Asus M5A78L-M PLUS/USB3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 33% Sail boat	Desktop 60% Destroyer	Workstation 23% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 57.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	61.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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	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.

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, 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	6.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit barev
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161118
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 06 '20 at 09:25
Run Duration	110 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Phenom II X4 955-$83 41,403 User benchmarks, average bench 51% AM3R2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.35 GHz, turbo 3.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	57.1% Above average	Memory 80.5 1-Core 48.3 2-Core 99.5 49% 76.1 Pts	4-Core 198 8-Core 196 26% 197 Pts	64-Core 197 12% 197 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 57.1% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 580-$130 360,351 User benchmarks, average bench 52% Sapphire(1DA2 E366) CLim: 1410 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 20.9.2 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	61.2% Good	Lighting 78 Reflection 71.5 Parallax 93.9 64% 81.1 fps	MRender 73.4 Gravity 77 Splatting 60.5 57% 70.3 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 61.2% Great: 56%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba MQ04ABF100 1TB 179,769 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 747GB free (System drive) Firmware: JU002U SusWrite @10s intervals: 66 71 100 115 123 122 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	68.7% Good	Read 140 Write 129 Mixed 17.4 SusWrite 99.7 69% 96.4 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.7 139% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 68.7% Great: 79%

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 below potential (32^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	26.9% Poor	MC Read 10 MC Write 7.9 MC Mixed 8.4 25% 8.77 GB/s	SC Read 7.5 SC Write 6.4 SC Mixed 7.2 20% 7.03 GB/s	Latency 79.5 50% 79.5 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 26.9% 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%

Surfboard

Desktop 65%

Destroyer

Workstation 18%

Surfboard

Motherboard: Asus M5A78L-M PLUS/USB3

CPU
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	436x
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	87x
GTX 1050Nvidia $88Bench 26%, 269,381 samples	84x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $25Bench 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: 82% - Excellent

Total price: $174

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16