Asus M5A78L-M PLUS/USB3

Performance Results


Gaming 47% Yacht	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 39% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 70%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	64.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	47.4% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A78L-M PLUS/USB3 (all builds)
Memory	10.2 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161118
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 25 '17 at 12:31
Run Duration	334 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	7%

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PC Performing above expectations (65^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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	70% Good	Memory 93.2 1-Core 72.9 2-Core 131 62% 99 Pts	4-Core 254 8-Core 438 42% 346 Pts	64-Core 437 27% 437 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 70% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Asus(1043 85AB) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2099 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.71 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	64.6% Good	Lighting 81.4 Reflection 78.7 Parallax 67.7 66% 75.9 fps	MRender 74.3 Gravity 73.9 Splatting 75.6 61% 74.6 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 64.6% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingdian S280-240GB 240GB 2,188 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 15GB free (System drive) Firmware: P0414B Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (2^nd 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 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1074 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 847 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 134 (A3) Unknown 100 100 18 (A4) Unknown 100 100 44800 (A5) Unknown 100 100 68 (A6) Unknown 100 100 9 (A7) Unknown 100 100 23 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 98 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 12 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 104 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 40 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 221197 (F2) Unknown 100 100 311782 (F5) Unknown 100 100 179200	47.4% Average	Read 259 Write 234 Mixed 249 55% 247 MB/s	4K Read 20.2 4K Write 44 4K Mixed 14.3 72% 26.2 MB/s	DQ Read 17.4 DQ Write 43.7 DQ Mixed 61.6 38% 40.9 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 47.4% Great: 100%
WD Green 500GB (2009)-$23 63,281 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 218GB free Firmware: 01.00A02 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 26 (03) Spinup time 188 185 3566 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3003 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 72 72 20493 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1830 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 962 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2040 (C2) HDA temperature 117 79 26 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 205 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	42.9% Average	Read 76.5 Write 73.2 Mixed 69.6 55% 73.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.32 4K Write 0.74 4K Mixed 0.31 62% 0.46 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 42.9% Great: 54%
Seagate ST3500312CS 500GB-$20 89,637 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 164GB free Firmware: SC13 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 209059098 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 37 37 65535 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 66825604 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 7676 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 966 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 77 51 387383319 (C2) HDA temperature 23 49 51539607575 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 59 36 209059098 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	40.9% Average	Read 61.9 Write 80.7 Mixed 86.2 58% 76.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.27 4K Write 1.39 4K Mixed 0.25 65% 0.64 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 40.9% Great: 60%
WD WD1600AVVS-63L2B0 160GB 2,580 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 149GB free Firmware: 01.03A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 4 (03) Spinup time 157 154 3108 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7076 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 87 87 9606 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 6554 (C0) Power-off retract count 192 192 6340 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 7076 (C2) HDA temperature 117 87 26 (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 24 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	43.5% Average	Read 75.3 Write 76.2 Mixed 73.6 56% 75 MB/s	4K Read 0.36 4K Write 1.91 4K Mixed 0.3 83% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 43.5% Great: 44%
hp v265b 16GB 20 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 15GB free, PID ba07 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	4.84% Terrible	Read 18.8 Write 5.25 Mixed 7.84 11% 10.6 MB/s	4K Read 4.03 4K Write 0.004 4K Mixed 0.003 15% 1.35 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.84% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 12GB 85,415 User benchmarks, average bench 35% null MHz 2048, 2048, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	49.3% Average	MC Read 20.8 MC Write 15.7 MC Mixed 15.7 50% 17.4 GB/s	SC Read 11.6 SC Write 8.5 SC Mixed 13.2 32% 11.1 GB/s	Latency 61.6 65% 61.6 ns
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 49.3% Great: 50%

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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 $293	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 $45	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