Asus M5A78L-M PLUS/USB3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 2% Tree trunk	Desktop 54% Yacht	Workstation 2% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 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 61.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	0.49% 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 (27%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A78L-M PLUS/USB3 (all builds)
Memory	6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161118
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 19 '18 at 14:46
Run Duration	331 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	27%

PC Performing as expected (44^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, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	61.7% Good	Memory 89.3 1-Core 73.8 2-Core 131 61% 98.1 Pts	4-Core 198 8-Core 209 27% 203 Pts	64-Core 216 13% 216 Pts
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 61.7% Great: 64%

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)	0.49% Terrible	Lighting 0.5 Reflection 1.5 Parallax 0.16 0% 0.72 fps	MRender 0.86 Gravity 0.27 Splatting 1.17 1% 0.77 fps
Poor: 0% ↑ This bench: 0.49% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Toshiba DT01ABA200 2TB 2,995 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 768GB free (System drive) Firmware: MZ4OABB0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 144 144 83 (03) Spinup time 136 136 21492662513 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 3096 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 138 138 33 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6916 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2971 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 3096 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 3096 (C2) HDA temperature 150 150 223339085864 (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 200 200 0	74.5% Very good	Read 129 Write 131 Mixed 128 97% 129 MB/s	4K Read 0.25 4K Write 1.07 4K Mixed 0.1 41% 0.47 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 74.5% Great: 85%
Samsung Spinpoint F1 750GB-$60 30,974 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 386GB free Firmware: 1AA01113 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 99 41 417 (03) Spinup time 76 76 8130 (04) Start/Stop count 87 87 13265 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 9734 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 21129 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 91 91 8734 (0D) Soft read error rate 99 41 417 (B7) Unknown 100 100 2 (B8) Unknown 99 99 1 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 7028 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 57 521928735 (C2) HDA temperature 66 55 572260386 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 54856 (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 2 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	29% Poor	Read 45.4 Write 55.5 Mixed 37.9 34% 46.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.25 4K Mixed 0.39 89% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 29% Great: 60%
Seagate ST31000520AS 1TB-$250 11,608 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 165GB free Firmware: CC32 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 216310533 (03) Spinup time 96 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 78 78 23122 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 70 61 12022602 (09) Power-on hours count 82 82 15990 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 94 94 7143 (B7) Unknown 98 98 2 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 95 231932756060 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 57 606011428 (C2) HDA temperature 36 43 47244640292 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 50 32 216310533 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 74998718955934 (F1) Unknown 100 253 1698584877 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2595414082	48.5% Average	Read 66.7 Write 102 Mixed 35.3 50% 68.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.29 71% 0.61 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 48.5% Great: 62%
USB DISK 3.0 32GB 749 User benchmarks, average bench 19% 11GB free, PID 9917 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	5.41% Terrible	Read 26.3 Write 5.41 Mixed 11.9 15% 14.5 MB/s	4K Read 1.48 4K Write 0.03 4K Mixed 0.02 7% 0.51 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 5.41% Great: 34%

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 (61^st percentile)	43.6% Average	MC Read 20.4 MC Write 10.2 MC Mixed 15.1 44% 15.2 GB/s	SC Read 10.7 SC Write 8.8 SC Mixed 11.4 29% 10.3 GB/s	Latency 68.1 59% 68.1 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 43.6% Great: 65%

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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 $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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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