Asus M5A78L-M PLUS/USB3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 65% Destroyer	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (33rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 67 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. 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 66.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	14.3% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
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	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A78L-M PLUS/USB3 (all builds)
Memory	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161118
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Oct 30 '20 at 07:10
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	27%

PC Performing below expectations (33^rd 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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	66.2% Good	Memory 91.7 1-Core 68.5 2-Core 132 61% 97.3 Pts	4-Core 222 8-Core 391 37% 307 Pts	64-Core 409 25% 409 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 66.2% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 550-$79 79,894 User benchmarks, average bench 14% HP(103C 841E) 2GB CLim: 1183 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 20.10.10.02 Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	14.3% Very poor	Lighting 16.8 Reflection 28.8 Parallax 20.2 14% 21.9 fps	MRender 17.4 Gravity 15.6 Splatting 22.5 16% 18.5 fps
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 14.3% Great: 16%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 239GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 65 81 86 90 93 77 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	59% Above average	Read 124 Write 114 Mixed 64.2 SusWrite 81.9 70% 95.9 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1.1 201% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 59% Great: 109%
WD WD5000AAVS-00ZTB0 500GB 13,629 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 60GB free Firmware: 05.04C05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 43 43 44 44 44 44 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	21.7% Poor	Read 31.5 Write 22 Mixed 25.5 SusWrite 43.6 23% 30.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 130% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 21.7% Great: 44%
WD My Book 1230 2TB 4,878 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 689GB free, PID 1230 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 24 24 24 24 24 24 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	14.5% Very poor	Read 24 Write 24.3 Mixed 21.5 SusWrite 24.2 32% 23.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.9 94% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 14.5% Great: 59%
Seagate Portable 500GB 3,247 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 257GB free, PID 2300 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 31 32 31 32 32 32 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	14.2% Very poor	Read 32.5 Write 31.3 Mixed 23.5 SusWrite 31.9 40% 29.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.6 49% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 14.2% Great: 19%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x8GB 236,291 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 Performing below potential (22^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	45.5% Average	MC Read 18.9 MC Write 14.2 MC Mixed 14.7 46% 15.9 GB/s	SC Read 10.2 SC Write 9 SC Mixed 12.3 30% 10.5 GB/s	Latency 64.6 62% 64.6 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 45.5% Great: 97%

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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%

Destroyer

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 $32Bench 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 $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $46

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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