Asus M5A78L-M PLUS/USB3

Performance Results


Gaming 26% Raft	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 21% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 62.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	36.4% 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	39.8% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait 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.

Motherboard	Asus M5A78L-M PLUS/USB3 (all builds)
Memory	10.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2048 x 1152 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161118
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Dec 08 '17 at 03:50
Run Duration	148 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6120 Six-Core 1,739 User benchmarks, average bench 55% AM3R2, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	62.3% Good	Memory 84.5 1-Core 66.9 2-Core 130 58% 93.9 Pts	4-Core 222 8-Core 295 33% 258 Pts	64-Core 296 18% 296 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 62.3% Great: 61%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Asus(1043 854D) CLim: 1493 MHz, MLim: 1757 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.43 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	36.4% Below average	Lighting 47.6 Reflection 45.3 Parallax 40.4 39% 44.4 fps	MRender 38.5 Gravity 41.9 Splatting 36.4 32% 39 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 36.4% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Z400s 128GB-$109 10,807 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 17GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z2201000 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 141 100 909 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1326 (A6) Unknown 100 100 180 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 232 (A9) Unknown 100 100 205 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 229 (AE) Unknown 100 100 182 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 70 100 219043332126 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 7 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 16593 (F1) Unknown 253 253 5420 (F2) Unknown 253 253 3293	39.8% Below average	Read 260 Write 172 Mixed 208 47% 213 MB/s	4K Read 20.7 4K Write 43.7 4K Mixed 3.71 59% 22.7 MB/s	DQ Read 19.3 DQ Write 98 DQ Mixed 3.59 19% 40.3 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 39.8% Great: 71%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 290GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 191 168 1425 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2382 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 6709 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1151 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 158 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2225 (C2) HDA temperature 120 97 23 (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	86.8% Excellent	Read 152 Write 150 Mixed 134 109% 145 MB/s	4K Read 1.13 4K Write 2.47 4K Mixed 0.3 126% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 86.8% Great: 109%
WD Blue 320GB (2007)-$80 108,153 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 212GB free Firmware: 01.03E01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 130 124 4483 (04) Start/Stop count 95 95 5515 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 14807 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2248 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 254 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5517 (C2) HDA temperature 121 96 22 (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	45% Average	Read 70.3 Write 86.5 Mixed 85.8 61% 80.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.33 4K Write 1.71 4K Mixed 0.24 72% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 45% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x4GB 106,178 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	46.3% Average	MC Read 20 MC Write 13.5 MC Mixed 16.6 48% 16.7 GB/s	SC Read 8.8 SC Write 8.1 SC Mixed 12.1 28% 9.67 GB/s	Latency 72.6 55% 72.6 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 46.3% Great: 61%

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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 $57Bench 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: 86% - Excellent

Total price: $144

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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