Asus M5A78L-M PLUS/USB3

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 65% Destroyer	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 58.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	28% 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	48.5% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 (29%). 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	5.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161118
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 11 '19 at 02:28
Run Duration	131 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	29%

PC Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8320-$129 106,454 User benchmarks, average bench 59% AM3R2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	58.8% Above average	Memory 77.2 1-Core 61.2 2-Core 112 52% 83.6 Pts	4-Core 220 8-Core 338 34% 279 Pts	64-Core 376 23% 376 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 58.8% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7870-$203 42,130 User benchmarks, average bench 26% XFX(1682 3250) 2GB CLim: 1000 MHz, MLim: 1200 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 19.9.2 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	28% Poor	Lighting 35.4 Reflection 31.4 Parallax 42.3 29% 36.4 fps	MRender 27.4 Gravity 30.7 Splatting 36.8 26% 31.7 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 28% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 191GB free (System drive) Firmware: 600A SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 122 129 114 125 108 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	48.5% Average	Read 177 Write 178 Mixed 169 SusWrite 121 36% 161 MB/s	4K Read 22.9 4K Write 55.3 4K Mixed 29.6 102% 35.9 MB/s	DQ Read 29.2 DQ Write 75.7 DQ Mixed 33.9 31% 46.3 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 48.5% Great: 85%
VendorCo ProductCode 8GB 4,860 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 7GB free, PID 5678 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 5.5 5.6 5.6 5.6 5.6 5.6 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	9.96% Terrible	Read 12 Write 5.3 Mixed 7.2 SusWrite 5.6 9% 7.53 MB/s	4K Read 3.6 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 2.7 173% 2.77 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 9.96% Great: 8%

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)	43.7% Average	MC Read 19.3 MC Write 14.2 MC Mixed 13.9 45% 15.8 GB/s	SC Read 10 SC Write 8.3 SC Mixed 10.9 28% 9.73 GB/s	Latency 86 46% 86 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 43.7% Great: 65%

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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%

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 $30Bench 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 $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