Asus M5A78L-M LX PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 47% Yacht	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (18th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 82 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 48.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	5.05% 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	41.3% 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.

Very high background CPU (42%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A78L-M LX PLUS (all builds)
Memory	3.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130427
Uptime	2 Days
Run Date	Feb 06 '17 at 05:01
Run Duration	419 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	42%

PC Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6300-$47 261,607 User benchmarks, average bench 55% AM3R2, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	48.9% Average	Memory 66.4 1-Core 54 2-Core 95.6 45% 72 Pts	4-Core 172 8-Core 248 26% 210 Pts	64-Core 261 16% 261 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 48.9% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 760-$209 161,132 User benchmarks, average bench 26% MSI(1462 2848) 2GB CLim: 1228 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 378.49 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	5.05% Terrible	Lighting 0.03 Reflection 24.5 Parallax 10.8 0% 11.8 fps	MRender 28.9 Gravity 15.1 Splatting 13 15% 19 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 5.05% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M500 240GB-$73 31,779 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 80GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU05 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (1^st 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 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6410 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1820 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 97 97 99 (AE) Unknown 100 100 128 (B4) Unknown 0 0 4066 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 50 214748364836 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 97 97 3 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 9228648193 (F7) Unknown 100 100 292749127 (F8) Unknown 100 100 1280669602	41.3% Average	Read 191 Write 211 Mixed 144 41% 182 MB/s	4K Read 17.9 4K Write 38.6 4K Mixed 12.5 64% 23 MB/s	DQ Read 22.9 DQ Write 65.6 DQ Mixed 15.2 20% 34.6 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 41.3% Great: 91%
WD My Passport 259B 1TB 570 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 834GB free, PID 259b Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	13.1% Very poor	Read 22.7 Write 21.9 Mixed 22 29% 22.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.23 64% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 13.1% Great: 47%

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 as expected (52^nd percentile)	39.8% Below average	MC Read 18.8 MC Write 12.2 MC Mixed 14 43% 15 GB/s	SC Read 6.7 SC Write 6.2 SC Mixed 8 20% 6.97 GB/s	Latency 110 36% 110 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 39.8% Great: 65%

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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 $79Bench 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: 65% - Good

Total price: $275

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16