Asus M5A78L-M PLUS/USB3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 59% Gunboat	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 56.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	21.9% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (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 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.

Very high background CPU (100%). 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, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A78L-M PLUS/USB3 (all builds)
Memory	5.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20161118
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 12 '18 at 19:07
Run Duration	135 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	100%

PC Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6300-$47 261,607 User benchmarks, average bench 55% AM3R2, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	56.6% Above average	Memory 77 1-Core 45.3 2-Core 113 49% 78.5 Pts	4-Core 197 8-Core 289 30% 243 Pts	64-Core 302 19% 302 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 56.6% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon RX 560-B 49,289 User benchmarks, average bench 20% XFX(1682 956D) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1196 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 18.5.1 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	21.9% Poor	Lighting 26 Reflection 29.3 Parallax 33 21% 29.4 fps	MRender 28.6 Gravity 25 Splatting 30.4 23% 28 fps
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 21.9% Great: 22%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Blue 2.5" 500GB 1,274 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 336GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 56 56 61 45 40 37 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	34.7% Below average	Read 71.3 Write 67.5 Mixed 38.5 SusWrite 49.3 42% 56.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.9 150% 1 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 34.7% Great: 61%
Samsung HM250HI 250GB-$50 4,831 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 161GB free Firmware: 2AC101C4 SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 70 70 70 70 72 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	39.5% Below average	Read 67 Write 48.3 Mixed 40 SusWrite 70.3 42% 56.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 130% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 39.5% Great: 47%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 182GB free Firmware: HP40 SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 119 120 121 120 122 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	66% Good	Read 109 Write 52.2 Mixed 54.2 SusWrite 120 62% 84.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 1 172% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 66% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1x8GB 168,538 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	33.8% Below average	MC Read 12.7 MC Write 11.4 MC Mixed 10.6 33% 11.6 GB/s	SC Read 9.8 SC Write 6.7 SC Mixed 10.2 25% 8.9 GB/s	Latency 86.2 46% 86.2 ns
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 33.8% Great: 67%

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

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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