Asus M5A78L-M PLUS/USB3

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (37th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 63 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 a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 68.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	96.6% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	30.4% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus M5A78L-M PLUS/USB3 (all builds)
Memory	27.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161118
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jul 04 '20 at 20:56
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8350-$130 313,196 User benchmarks, average bench 61% AM3R2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.3 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	68.8% Good	Memory 87.8 1-Core 76.5 2-Core 151 64% 105 Pts	4-Core 270 8-Core 441 44% 355 Pts	64-Core 445 28% 445 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 68.8% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 360A) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 445.75 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	96.6% Outstanding	Lighting 112 Reflection 137 Parallax 185 91% 145 fps	MRender 114 Gravity 162 Splatting 118 107% 132 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 96.6% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Spcc Solid State Disk 128GB 14,793 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 16GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFM91.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 67 62 46 64 20 42 MB/s Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	30.4% Below average	Read 205 Write 109 Mixed 127 SusWrite 50.2 27% 123 MB/s	4K Read 22.3 4K Write 14.2 4K Mixed 15 60% 17.2 MB/s	DQ Read 27.5 DQ Write 6.8 DQ Mixed 5.9 7% 13.4 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 30.4% Great: 93%
Spcc Solid State Disk 256GB 641 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 18GB free Firmware: SBFM81.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 160 181 192 195 121 197 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 11% Great: 59%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 73GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 114 116 117 112 109 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	80.9% Excellent	Read 168 Write 154 Mixed 73.5 SusWrite 114 93% 127 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 153% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 113%
Spcc Solid State Disk 256GB 641 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 26GB free Firmware: SBFM81.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 69 49 68 22 45 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 11% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x8GB 41,916 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 Performing below potential (29^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	47.3% Average	MC Read 19 MC Write 15.3 MC Mixed 16.4 48% 16.9 GB/s	SC Read 9 SC Write 9 SC Mixed 13 30% 10.3 GB/s	Latency 69.7 57% 69.7 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 47.3% Great: 115%

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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 $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 $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 $182	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) $30	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