Asus M5A78L-M PLUS/USB3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 3% Tree trunk	Desktop 50% Yacht	Workstation 3% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 57.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	3.62% 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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
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.

Motherboard	Asus M5A78L-M PLUS/USB3 (all builds)
Memory	13.6 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit cores, 1600 x 900 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161118
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Jan 18 '20 at 01:55
Run Duration	204 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	27%

PC Performing as expected (48^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8320E-$87 33,199 User benchmarks, average bench 58% AM3R2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	57.8% Above average	Memory 80.2 1-Core 59.5 2-Core 106 52% 82 Pts	4-Core 193 8-Core 292 30% 243 Pts	64-Core 300 19% 300 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 57.8% Great: 65%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
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)	0.47% Terrible	Lighting 0.47 Reflection 1.12 Parallax 0.12 0% 0.57 fps	MRender 0.81 Gravity 0.33 Splatting 1.09 1% 0.74 fps
Poor: 0% ↑ This bench: 0.47% Great: 1%
Nvidia GeForce GT 710 187,161 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Nvidia(10DE 118B) 1GB CLim: 954 MHz, MLim: 400 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 432.0 Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	3.62% Terrible	Lighting 4.23 Reflection 4.19 Parallax 4 4% 4.14 fps	MRender 3.95 Gravity 3.87 Splatting 6.13 4% 4.65 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.62% Great: 4%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
ST3500413AS 750GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 1GB free Firmware: 3CNR Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples		Read 36 Write 33.8 Mixed 29.2 7% 33 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.3 2% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 85% Great: 100%
Seagate ST3500312CS 500GB-$24 89,637 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 187GB free (System drive) Firmware: SC13 SusWrite @10s intervals: 53 23 49 9.3 29 35 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	34.4% Below average	Read 86.5 Write 81.7 Mixed 48.2 SusWrite 33.1 46% 62.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.9 154% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 34.4% Great: 60%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 2TB-$50 815,515 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 284GB free Firmware: CC29 SusWrite @10s intervals: 157 138 176 171 170 167 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	96.5% Outstanding	Read 174 Write 136 Mixed 69 SusWrite 163 99% 135 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 96.5% Great: 114%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$32 107,978 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 40GB free Firmware: JC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 99 105 102 99 106 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	53% Above average	Read 81.8 Write 87.8 Mixed 50.2 SusWrite 103 59% 80.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 1 168% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 53% Great: 70%
TOSHIBA MK5065GSXF 500GB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 405GB free, PID 2329 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 28 28 30 29 29 29 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	15.3% Very poor	Read 29.5 Write 28.2 Mixed 24.2 SusWrite 28.9 38% 27.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.7 77% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 15.3% Great: 18%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 24GB 14,716 User benchmarks, average bench 43% null MHz 8192, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Performing below potential (20^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	32.5% Below average	MC Read 11.3 MC Write 10.9 MC Mixed 11 32% 11.1 GB/s	SC Read 7.9 SC Write 7 SC Mixed 9 23% 7.97 GB/s	Latency 80.1 50% 80.1 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 32.5% Great: 72%

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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) $48	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16