19.9% Very poor	Read 41.5 Write 39.8 Mixed 31 SusWrite 37.2 50% 37.4 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.9 96% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 19.9% Great: 20%

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 below potential (36^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	29.5% Poor	MC Read 13.4 MC Write 6.4 MC Mixed 11.3 30% 10.4 GB/s	SC Read 5.5 SC Write 4.9 SC Mixed 5.5 15% 5.3 GB/s	Latency 81.8 49% 81.8 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 29.5% Great: 65%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Workstation 5%

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Motherboard: Asus M5A78L-M/USB3 - $53

CPU
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	509x
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: 65% - Good

Total price: $128

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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