Asus M5A78L-M LX PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 30% Sail boat	Desktop 63% Destroyer	Workstation 23% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 55.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	50.3% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	26% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait 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.

Very high background CPU (49%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A78L-M LX PLUS (all builds)
Memory	4.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110901
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	May 21 '18 at 23:49
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	49%

PC Performing as expected (50^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, turbo 3.35 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	55.5% Above average	Memory 78.3 1-Core 59.9 2-Core 110 52% 82.7 Pts	4-Core 184 8-Core 228 26% 206 Pts	64-Core 238 15% 238 Pts
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 55.5% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 390-$325 82,117 User benchmarks, average bench 50% Asus(1043 04ED) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1050 MHz, MLim: 1500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 17.7 Performing below potential (68^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	50.3% Above average	Lighting 59.2 Reflection 62 Parallax 78 48% 66.4 fps	MRender 61.6 Gravity 54.5 Splatting 78 54% 64.7 fps
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 50.3% Great: 52%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ AGILITY3 60GB 14,293 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 9GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.15 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 90 90 232058131 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 52 52 -67680094607557 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1927 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 25 (B1) Unknown 0 0 16 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 232058131 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 232058131 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 232058131 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 94 94 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 23406 (EA) Unknown 0 0 12596 (F1) Unknown 0 0 12596 (F2) Unknown 0 0 21957	26% Poor	Read 143 Write 47.1 Mixed 81.3 20% 90.6 MB/s	4K Read 15.6 4K Write 43.3 4K Mixed 6.59 55% 21.8 MB/s	DQ Read 24 DQ Write 54.2 DQ Mixed 7.69 15% 28.6 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 26% Great: 51%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 237GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 188 177 6575 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9657 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 42 42 42704 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1953 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 95 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 39 39 483530 (C2) HDA temperature 105 90 42 (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	44.8% Average	Read 84 Write 72.1 Mixed 21.3 43% 59.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 0.96 4K Mixed 0.15 62% 0.59 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 44.8% 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 as expected (59^th percentile)	42.7% Average	MC Read 16.9 MC Write 13.6 MC Mixed 15.5 44% 15.3 GB/s	SC Read 8.8 SC Write 8.4 SC Mixed 11.9 28% 9.7 GB/s	Latency 83.7 48% 83.7 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 42.7% Great: 65%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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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