Asus M5A78L-M PLUS/USB3

Performance Results


Gaming 4% Tree trunk	Desktop 29% Raft	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (12th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 88 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 an extremely low single core score, this CPU can barely handle email and light web browsing. Finally, with a gaming score of 22.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very poor.
Graphics	3.3% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	22.4% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
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.

Very high background CPU (55%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus M5A78L-M PLUS/USB3 (all builds)
Memory	8.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160627
Uptime	11.2 Days
Run Date	Aug 16 '18 at 18:09
Run Duration	284 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	55%

PC Performing way below expectations (12^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 GHz (avg) Relative performance (0^th percentile)	22.6% Poor	Memory 27.7 1-Core 57.9 2-Core 92.2 33% 59.3 Pts	4-Core 94.6 8-Core 154 15% 124 Pts	64-Core 159 10% 159 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 22.6% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 710 187,161 User benchmarks, average bench 3% MSI(1462 8C93) 2GB CLim: 954 MHz, MLim: 400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 397.64 Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	3.3% Terrible	Lighting 3.63 Reflection 3.69 Parallax 3.38 3% 3.57 fps	MRender 3.9 Gravity 3.93 Splatting 6.09 4% 4.64 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.3% Great: 4%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 3D 1TB-$100 16,039 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 386GB free (System drive) Firmware: X61130WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 56 49 58 61 57 15 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	22.4% Poor	Read 92.5 Write 97.2 Mixed 90.7 SusWrite 49.1 19% 82.4 MB/s	4K Read 13.9 4K Write 22.5 4K Mixed 11.2 47% 15.9 MB/s	DQ Read 27.6 DQ Write 35.9 DQ Mixed 26.1 21% 29.9 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 22.4% Great: 121%
Hitachi HDS722020ALA330 2TB-$71 17,356 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 638GB free Firmware: JKAOA3MA SusWrite @10s intervals: 56 48 58 58 59 11 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	39.4% Below average	Read 88.7 Write 79 Mixed 45.7 SusWrite 48.5 48% 65.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.6 107% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 39.4% Great: 69%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$32 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 760GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 34 32 36 41 36 7.1 MB/s Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	15.9% Very poor	Read 24 Write 51.7 Mixed 44 SusWrite 31.1 28% 37.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.9 150% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 15.9% Great: 109%
Seagate BUP Slim BK 1TB 18,390 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 825GB free Firmware: 0302 SusWrite @10s intervals: 57 56 64 64 52 12 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	31.7% Below average	Read 59 Write 58.1 Mixed 44.7 SusWrite 50.9 39% 53.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.6 122% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 31.7% Great: 63%
Seagate Barracuda 4TB (2017)-$79 179,101 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 3TB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 34 34 37 40 35 7.1 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	23% Poor	Read 48 Write 54.2 Mixed 29.7 SusWrite 31.1 30% 40.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 3.3 4K Mixed 0.4 130% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 23% Great: 90%
ST910082 4A 100GB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 10% 93GB free, PID 0501 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 11 10 11 12 9.1 3.4 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	7.14% Terrible	Read 17.5 Write 16.2 Mixed 14.2 SusWrite 9.5 19% 14.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.4 42% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 7.14% Great: 14%
PNY USB 2.0 FD 32GB 775 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 30GB free, PID 005b Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 6.5 6.9 7.9 7.9 5.3 2.2 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	4.19% Terrible	Read 16.5 Write 9.2 Mixed 5.7 SusWrite 6.1 11% 9.38 MB/s	4K Read 2 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 7% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 4.19% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x4GB 106,178 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	12.3% Very poor	MC Read 4.8 MC Write 3.6 MC Mixed 4.1 12% 4.17 GB/s	SC Read 3 SC Write 3.8 SC Mixed 4.7 11% 3.83 GB/s	Latency 269 15% 269 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 12.3% Great: 61%

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Gaming 22%

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Desktop 65%

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Workstation 18%

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Motherboard: Asus M5A78L-M PLUS/USB3

CPU
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	434x
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	294x
FX-8300AMD $168Bench 58%, 49,767 samples	176x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	177x
Radeon RX 560-BAMDBench 20%, 49,289 samples	86x
GTX 1050Nvidia $101Bench 26%, 269,381 samples	84x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	60x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	43x
A400 120GBKingston $30Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	29x

RAM
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	326x
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	183x
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples	174x

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Value: 81% - Excellent

Total price: $177

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16