Asus M5A78L-M PLUS/USB3

Performance Results


Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 49% Yacht	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 50.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	4.96% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	28.4% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus M5A78L-M PLUS/USB3 (all builds)
Memory	29.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161118
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 30 '21 at 03:16
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	JPN-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing as expected (49^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 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	50.7% Above average	Memory 75.4 1-Core 48.4 2-Core 97.8 47% 73.9 Pts	4-Core 145 8-Core 194 22% 170 Pts	64-Core 194 12% 194 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 50.7% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 7570 12,360 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Fujitsu(10CF 1781) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.2801.0 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	4.96% Terrible	Lighting 6.4 Reflection 6.6 Parallax 5.7 5% 6.23 fps	MRender 5.9 Gravity 5.2 Splatting 5.3 4% 5.47 fps
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 4.96% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Palit PSP256 SSD 256GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 102GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFM71.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 202 161 65 66 65 65 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	28.4% Poor	Read 249 Write 98.2 Mixed 81.2 SusWrite 104 29% 133 MB/s	4K Read 12 4K Write 18 4K Mixed 8.3 38% 12.8 MB/s	DQ Read 14.6 DQ Write 15.8 DQ Mixed 14.6 11% 15 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 28.4% Great: 77%
WD Blue 160GB (2007)-$34 56,540 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 117GB free Firmware: 02.03E02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 103 103 103 105 106 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	60.4% Good	Read 107 Write 79.6 Mixed 62.6 SusWrite 104 65% 88.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1 181% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 60.4% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x8GB 41,916 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB DIMM DDR3 Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	32.8% Below average	MC Read 14.5 MC Write 7.4 MC Mixed 12.6 33% 11.5 GB/s	SC Read 7.5 SC Write 6.2 SC Mixed 8.5 21% 7.4 GB/s	Latency 89.5 45% 89.5 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 32.8% Great: 115%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	4	1	60	31.6"	1280 720	ACR0507 EB321HQU

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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 $29Bench 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) $29	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