Asus M5A78L-M PLUS/USB3

Performance Results


Gaming 13% Tree trunk	Desktop 48% Yacht	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (28th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 72 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 relatively low single core score, this CPU can handle email, light web browsing and basic audio/video playback, but it will struggle to handle CPU intensive tasks. Finally, with a gaming score of 36.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	28% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	48.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.

Very high background CPU (76%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A78L-M PLUS/USB3 (all builds)
Memory	8.7 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161118
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 07 '21 at 23:23
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	76%

PC Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Athlon II X4 630 7,197 User benchmarks, average bench 45% AM3R2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 2.8 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	36.6% Below average	Memory 51.9 1-Core 39.1 2-Core 81.2 35% 57.4 Pts	4-Core 122 8-Core 141 17% 131 Pts	64-Core 153 10% 153 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 36.6% Great: 53%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 760-$209 161,132 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Gigabyte(1458 360B) 2GB CLim: 1306 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	28% Poor	Lighting 32 Reflection 46.9 Parallax 41 26% 40 fps	MRender 42.4 Gravity 41.6 Splatting 34.1 32% 39.4 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 28% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS900 480GB-$42 17,946 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 333GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS900KA3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 150 165 181 184 187 186 MB/s Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	48.9% Average	Read 197 Write 188 Mixed 172 SusWrite 176 41% 183 MB/s	4K Read 22.6 4K Write 40.9 4K Mixed 27.2 91% 30.2 MB/s	DQ Read 27.4 DQ Write 60.2 DQ Mixed 33.3 28% 40.3 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 48.9% Great: 102%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 175GB free Firmware: HP73 SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 104 104 104 104 104 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	48.3% Average	Read 65.9 Write 95.7 Mixed 43.7 SusWrite 102 56% 76.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.7 126% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 48.3% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 3x4GB 39,448 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 3 of 4 slots used 12GB DIMM DDR3 Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	20.8% Poor	MC Read 8.5 MC Write 6.2 MC Mixed 7 21% 7.23 GB/s	SC Read 6.3 SC Write 5.3 SC Mixed 4.7 16% 5.43 GB/s	Latency 154 26% 154 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 20.8% Great: 57%

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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 $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