Asus M5A78L-M PLUS/USB3

Performance Results


Gaming 34% Sail boat	Desktop 63% Destroyer	Workstation 26% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (31st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 69 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 57.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	54.5% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	32.6% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Very high background CPU (79%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A78L-M PLUS/USB3 (all builds)
Memory	11.1 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20160627
Uptime	2.7 Days
Run Date	Oct 13 '18 at 01:11
Run Duration	178 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	79%

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PC Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8320E-$87 33,199 User benchmarks, average bench 58% AM3R2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	57.8% Above average	Memory 82 1-Core 39.9 2-Core 112 49% 78.1 Pts	4-Core 184 8-Core 293 29% 239 Pts	64-Core 293 18% 293 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 57.8% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB-$117 1,368,019 User benchmarks, average bench 56% EVGA(3842 6161) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below potential (31^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	54.5% Above average	Lighting 64.4 Reflection 77.7 Parallax 68 52% 70 fps	MRender 72.8 Gravity 71.4 Splatting 70 58% 71.4 fps
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 54.5% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 250GB-$90 26,761 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 8GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41110WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 50 34 31 36 37 MB/s Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	32.6% Below average	Read 170 Write 69 Mixed 62.3 SusWrite 36.4 19% 84.5 MB/s	4K Read 11.4 4K Write 40.3 4K Mixed 22.8 68% 24.8 MB/s	DQ Read 29.3 DQ Write 58.3 DQ Mixed 27.5 26% 38.4 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 32.6% Great: 100%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 816GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 58 38 33 40 45 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	47.3% Average	Read 123 Write 83.5 Mixed 74.3 SusWrite 42 60% 80.7 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.7 151% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 47.3% Great: 109%
Seagate ST3250620AS 250GB-$149 6,960 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 233GB free Firmware: 3.AAJ SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 79 79 77 79 79 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	43.9% Average	Read 74.3 Write 54 Mixed 42.8 SusWrite 78.5 46% 62.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.9 153% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 43.9% Great: 43%
BUFFALO HD-PCTU2 1TB 129 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 221GB free, PID 01c5 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 18 18 17 17 17 17 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	8.69% Terrible	Read 24.8 Write 23.5 Mixed 16.5 SusWrite 17.3 27% 20.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.4 29% 0.4 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 8.69% Great: 20%
WD 1200BEV External 120GB 50 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 32GB free, PID 0702 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 17 18 17 17 17 17 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	12.7% Very poor	Read 27 Write 26 Mixed 20.8 SusWrite 17.1 30% 22.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 80% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 12.7% Great: 20%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 24GB 14,716 User benchmarks, average bench 43% null MHz 8192, 8192, 4096, 4096 MB Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	41% Average	MC Read 16 MC Write 14.4 MC Mixed 14 42% 14.8 GB/s	SC Read 7.8 SC Write 6.7 SC Mixed 9.1 22% 7.87 GB/s	Latency 76.9 52% 76.9 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 41% Great: 72%

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

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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 $30Bench 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 $269	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