Asus M5A78L-M LX PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 57% Gunboat	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (26th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 74 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 56.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	10.4% 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	45.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (39%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus M5A78L-M LX PLUS (all builds)
Memory	5.7 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130427
Uptime	6.8 Days
Run Date	Jul 08 '17 at 16:32
Run Duration	134 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	39%

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PC Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8320E-$87 33,199 User benchmarks, average bench 58% AM3R2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	56.5% Above average	Memory 79.1 1-Core 54.9 2-Core 107 51% 80.4 Pts	4-Core 186 8-Core 263 28% 224 Pts	64-Core 281 17% 281 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 56.5% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050-Ti-$59 946,701 User benchmarks, average bench 29% MSI(1462 8C96) CLim: 1961 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 384.76 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	10.4% Very poor	Lighting 11.2 Reflection 30.6 Parallax 9.53 9% 17.1 fps	MRender 36 Gravity 8.63 Splatting 7.78 13% 17.5 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 10.4% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Drevo X1 SSD 256GB 170 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 32GB free (System drive) Firmware: P1205A 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 33 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 18 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 48 (A3) Unknown 100 100 15 (A4) Unknown 100 100 1494 (A5) Unknown 100 100 12 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 3 (94) Unknown 100 100 1869 (95) Unknown 100 100 77 (96) Unknown 100 100 0 (97) Unknown 100 100 54 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1500 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 2 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 50 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 10242 (F2) Unknown 100 100 5444 (F5) Unknown 100 100 23904	45.1% Average	Read 221 Write 210 Mixed 215 48% 215 MB/s	4K Read 18.7 4K Write 41.3 4K Mixed 16.2 71% 25.4 MB/s	DQ Read 26.9 DQ Write 64.9 DQ Mixed 17.7 22% 36.5 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 45.1% Great: 110%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$34 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 123GB free Firmware: CC46 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 156459304 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2093 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 74 60 12978883450 (09) Power-on hours count 70 70 26945 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 2003 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 65570 (BD) vendor-specific 87 87 13 (BE) vendor-specific 69 52 26391937055 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 854 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 87 87 26765 (C2) HDA temperature 31 48 -140737488355297 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 16 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 16 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 58647778453472 (F1) Unknown 100 253 87211852086 (F2) Unknown 100 253 173109681774	57% Above average	Read 91.5 Write 107 Mixed 73.7 68% 90.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.13 4K Mixed 0.35 80% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 57% Great: 112%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 12GB 85,415 User benchmarks, average bench 35% null MHz 8192, 4096 MB Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	34% Below average	MC Read 12.4 MC Write 11.9 MC Mixed 11.5 34% 11.9 GB/s	SC Read 6.5 SC Write 6.9 SC Mixed 8.2 21% 7.2 GB/s	Latency 82.1 49% 82.1 ns
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 34% Great: 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 $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 $40	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