Asus M5A78L-M LX PLUS

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 55.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Boot Drive	47.3% 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 (32%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus M5A78L-M LX PLUS (all builds)
Memory	2.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140911
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 01 '18 at 01:46
Run Duration	762 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	32%

PC Performing as expected (46^th 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 1035T 2,528 User benchmarks, average bench 53% AM3R2, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 6 threads Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 2.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	55.7% Above average	Memory 83 1-Core 44.2 2-Core 88 48% 71.7 Pts	4-Core 157 8-Core 228 24% 193 Pts	64-Core 212 13% 212 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 55.7% Great: 58%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 650-Ti-$152 36,698 User benchmarks, average bench 14% Zotac(19DA 4263) 2GB CLim: 941 MHz, MLim: 1350 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.13 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 17.4 Reflection 15.7 Parallax 21.3 14% 18.2 fps	Gravity 20.9 Splatting 15.2 16% 18.1 fps
Poor: 13% Great: 15%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
AMD 2+0 Stripe/RAID0 240GB 179 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 142GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.10 Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	47.3% Average	Read 289 Write 300 Mixed 293 66% 294 MB/s	4K Read 17.8 4K Write 34 4K Mixed 6.08 53% 19.3 MB/s	DQ Read 74.4 DQ Write 34.1 DQ Mixed 5.79 17% 38.1 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 47.3% Great: 120%
Samsung HD642JJ 640GB-$70 13,060 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 549GB free Firmware: 1AA01113 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 67 1 13136 (03) Spinup time 85 85 5290 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4357 (05) Reallocated sector count 98 98 55 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 11733 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 7191 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4168 (0D) Soft read error rate 67 1 13136 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 21448 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 65 453967899 (C2) HDA temperature 68 62 537853984 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 18995 (C4) Reallocation count 99 99 55 (C5) Current pending sector count 94 94 235 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 1 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 1	59.7% Above average	Read 103 Write 105 Mixed 91.5 75% 99.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 2.22 4K Mixed 0.47 123% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 59.7% Great: 63%
General USB Flash Disk 16GB 7,914 User benchmarks, average bench 8% 15GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	7.48% Terrible	Read 21.8 Write 9.78 Mixed 4.31 12% 12 MB/s	4K Read 2.7 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.22 35% 1.14 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 7.48% Great: 15%
OCZ RALLY2 8GB 33 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 7GB free, PID 6387 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	3.93% Terrible	Read 16 Write 4.46 Mixed 6.02 9% 8.82 MB/s	4K Read 2.64 4K Write 0.005 4K Mixed 0.005 10% 0.88 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 3.93% Great: 10%
Memorex Roto Drive 401B 1GB 14 User benchmarks, average bench 4% 1GB free, PID 1a03 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	3.1% Terrible	Read 11.5 Write 3.31 Mixed 5.08 7% 6.63 MB/s	4K Read 2.86 4K Write 0.01 4K Mixed 0.009 11% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.1% Great: 5%

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 (36^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	29.6% Poor	MC Read 12.2 MC Write 6.6 MC Mixed 11.5 29% 10.1 GB/s	SC Read 5.6 SC Write 4.6 SC Mixed 7.7 17% 5.97 GB/s	Latency 75.2 53% 75.2 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 29.6% Great: 65%

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Motherboard: Asus M5A78L-M LX PLUS - $200

CPU
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 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 $76Bench 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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Total price: $318

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i3-12100F $95	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16