Asus M5A78L-M/USB3

Performance Results


Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 63% Destroyer	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 62.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	9.74% 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	54.4% 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.

Motherboard	Asus M5A78L-M/USB3 (all builds)
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141202
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jun 11 '19 at 03:57
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-4100-$110 32,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% AM3R2, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 4.4 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	62.4% Good	Memory 87.3 1-Core 67.1 2-Core 132 59% 95.6 Pts	4-Core 220 8-Core 214 29% 217 Pts	64-Core 213 13% 213 Pts
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 62.4% Great: 58%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 550-Ti-$250 54,392 User benchmarks, average bench 9% Asus(1043 83C2) 1GB CLim: 900 MHz, MLim: 1026 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	9.74% Terrible	Lighting 10.9 Reflection 12.8 Parallax 9.22 9% 11 fps	MRender 15.2 Gravity 11.3 Splatting 14.8 11% 13.8 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 9.74% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SSD 120GB 22,748 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 61GB free (System drive) Firmware: 02000006 SusWrite @10s intervals: 178 149 65 65 66 65 MB/s Performing below potential (24^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	54.4% Above average	Read 234 Write 124 Mixed 196 SusWrite 98.1 36% 163 MB/s	4K Read 26.8 4K Write 56.2 4K Mixed 29.1 108% 37.4 MB/s	DQ Read 125 DQ Write 140 DQ Mixed 125 96% 130 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 54.4% Great: 94%
WD Green 3TB (2011)-$60 112,929 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 3TB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 143 154 155 156 155 156 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.3% Outstanding	Read 165 Write 152 Mixed 64.7 SusWrite 153 97% 134 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 1 205% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 91.3% Great: 83%
Kingston DataTraveler 100 G3 USB 3.0 32GB-$9 66,405 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 6GB free, PID 1666 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 0.2 3.8 6.9 6 6.4 6.9 MB/s Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Read 182 Write 1 Mixed 1.8 SusWrite 5 33% 47.5 MB/s	4K Mixed 0 0% 0 MB/s
Poor: 6% Great: 28%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x4GB 106,178 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	47.6% Average	MC Read 20.1 MC Write 12.6 MC Mixed 18.4 49% 17 GB/s	SC Read 9.1 SC Write 8.5 SC Mixed 13.4 30% 10.3 GB/s	Latency 70.2 57% 70.2 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 47.6% Great: 61%

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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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Motherboard: Asus M5A78L-M/USB3 - $53

CPU
FX-6300AMD $57Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	505x
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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Value: 64% - Good

Total price: $138

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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