Asus M5A78L-M LX PLUS

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 3% Tree trunk	Desktop 48% Yacht	Workstation 2% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 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 56.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	4.92% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (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	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.

Motherboard	Asus M5A78L-M LX PLUS (all builds)
Memory	4.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1440 x 900 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120326
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 27 '18 at 01:35
Run Duration	206 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (41^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Phenom II X6 1045T-$165 5,709 User benchmarks, average bench 54% AM3R2, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 2.7 GHz, turbo 2.65 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	56.2% Above average	Memory 83.4 1-Core 43 2-Core 79.6 47% 68.7 Pts	4-Core 160 8-Core 233 24% 196 Pts	64-Core 230 14% 230 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 56.2% Great: 59%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
ATI Radeon 3000 Graphics 21,841 User benchmarks, average bench 1% Asus(1043 8388) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 8.970.100.9001 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	0.48% Terrible	Lighting 0.5 Reflection 0.96 Parallax 0.16 0% 0.54 fps	MRender 0.76 Gravity 0.33 Splatting 1.04 1% 0.71 fps
Poor: 0% ↑ This bench: 0.48% Great: 1%
Nvidia GeForce GT 730 164,888 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Zotac(19DA 730B) 2GB CLim: 901 MHz, MLim: 400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	4.92% Terrible	Lighting 5.9 Reflection 6.73 Parallax 7.31 5% 6.65 fps	MRender 4.1 Gravity 7.13 Splatting 7.09 5% 6.11 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.92% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Black 2.5" 320GB (2010)-$45 23,554 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 97GB free (System drive) Firmware: 11.01A11 SusWrite @10s intervals: 28 41 44 43 51 59 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	32.3% Below average	Read 67.7 Write 58.2 Mixed 53.2 SusWrite 44.2 42% 55.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 168% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 32.3% Great: 60%
WD Blue 320GB (2007)-$90 108,153 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 88GB free Firmware: 01.03E01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 61 61 62 62 61 61 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	42.4% Average	Read 86 Write 82.2 Mixed 53.5 SusWrite 61.3 52% 70.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1 177% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 42.4% Great: 58%
Samsung HD103SI 1TB-$89 48,059 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 398GB free Firmware: 1AG01118 SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 70 72 69 76 72 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	32.7% Below average	Read 41.3 Write 36.8 Mixed 41.5 SusWrite 72.4 36% 48 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 137% 1 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 32.7% Great: 59%
Apple HDD HTS547575A9E384 750GB 514 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 462GB free Firmware: JE4AD70F SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 70 72 69 76 71 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	44.6% Average	Read 83.5 Write 70.3 Mixed 22.3 SusWrite 72.3 45% 62.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.3 62% 0.4 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 44.6% Great: 55%
Samsung HM641JI 640GB-$50 10,598 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 119GB free Firmware: 2AJ10003 SusWrite @10s intervals: 32 45 47 45 55 59 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	34.6% Below average	Read 73 Write 33.5 Mixed 46 SusWrite 47.2 37% 49.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 138% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 34.6% Great: 50%
Seagate Expansion Desk 5TB 11,776 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2.5TB free Firmware: 9401 SusWrite @10s intervals: 9.9 25 26 26 24 23 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	13.5% Very poor	Read 23.3 Write 24.8 Mixed 25 SusWrite 22.3 18% 23.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 4.3 4K Mixed 0.5 168% 1.87 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 13.5% Great: 87%

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 below potential (39^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	31.6% Below average	MC Read 14 MC Write 6.5 MC Mixed 11.8 31% 10.8 GB/s	SC Read 6.6 SC Write 5.8 SC Mixed 8.2 20% 6.87 GB/s	Latency 74.4 54% 74.4 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 31.6% Great: 65%

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Typical M5A78L-M LX PLUS Builds (Compare 242 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 5%

Tree trunk

Desktop 50%

Yacht

Workstation 5%

Tree trunk

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