Asus M5A78L-M PLUS/USB3

Performance Results


Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 56% Gunboat	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 62.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	0.5% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	50% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A78L-M PLUS/USB3 (all builds)
Memory	5.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161118
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 27 '19 at 09:37
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (64^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 above expectations (72^nd percentile)	62.8% Good	Memory 85 1-Core 75.1 2-Core 122 59% 94 Pts	4-Core 221 8-Core 437 39% 329 Pts	64-Core 437 27% 437 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 62.8% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
ATI Radeon 3000 Graphics 21,841 User benchmarks, average bench 1% Asus(1043 8388) 256MB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 8.970.100.9001 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	0.5% Terrible	Lighting 0.5 Reflection 1.46 Parallax 0.16 0% 0.71 fps	MRender 0.81 Gravity 0.37 Splatting 1.17 1% 0.78 fps
Poor: 0% ↑ This bench: 0.5% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
T-64 64GB 394 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 34GB free (System drive) Firmware: T170810a SusWrite @10s intervals: 210 117 104 106 122 105 MB/s Performing below potential (42^nd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	50% Above average	Read 238 Write 211 Mixed 217 SusWrite 127 44% 198 MB/s	4K Read 27.6 4K Write 30.6 4K Mixed 26.7 92% 28.3 MB/s	DQ Read 57.2 DQ Write 128 DQ Mixed 68 59% 84.5 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 50% Great: 76%
Samsung Spinpoint F2 1TB-$60 32,476 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 1TB free Firmware: 1AG01118 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 104 104 104 104 105 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	59.2% Above average	Read 102 Write 50.2 Mixed 54.1 SusWrite 104 57% 77.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.9 161% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 59.2% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x4GB 424,126 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	42.4% Average	MC Read 17.1 MC Write 14.2 MC Mixed 13.2 42% 14.8 GB/s	SC Read 10 SC Write 8.8 SC Mixed 11.3 29% 10 GB/s	Latency 71.9 56% 71.9 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 42.4% Great: 65%

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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 $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 $300	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