Asus M5A78L-M PLUS/USB3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 60% Gunboat	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 65.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	9.05% 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	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.

Motherboard	Asus M5A78L-M PLUS/USB3 (all builds)
Memory	9.1 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160627
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 28 '17 at 05:26
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (66^th 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 (86^th percentile)	65.3% Good	Memory 85.7 1-Core 73.8 2-Core 137 61% 98.7 Pts	4-Core 243 8-Core 439 41% 341 Pts	64-Core 438 27% 438 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 65.3% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 650-$112 69,673 User benchmarks, average bench 8% PNY(196E 0973) 1GB CLim: 1058 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	9.05% Terrible	Lighting 10.2 Reflection 9.15 Parallax 11.8 8% 10.4 fps	MRender 13.5 Gravity 12 Splatting 13.1 10% 12.9 fps
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 9.05% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate BUP Mac SL 4TB 107 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 3.5TB free Firmware: 0304 Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	15.8% Very poor	Read 27.7 Write 25.6 Mixed 26 20% 26.4 MB/s	4K Read 1.53 4K Write 3.87 4K Mixed 0.65 208% 2.02 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 15.8% Great: 68%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$36 203,102 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 465GB free Firmware: HP40 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 173085320 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4389 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 75277616 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 9382 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1573 (B4) Unknown 100 100 175187789 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 28 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 53 588316707 (C2) HDA temperature 35 47 68719476771 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 34 26 173085320 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	63.3% Good	Read 112 Write 108 Mixed 31.1 61% 83.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 1.78 4K Mixed 0.46 114% 0.99 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 63.3% Great: 70%
WD Blue 500GB (2007)-$80 10,362 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 431GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.03B01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 151 148 5425 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 466 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 25 25 55458 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 415 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 171 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 465 (C2) HDA temperature 106 100 41 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	46.7% Average	Read 86.6 Write 76.1 Mixed 37.7 49% 66.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.28 4K Mixed 0.34 80% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 46.7% Great: 51%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 12GB 85,415 User benchmarks, average bench 35% null MHz 2048, 4096, 2048, 4096 MB Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	32.9% Below average	MC Read 11.4 MC Write 11.1 MC Mixed 9.8 31% 10.8 GB/s	SC Read 9 SC Write 8.8 SC Mixed 9.9 26% 9.23 GB/s	Latency 71.4 56% 71.4 ns
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 32.9% Great: 50%

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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	173x

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Value: 88% - Excellent

Total price: $134

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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