Asus M5A78L-M LX3 PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 53% Yacht	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 50.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus M5A78L-M LX3 PLUS (all builds)
Memory	4.7 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 Days
Run Date	May 24 '17 at 14:35
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	JPN-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd 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 (95^th percentile)	50.6% Above average	Memory 77.6 1-Core 47.4 2-Core 94.5 47% 73.2 Pts	4-Core 140 8-Core 140 19% 140 Pts	64-Core 139 9% 139 Pts
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 50.6% 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: 382.5 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	10.7% Very poor	Lighting 12 Reflection 14.1 Parallax 10.1 10% 12 fps	MRender 16.3 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% 19GB free (System drive) Firmware: AJF10204 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd 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 100 100 927 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 462 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (A9) Unknown 100 100 210521948686 (AA) Unknown 100 100 47256109154 (AD) Unknown 197 197 0 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 116 (C2) HDA temperature 55 50 214749020205 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	15.3% Very poor	Read 129 Write 39.3 Mixed 71.3 17% 79.8 MB/s	4K Read 6.96 4K Write 15.1 4K Mixed 4.24 24% 8.78 MB/s	DQ Read 8.99 DQ Write 21.7 DQ Mixed 3.96 6% 11.6 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 15.3% Great: 23%
WD Black 2.5" 500GB (2011)-$50 12,013 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 361GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 194 169 1300 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1233 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5657 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1124 (BF) G-sense error rate 1 1 7205 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 108 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 168 168 98036 (C2) HDA temperature 110 106 37 (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 93 93 5187 (F1) Unknown 200 200 9907473854 (F2) Unknown 200 200 18255066535 (FE) Unknown 72 72 128	32.1% Below average	Read 51.4 Write 60.1 Mixed 26.3 34% 46 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.44 4K Mixed 0.17 66% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 32.1% 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 (80^th percentile)	33.1% Below average	MC Read 15 MC Write 7.4 MC Mixed 11.8 33% 11.4 GB/s	SC Read 8.3 SC Write 7.2 SC Mixed 9.3 24% 8.27 GB/s	Latency 85.2 47% 85.2 ns
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 33.1% Great: 46%

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Typical M5A78L-M LX3 PLUS Builds (Compare 55 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

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 $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 $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