Asus M5A78L-M LX3 PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 51% Yacht	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 48%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	10.7% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	15.3% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
Memory	6GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 6GB 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

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A78L-M LX3 PLUS (all builds)
Memory	4 GB free of 6 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit 种颜色
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121115
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 27 '17 at 17:30
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	CHN-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Athlon II X3 440-$50 1,929 User benchmarks, average bench 43% AM3R2, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 3 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	48% Average	Memory 73.9 1-Core 43.6 2-Core 88.1 44% 68.5 Pts	4-Core 130 8-Core 132 18% 131 Pts	64-Core 130 8% 130 Pts
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 48% Great: 51%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 550-Ti-$250 54,392 User benchmarks, average bench 9% Asus(1043 838C) 1GB CLim: 990 MHz, MLim: 1026 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 378.92 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	10.7% Very poor	Lighting 12 Reflection 14.1 Parallax 10 10% 12 fps	MRender 16.5 Gravity 12.5 Splatting 16.4 12% 15.1 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 10.7% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba THNSFB062GMSJ 62GB 37 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 24GB free (System drive) Firmware: AJF10204 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 715 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 385 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 210521948686 (AA) Unknown 100 100 47256109154 (AD) Unknown 198 198 0 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 111 (C2) HDA temperature 68 50 214749020192 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	15.3% Very poor	Read 126 Write 48.6 Mixed 69.6 18% 81.3 MB/s	4K Read 5.84 4K Write 17.1 4K Mixed 3.64 23% 8.85 MB/s	DQ Read 8.93 DQ Write 24.3 DQ Mixed 3.83 7% 12.4 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 15.3% Great: 23%
WD Black 2.5" 500GB (2011)-$50 12,013 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 370GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 192 169 1358 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1099 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5452 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1047 (BF) G-sense error rate 1 1 7202 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 110 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 169 169 94987 (C2) HDA temperature 120 106 27 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (F0) Head flying hours 94 94 5066 (F1) Unknown 200 200 9573680325 (F2) Unknown 200 200 17912640739 (FE) Unknown 72 72 128	46.8% Average	Read 80 Write 82.8 Mixed 28.5 47% 63.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.2 88% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 46.8% Great: 65%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 6GB 111,301 User benchmarks, average bench 25% null MHz 4096, 2048 MB Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	26.6% Poor	MC Read 11.1 MC Write 6.8 MC Mixed 9.1 26% 9 GB/s	SC Read 6.6 SC Write 5.9 SC Mixed 7.2 19% 6.57 GB/s	Latency 92.6 43% 92.6 ns
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 26.6% Great: 46%

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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 LX3 PLUS

CPU
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	16x
FX-8300AMD $168Bench 58%, 49,767 samples	12x
FX-4100AMD $110Bench 51%, 32,471 samples	8x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	6x
Radeon 3000 GraphicsATIBench 1%, 21,841 samples	5x
GeForce GT 610NvidiaBench 2%, 62,458 samples	4x

SSD
P210 128GBPatriotBench 63%, 1,174 samples	3x
860 Evo 250GBSamsung $52Bench 104%, 296,814 samples	3x
SSD 120GBBench 68%, 22,748 samples	2x

RAM
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	18x
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	16x
1x8GBUnknownBench 38%, 168,538 samples	7x

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Value: 105% - Outstanding

Total price: $106

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $178	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) $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