Asus M5A78L-M LX PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 56% Gunboat	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 62.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	1.16% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	42.5% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

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Motherboard	Asus M5A78L-M LX PLUS (all builds)
Memory	6.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120326
Uptime	33 Days
Run Date	Aug 16 '17 at 14:03
Run Duration	132 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	30%

PC Performing as expected (49^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-4170 Quad-Core-$81 4,257 User benchmarks, average bench 56% AM3R2, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	62.7% Good	Memory 87 1-Core 63.8 2-Core 122 57% 91 Pts	4-Core 224 8-Core 226 30% 225 Pts	64-Core 226 14% 226 Pts
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 62.7% Great: 63%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
ATI Radeon HD 4300 14,988 User benchmarks, average bench 1% XFX(1682 2462) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 8.970.100.9001 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	1.16% Terrible	Lighting 1.53 Reflection 2.42 Parallax 1.28 1% 1.75 fps	MRender 1.43 Gravity 0.73 Splatting 1.39 1% 1.18 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1.16% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston HyperX 3K 120GB-$100 46,066 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 84GB free (System drive) Firmware: 521ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 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 (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 4421263 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 -87900800678641 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1163 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 58 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 31 48 98787393567 (C2) HDA temperature 31 48 98787393567 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 4421263 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 4421263 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 4421263 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 2002 (EA) Unknown 0 0 2375 (F1) Unknown 0 0 2375 (F2) Unknown 0 0 2438	42.5% Average	Read 181 Write 174 Mixed 172 39% 176 MB/s	4K Read 25.3 4K Write 49 4K Mixed 11.8 79% 28.7 MB/s	DQ Read 26.2 DQ Write 50.7 DQ Mixed 10.6 16% 29.2 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 42.5% Great: 87%
WD Blue 160GB (2007)-$24 56,540 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 62GB free Firmware: 58.01D58 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 151 150 3416 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1816 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 7330 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1495 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 130 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1835 (C2) HDA temperature 111 90 32 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	35.3% Below average	Read 62.4 Write 60.4 Mixed 18.7 34% 47.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.65 4K Mixed 0.46 100% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 35.3% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x4GB 424,126 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 2 of 2 slots used 8GB DIMM Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	44.4% Average	MC Read 17.4 MC Write 13.8 MC Mixed 16 45% 15.7 GB/s	SC Read 9.4 SC Write 8.8 SC Mixed 11.7 28% 9.97 GB/s	Latency 70.5 57% 70.5 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 44.4% Great: 65%

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

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Workstation 5%

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Motherboard: Asus M5A78L-M LX PLUS - $200

CPU
FX-6300AMD $57Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	52x
FX-6100AMD $68Bench 54%, 44,863 samples	30x
FX-4100AMD $110Bench 51%, 32,471 samples	25x

GPU
Radeon 3000 GraphicsATIBench 1%, 21,841 samples	15x
GTX 750-TiNvidia $92Bench 17%, 309,423 samples	11x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	10x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	9x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	9x
SSD 128GBBench 64%, 3,975 samples	5x

RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	118x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	68x
1x8GBUnknownBench 38%, 168,538 samples	16x

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Value: 64% - Good

Total price: $285

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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