Asus M5A78L-M LX PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 54% Yacht	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 56%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	6.46% 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	28.2% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

8 years ago, 8 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A78L-M LX PLUS (all builds)
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20110920
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 30 '15 at 22:21
Run Duration	184 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing as expected (47^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6100-$68 44,863 User benchmarks, average bench 54% AM3R2, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	56% Above average	Memory 77.3 1-Core 65.1 2-Core 111 53% 84.4 Pts	4-Core 192 8-Core 256 28% 224 Pts	64-Core 260 16% 260 Pts
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 56% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 240 58,337 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Sapphire(174B E266) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.200.1062.1004 Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	6.46% Terrible	Lighting 7.13 Reflection 9.65 Parallax 8.84 6% 8.54 fps	MRender 10.4 Gravity 6.43 Splatting 10.9 8% 9.26 fps
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 6.46% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 47GB free (System drive) Firmware: 603ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 60728617 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 -11699490909787 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 71 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 24 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 35 43 77312229411 (C2) HDA temperature 35 43 77312229411 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 60728617 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 60728617 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 60728617 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 98 98 4294967297 (E9) Unknown 0 0 8145 (EA) Unknown 0 0 3496 (F1) Unknown 0 0 3496 (F2) Unknown 0 0 852 (F4) Unknown 99 99 3932211	28.2% Poor	Read 196 Write 107 Mixed 131 32% 145 MB/s	4K Read 17.3 4K Write 12 4K Mixed 8.79 44% 12.7 MB/s	DQ Read 21.2 DQ Write 14.9 DQ Mixed 7.45 8% 14.5 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 28.2% Great: 73%
WD WD7502ABYS-02A6B0 750GB 1,121 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 698GB free Firmware: 03.00C06 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 253 253 5400 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 263 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 77 77 16855 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 65 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 29 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 233 (C2) HDA temperature 111 96 39 (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	63.3% Good	Read 119 Write 101 Mixed 102 81% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 2.67 4K Mixed 0.4 126% 1.28 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 63.3% Great: 63%
WD Green 1.5TB (2010)-$170 41,439 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 308GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 182 179 5866 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1248 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 85 85 10986 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 413 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 305 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 162 162 114742 (C2) HDA temperature 115 102 35 (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 5 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	32.6% Below average	Read 55.8 Write 57.8 Mixed 49.6 41% 54.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 0.12 4K Mixed 0.13 39% 0.26 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 32.6% Great: 63%
WD WD10EVVS-63M5B0 1TB 1,639 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 248GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 162 160 6858 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2636 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 50 50 36789 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1140 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 226 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2636 (C2) HDA temperature 115 101 35 (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	43.5% Average	Read 80.7 Write 70.7 Mixed 72.7 56% 74.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.34 4K Write 1.74 4K Mixed 0.22 71% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 43.5% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x8GB 236,291 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	43% Average	MC Read 17.6 MC Write 13.6 MC Mixed 15.4 44% 15.5 GB/s	SC Read 8.7 SC Write 8.9 SC Mixed 10.6 27% 9.4 GB/s	Latency 85.7 47% 85.7 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 43% Great: 97%

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Gaming 5%

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Desktop 50%

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Workstation 5%

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Motherboard: Asus M5A78L-M LX PLUS - $200

CPU
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $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 $45	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