Asus M5A78L-M PLUS/USB3

Performance Results


Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 41% Speed boat	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (34th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 66 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 a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 51%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	3.24% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	24.4% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
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

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A78L-M PLUS/USB3 (all builds)
Memory	4.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160627
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Oct 13 '17 at 18:27
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6300-$57 261,607 User benchmarks, average bench 55% AM3R2, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 2.7 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	51% Above average	Memory 69.8 1-Core 23.8 2-Core 49.2 34% 47.6 Pts	4-Core 175 8-Core 282 28% 228 Pts	64-Core 282 18% 282 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 51% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 730 164,888 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Device(0000 0000) ≥ 4GB CLim: 700 MHz, MLim: 250 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	3.24% Terrible	Lighting 4.07 Reflection 4.81 Parallax 3.44 3% 4.1 fps	MRender 4.52 Gravity 4.1 Splatting 3.09 3% 3.9 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.24% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Patriot Spark 256GB 1,848 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 22GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFM10.5 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 704 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 570 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 84 84 300 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1114164 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 29 (C2) HDA temperature 67 67 141736083489 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 98 (F1) Unknown 100 100 3891	24.4% Poor	Read 127 Write 99.3 Mixed 7.44 17% 78.1 MB/s	4K Read 16.7 4K Write 18.4 4K Mixed 6 43% 13.7 MB/s	DQ Read 17.6 DQ Write 28 DQ Mixed 7.17 10% 17.6 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 24.4% Great: 85%
Hitachi HUA722020ALA331 2TB 22,636 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 1.5TB free Firmware: JKAOA3FD Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 134 134 97 (03) Spinup time 118 118 51579650658 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1015 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 121 121 35 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 563 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 565 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1015 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1015 (C2) HDA temperature 200 200 214749478942 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0	70.2% Very good	Read 120 Write 125 Mixed 87.7 83% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 1.37 4K Mixed 0.38 97% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 70.2% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1x8GB 168,538 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 1 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DDR3 Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	26.6% Poor	MC Read 10.8 MC Write 9 MC Mixed 7.8 26% 9.2 GB/s	SC Read 6.3 SC Write 5.2 SC Mixed 6.7 17% 6.07 GB/s	Latency 102 39% 102 ns
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 26.6% Great: 67%

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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 $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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $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