Asus M5A78L-M/USB3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 1% Tree trunk	Desktop 39% Jet ski	Workstation 1% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 47.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	0.47% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (26%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

8 years ago, 8 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A78L-M/USB3 (all builds)
Memory	4.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140911
Uptime	1.8 Days
Run Date	Jun 03 '16 at 13:02
Run Duration	212 Seconds
Run User	SVK-User
Background CPU	26%

PC Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Athlon II X4 620 5,981 User benchmarks, average bench 44% AM3R2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 2.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	47.1% Average	Memory 69.9 1-Core 37 2-Core 74.9 40% 60.6 Pts	4-Core 143 8-Core 148 19% 145 Pts	64-Core 146 9% 146 Pts
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 47.1% Great: 52%

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: aticfx64.dll Ver. 8.970.100.9001 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	0.47% Terrible	Lighting 0.5 Reflection 1.15 Parallax 0.28 0% 0.65 fps	MRender 0.76 Gravity 0.33 Splatting 0.96 1% 0.68 fps
Poor: 0% ↑ This bench: 0.47% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Black 2TB (2013)-$63 144,544 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 15GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 237 152 7150 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 24 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 7033 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 24 (10) Unknown 2 198 38892525000 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 10 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 14 (C2) HDA temperature 113 101 39 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	80.5% Excellent	Read 137 Write 144 Mixed 66.6 85% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.79 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.22 65% 0.47 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 80.5% Great: 112%
ST925082 7AS 250GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 21% 19GB free, PID 0551 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	21.6% Poor	Read 53.3 Write 53.3 Mixed 12.3 47% 39.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 0.3 36% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 21.6% Great: 22%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8GB 82,857 User benchmarks, average bench 34% null MHz 2048, 2048, 4096 MB Performing below potential (22^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	25% Poor	MC Read 10.3 MC Write 6.4 MC Mixed 8.7 24% 8.47 GB/s	SC Read 6.4 SC Write 5.7 SC Mixed 6.8 18% 6.3 GB/s	Latency 102 39% 102 ns
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 25% Great: 51%

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Workstation 5%

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Motherboard: Asus M5A78L-M/USB3 - $53

CPU
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	516x
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	328x
FX-8320AMD $153Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	186x

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	92x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	85x
A400 480GBKingston $31Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	56x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $36Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	48x

RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	357x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	352x
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples	311x

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