Asus M5A78L-M PLUS/USB3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (26th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 74 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 47.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
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	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.

Very high background CPU (56%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A78L-M PLUS/USB3 (all builds)
Memory	10.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	Цвета: 1360 x 768 - 32 Bit
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161118
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 10 '17 at 00:16
Run Duration	95 Seconds
Run User	RUS-User
Background CPU	56%

PC Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Phenom II X4 945 12,746 User benchmarks, average bench 51% AM3R2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	47.9% Average	Memory 75.8 1-Core 41.5 2-Core 80.1 44% 65.8 Pts	4-Core 118 8-Core 119 16% 119 Pts	64-Core 128 8% 128 Pts
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 47.9% Great: 58%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 28GB free (System drive) Firmware: 608ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 32478863 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 32779190409522 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 494 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 95 (B1) Unknown 0 0 2 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 35 48 38657851427 (C2) HDA temperature 35 48 38657851427 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 32478863 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 32478863 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 32478863 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 97 97 42949672961 (E9) Unknown 0 0 12558 (EA) Unknown 0 0 6131 (F1) Unknown 0 0 6131 (F2) Unknown 0 0 3084 (F4) Unknown 97 97 6160478	32.6% Below average	Read 190 Write 111 Mixed 144 33% 148 MB/s	4K Read 13.8 4K Write 37.4 4K Mixed 10.8 54% 20.7 MB/s	DQ Read 21.9 DQ Write 70.8 DQ Mixed 10 18% 34.3 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 32.6% Great: 73%
WD Black 1TB (2013)-$48 240,965 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 530GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 170 0 (03) Spinup time 170 166 2458 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2150 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 7390 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 565 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 143 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 197 197 10369 (C2) HDA temperature 106 90 37 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 199 59 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 199 59 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 1 93085 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 70	90.7% Outstanding	Read 160 Write 156 Mixed 111 106% 142 MB/s	4K Read 1.25 4K Write 2.66 4K Mixed 0.34 139% 1.42 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 90.7% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x8GB 236,291 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR3 Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	27.7% Poor	MC Read 11.3 MC Write 6.4 MC Mixed 10.8 27% 9.5 GB/s	SC Read 6 SC Write 5.4 SC Mixed 7.1 18% 6.17 GB/s	Latency 88.7 45% 88.7 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 27.7% Great: 97%

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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 $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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