Asus M5A78L-M/USB3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 40% Jet ski	Desktop 68% Battle cruiser	Workstation 32% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 66.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	60.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

Run History

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Motherboard	Asus M5A78L-M/USB3 (all builds)
Memory	8.4 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141202
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 07 '18 at 21:25
Run Duration	190 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (77^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 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	66.5% Good	Memory 86.3 1-Core 74 2-Core 140 62% 100 Pts	4-Core 254 8-Core 435 42% 344 Pts	64-Core 436 27% 436 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 66.5% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% Nvidia(10DE 11D7) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	60.9% Good	Lighting 75.9 Reflection 76.8 Parallax 65.9 62% 72.9 fps	MRender 72 Gravity 70 Splatting 73.6 59% 71.9 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 60.9% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 179GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 543 220 220 221 216 216 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 72% Great: 124%
WD Red 1TB (2012)-$88 37,583 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 404GB free Firmware: 82.00A82 SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 96 98 99 100 100 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	58.6% Above average	Read 105 Write 99.3 Mixed 65.8 SusWrite 98.6 68% 92.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.8 165% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 58.6% Great: 87%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 12GB 85,415 User benchmarks, average bench 35% null MHz 2048, 2048, 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	45.4% Average	MC Read 17.8 MC Write 14.6 MC Mixed 15.8 46% 16.1 GB/s	SC Read 10.5 SC Write 8.3 SC Mixed 12.4 30% 10.4 GB/s	Latency 71 56% 71 ns
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 45.4% Great: 50%

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

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Motherboard: Asus M5A78L-M/USB3 - $53

CPU
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	510x
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	325x
FX-8320AMD $129Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	186x

GPU
Radeon 3000 GraphicsATIBench 1%, 21,841 samples	139x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	127x
GTX 750-TiNvidia $92Bench 17%, 309,423 samples	90x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	85x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	56x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	48x

RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	355x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	346x
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples	309x

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Value: 65% - Good

Total price: $128

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) $31	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