Asus M5A78L-M PLUS/USB3

Performance Results


Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 57% Gunboat	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 63.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	3.76% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	45.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	20GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 20GB 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 (25%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

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, 2 years ago, 20 months ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus M5A78L-M PLUS/USB3 (all builds)
Memory	12.2 GB free of 20 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161118
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 27 '20 at 11:13
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	IND-User
Background CPU	25%

PC Performing as expected (51^st 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 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	63.5% Good	Memory 84.2 1-Core 71.5 2-Core 108 57% 88.1 Pts	4-Core 233 8-Core 406 39% 319 Pts	64-Core 397 24% 397 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 63.5% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 710 187,161 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Asus(1043 8572) 2GB CLim: 954 MHz, MLim: 450 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 365.10 Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	3.76% Terrible	Lighting 4.5 Reflection 4.62 Parallax 4.16 4% 4.42 fps	MRender 4.43 Gravity 3.63 Splatting 5.91 4% 4.66 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.76% Great: 4%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 250GB-$90 26,761 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 203GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41110WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 175 183 178 181 185 183 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	45.6% Average	Read 192 Write 184 Mixed 141 SusWrite 181 39% 174 MB/s	4K Read 18.9 4K Write 40.8 4K Mixed 23.3 80% 27.7 MB/s	DQ Read 24.5 DQ Write 64.5 DQ Mixed 27.2 26% 38.7 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 45.6% Great: 100%
WD Purple Surveillance 1TB (2017)-$45 9,464 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 536GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 112 111 116 98 116 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	54% Above average	Read 83.5 Write 78.5 Mixed 29 SusWrite 105 54% 73.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.4 85% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 54% Great: 89%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 20GB 10,519 User benchmarks, average bench 39% null MHz 8192, 4096, 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	45% Average	MC Read 18.4 MC Write 14.5 MC Mixed 15.2 46% 16 GB/s	SC Read 9.7 SC Write 8.6 SC Mixed 11.7 29% 10 GB/s	Latency 73.1 55% 73.1 ns
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 45% Great: 54%

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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 $28Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	29x

RAM
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	326x
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	183x
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples	174x

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Value: 88% - Excellent

Total price: $134

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16