Asus M5A78L-M/USB3

Performance Results


Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 62% Destroyer	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (27th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 73 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 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 71%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	3.21% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	43.3% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus M5A78L-M/USB3 (all builds)
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141202
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 28 '19 at 18:39
Run Duration	181 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8350-$130 313,196 User benchmarks, average bench 61% AM3R2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	71% Very good	Memory 89.4 1-Core 74.8 2-Core 150 64% 105 Pts	4-Core 286 8-Core 420 44% 353 Pts	64-Core 438 27% 438 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 71% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 730 164,888 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Asus(1043 84DC) ≥ 4GB CLim: 700 MHz, MLim: 275 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	3.21% Terrible	Lighting 4.03 Reflection 4.58 Parallax 3.03 3% 3.88 fps	MRender 4.76 Gravity 4.1 Splatting 2.78 3% 3.88 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.21% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 58GB free (System drive) Firmware: 603ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 77 77 83 82 80 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	43.3% Average	Read 174 Write 120 Mixed 137 SusWrite 82.6 29% 129 MB/s	4K Read 23.4 4K Write 43.7 4K Mixed 27.3 94% 31.5 MB/s	DQ Read 27.3 DQ Write 70.7 DQ Mixed 33.7 30% 43.9 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 43.3% Great: 73%
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80 85,620 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 559GB free Firmware: MX6OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 95 95 96 96 98 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	63.9% Good	Read 126 Write 122 Mixed 21.8 SusWrite 95.9 66% 91.4 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 172% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 63.9% Great: 107%
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80 85,620 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 1TB free Firmware: MX6OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 93 93 94 93 94 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	72.3% Very good	Read 158 Write 158 Mixed 39.6 SusWrite 93.6 81% 112 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.5 138% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 72.3% Great: 107%
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80 85,620 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 1TB free Firmware: MX6OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 95 95 96 96 98 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	67.3% Good	Read 138 Write 142 Mixed 20 SusWrite 95.9 71% 99 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.6 155% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 67.3% Great: 107%
Toshiba DT01ACA300 3TB-$80 85,620 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 326GB free Firmware: MX6OABB0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 93 93 94 93 94 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	60% Above average	Read 115 Write 122 Mixed 15.3 SusWrite 93.6 62% 86.4 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.7 160% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 60% Great: 107%
WD Blue 4TB (2015)-$85 124,615 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 3.5TB free Firmware: 080. SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 107 106 108 108 110 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	56.8% Above average	Read 89.9 Write 101 Mixed 62.7 SusWrite 107 66% 90.3 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1.2 227% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 56.8% Great: 101%

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 (28^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	48.6% Average	MC Read 19.7 MC Write 15.3 MC Mixed 17.3 50% 17.4 GB/s	SC Read 10.5 SC Write 8 SC Mixed 12.4 29% 10.3 GB/s	Latency 68 59% 68 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 48.6% Great: 97%

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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	507x
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	324x
FX-8320AMD $175Bench 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	355x
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 $133	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