Asus M5A78L-M PLUS/USB3

Performance Results


Gaming 14% Tree trunk	Desktop 61% Destroyer	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (32nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 68 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 53.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	21.1% 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	25.8% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait 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.

Very high background CPU (45%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A78L-M PLUS/USB3 (all builds)
Memory	2.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161118
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 17 '19 at 12:11
Run Duration	133 Seconds
Run User	MEX-User
Background CPU	45%

PC Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6300-$57 261,607 User benchmarks, average bench 55% AM3R2, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	53.3% Above average	Memory 76.1 1-Core 57.2 2-Core 102 50% 78.5 Pts	4-Core 169 8-Core 229 25% 199 Pts	64-Core 237 15% 237 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 53.3% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 260X-$120 38,521 User benchmarks, average bench 20% Sapphire(174B E258) CLim: 1050 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 19.5.2 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	21.1% Poor	Lighting 25.3 Reflection 28.3 Parallax 30.1 21% 27.9 fps	MRender 26 Gravity 23.9 Splatting 30.1 22% 26.7 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 21.1% Great: 22%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 240GB-$28 424,288 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 20GB free (System drive) Firmware: R0105A SusWrite @10s intervals: 9.3 98 96 92 41 8.8 MB/s Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	25.8% Poor	Read 210 Write 191 Mixed 193 SusWrite 57.4 36% 163 MB/s	4K Read 19.2 4K Write 37.5 4K Mixed 0.3 49% 19 MB/s	DQ Read 26.3 DQ Write 5.2 DQ Mixed 0.2 4% 10.6 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 25.8% Great: 100%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$22 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 38GB free Firmware: KC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 14 99 100 106 45 11 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	50.1% Above average	Read 112 Write 109 Mixed 50.3 SusWrite 62.4 61% 83.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.8 126% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 50.1% Great: 88%

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 way below expectations (19^th percentile)	23.1% Poor	MC Read 7.9 MC Write 7.6 MC Mixed 7.5 22% 7.67 GB/s	SC Read 4.1 SC Write 5.3 SC Mixed 6.1 15% 5.17 GB/s	Latency 88.2 45% 88.2 ns
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 23.1% Great: 67%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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 $57Bench 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: 86% - Excellent

Total price: $144

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