Asus M5A78L-M LX PLUS

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 60% Gunboat	Workstation 4% 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 56.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	22.1% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	4GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and although it's sufficient for most games, some will benefit from up to 8GB of RAM. 4GB is also enough for modest file and system caches which allow for a responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A78L-M LX PLUS (all builds)
Memory	2.5 GB free of 4 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1024 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110920
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	May 31 '18 at 13:35
Run Duration	326 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

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 Phenom II X4 B50 3,245 User benchmarks, average bench 52% AM3R2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.45 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	56.4% Above average	Memory 78 1-Core 50.8 2-Core 102 49% 77 Pts	4-Core 204 8-Core 203 27% 204 Pts	64-Core 202 12% 202 Pts
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 56.4% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 660-$170 123,956 User benchmarks, average bench 20% EVGA(3842 2662) 2GB CLim: 1280 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 397.93 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	22.1% Poor	Lighting 25.8 Reflection 24.9 Parallax 32.4 21% 27.7 fps	MRender 33.7 Gravity 30.3 Splatting 26.4 24% 30.1 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 22.1% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 346GB free (System drive) Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 184 172 1758 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 750 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 90 90 7783 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 577 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 110 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 639 (C2) HDA temperature 117 100 26 (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 2 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	86.4% Excellent	Read 151 Write 150 Mixed 145 112% 149 MB/s	4K Read 1.13 4K Write 2.37 4K Mixed 0.27 121% 1.26 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 86.4% Great: 109%
USB DISK 2.0 8GB 5,616 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 3GB free, PID 4200 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	3.63% Terrible	Read 13.2 Write 4.73 Mixed 6.93 9% 8.3 MB/s	4K Read 2.79 4K Write 0.007 4K Mixed 0.01 11% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 3.63% Great: 9%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1x4GB 154,807 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 1 of 2 slots used 4GB DIMM Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	22.7% Poor	MC Read 7.9 MC Write 6.3 MC Mixed 6.9 20% 7.03 GB/s	SC Read 7.7 SC Write 6.2 SC Mixed 6.8 20% 6.9 GB/s	Latency 84.2 48% 84.2 ns
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 22.7% Great: 52%

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

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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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Value: 64% - Good

Total price: $275

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) $30	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