Asus M5A78L-M PLUS/USB3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 75%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 72%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 60%
Gunboat
PC StatusOverall 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.
ProcessorWith 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 72.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics108% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot DriveThe 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Run History
MotherboardAsus M5A78L-M PLUS/USB3  (all builds)
Memory13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20161118
Uptime0 Days
Run DateNov 01 '20 at 04:21
Run Duration105 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU4%

 PC Performing as expected (48th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD FX-8350-$130
AM3R2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 4.3 GHz, turbo 4.3 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
72.6% Very good
Memory 91.1
1-Core 76.5
2-Core 154
65% 107 Pts
4-Core 294
8-Core 458
46% 376 Pts
64-Core 445
28% 445 Pts
Poor: 48%
This bench: 72.6%
Great: 68%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485
CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 3102 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 452.06
Performing below potential (5th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
108% Outstanding
Lighting 130
Reflection 172
Parallax 198
106% 167 fps
MRender 128
Gravity 187
Splatting 124
118% 146 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 108%
Great: 133%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WD Blue 2.5" 1TB (2004)-$47
715GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 75 76 77 76 75 MB/s
Performing as expected (60th percentile)
48% Average
Read 91
Write 88.3
Mixed 46.5
SusWrite 76.2
55% 75.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.2
4K Mixed 0.8
132% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 23%
This bench: 48%
Great: 62%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR3
Performing below potential (28th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
47.9% Average
MC Read 19.1
MC Write 15.4
MC Mixed 16.3
48% 16.9 GB/s
SC Read 10.4
SC Write 9.5
SC Mixed 12.5
31% 10.8 GB/s
Latency 65.6
61% 65.6 ns
Poor: 29%
This bench: 47.9%
Great: 97%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Typical M5A78L-M PLUS/USB3 Builds (Compare 1,269 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 22%
Surfboard
Desktop
Desktop 65%
Destroyer
Workstation
Workstation 18%
Surfboard

Motherboard: Asus M5A78L-M PLUS/USB3

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 81% - Excellent Total price: $177
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