Asus M5A78L-M PLUS/USB3

Performance Results


Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 15% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 69.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	52.5% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	34.5% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	4GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and although it's sufficient for most games, some will benefit from up to 8GB of RAM. 4GB is also enough for modest file and system caches which allow for a responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus M5A78L-M PLUS/USB3 (all builds)
Memory	2.8 GB free of 4 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20161118
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 26 '17 at 02:44
Run Duration	116 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing as expected (60^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8320E-$87 33,199 User benchmarks, average bench 58% AM3R2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	69.2% Good	Memory 89.8 1-Core 73.4 2-Core 146 63% 103 Pts	4-Core 264 8-Core 452 44% 358 Pts	64-Core 454 28% 454 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 69.2% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 780-Ti-$410 30,815 User benchmarks, average bench 53% Zotac(19DA 1314) 3GB CLim: 1267 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 361.75 Performing below potential (61^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	52.5% Above average	Lighting 67.3 Reflection 64.5 Parallax 81.1 55% 71 fps	MRender 77.6 Gravity 55.7 Splatting 48.3 48% 60.5 fps
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 52.5% Great: 59%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SSD 120GB 22,748 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 54GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFM21.1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 17 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 43 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 82 82 112 (AD) Unknown 100 100 131076 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 22 (C2) HDA temperature 67 67 141736083489 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 99 (F1) Unknown 100 100 179	34.5% Below average	Read 222 Write 126 Mixed 151 37% 166 MB/s	4K Read 20.8 4K Write 28.4 4K Mixed 7.28 56% 18.8 MB/s	DQ Read 25 DQ Write 63 DQ Mixed 7.58 16% 31.9 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 34.5% Great: 94%
WD Blue 250GB (2008)-$80 11,055 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 183GB free Firmware: 01.03E01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 139 134 4050 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2408 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 54 54 33673 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 806 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 291 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2408 (C2) HDA temperature 121 89 22 (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	42% Average	Read 68.7 Write 77.4 Mixed 32.1 44% 59.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.61 4K Mixed 0.34 90% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 42% Great: 61%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x2GB 446,702 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 2 of 4 slots used 4GB DIMM DDR3 Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	28.3% Poor	MC Read 9.2 MC Write 9 MC Mixed 8 25% 8.73 GB/s	SC Read 9.2 SC Write 8.5 SC Mixed 8.6 25% 8.77 GB/s	Latency 67.5 59% 67.5 ns
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 28.3% Great: 44%

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Gaming 22%

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Desktop 65%

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Workstation 18%

Surfboard

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 $29Bench 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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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