Asus M5A78L-M PLUS/USB3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 64% Destroyer	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 66.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	9.15% 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	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 8 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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A78L-M PLUS/USB3 (all builds)
Memory	6.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20161118
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 27 '17 at 03:09
Run Duration	242 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing as expected (54^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-4350-$57 11,995 User benchmarks, average bench 57% AM3R2, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	66.4% Good	Memory 93.7 1-Core 80.5 2-Core 148 66% 107 Pts	4-Core 225 8-Core 248 31% 236 Pts	64-Core 243 15% 243 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 66.4% Great: 64%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Asus R7 250 123 User benchmarks, average bench 10% Asus(1043 7250) 2GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.300.1025.1001 Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	9.15% Terrible	Lighting 9.77 Reflection 16 Parallax 15.1 8% 13.6 fps	MRender 13.5 Gravity 9.13 Splatting 17.8 12% 13.5 fps
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 9.15% Great: 10%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 885GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 188 171 1583 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 815 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 666 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 695 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 220 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 941 (C2) HDA temperature 112 99 31 (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	81% Excellent	Read 139 Write 143 Mixed 95.4 94% 126 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.17 4K Mixed 0.31 100% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 81% Great: 109%
SanDisk Cruzer 4GB 3,128 User benchmarks, average bench 9% 1GB free, PID 5530 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	5.7% Terrible	Read 18.4 Write 5.96 Mixed 7.2 11% 10.5 MB/s	4K Read 7.3 4K Write 0.006 4K Mixed 0.01 28% 2.44 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 5.7% Great: 13%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x4GB 424,126 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	47.1% Average	MC Read 20 MC Write 12 MC Mixed 17.1 47% 16.4 GB/s	SC Read 11.1 SC Write 9.4 SC Mixed 12.8 32% 11.1 GB/s	Latency 60.4 66% 60.4 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 47.1% Great: 65%

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

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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 $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	433x
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 $32Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	29x

RAM
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	326x
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	183x
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples	173x

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Value: 88% - Excellent

Total price: $134

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $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