Asus M5A78L-M LX PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 62% Destroyer	Workstation 15% 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 53.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	29.6% 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	45% 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 (41%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A78L-M LX PLUS (all builds)
Memory	5.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140911
Uptime	3.7 Days
Run Date	Feb 19 '17 at 20:43
Run Duration	205 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	41%

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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 as expected (51^st percentile)	53.7% Above average	Memory 74.2 1-Core 62.1 2-Core 110 51% 82.1 Pts	4-Core 184 8-Core 250 28% 217 Pts	64-Core 255 16% 255 Pts
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 53.7% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-Ti-$59 946,701 User benchmarks, average bench 29% EVGA(3842 6255) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 378.66 Performing below potential (76^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	29.6% Poor	Lighting 36.5 Reflection 28.8 Parallax 35.6 30% 33.6 fps	MRender 36.4 Gravity 35.9 Splatting 35 29% 35.8 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 29.6% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY SSD2SC240G5LC726B104-298 240GB 160 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 125GB free (System drive) Firmware: 560ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (2^nd 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 95 95 126929497 (05) Reallocated sector count 92 92 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 80547816677643 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 424 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 29 (B1) Unknown 0 0 126 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (C2) HDA temperature 20 43 60132360212 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 126929497 (C4) Reallocation count 92 92 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 126929497 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 126929497 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 87 87 60129542144 (E9) Unknown 0 0 163799 (EA) Unknown 0 0 28269 (F1) Unknown 0 0 28269 (F2) Unknown 0 0 23679	45% Average	Read 258 Write 212 Mixed 228 52% 233 MB/s	4K Read 21.1 4K Write 36.7 4K Mixed 10.2 64% 22.7 MB/s	DQ Read 22 DQ Write 112 DQ Mixed 9.87 24% 48.1 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 45% Great: 85%
Seagate FreeAgent 1TB 1,597 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 21GB free, PID 3001 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	12.6% Very poor	Read 21.6 Write 21.6 Mixed 15.9 25% 19.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.33 64% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 12.6% Great: 20%
PNY USB 3.0 FD 66GB 37 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 14GB free, PID 00ad Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	37.8% Below average	Read 107 Write 79.7 Mixed 74.8 106% 87.3 MB/s	4K Read 5.48 4K Write 1.17 4K Mixed 0.94 92% 2.53 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 37.8% Great: 38%

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 (54^th percentile)	40.5% Average	MC Read 16.9 MC Write 12.9 MC Mixed 14.9 43% 14.9 GB/s	SC Read 7.2 SC Write 6.7 SC Mixed 9.2 22% 7.7 GB/s	Latency 92 44% 92 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 40.5% Great: 65%

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Workstation 5%

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Motherboard: Asus M5A78L-M LX PLUS - $100

CPU
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	53x
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	120x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	68x
1x8GBUnknownBench 38%, 168,538 samples	16x

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