Asus M5A78L-M LX PLUS

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 52% Yacht	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 54.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	11.4% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.

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Motherboard	Asus M5A78L-M LX PLUS (all builds)
Memory	6.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1776 x 1000 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140911
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 18 '17 at 10:12
Run Duration	400 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	26%

PC Performing above expectations (67^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 X4 840-$150 5,147 User benchmarks, average bench 47% AM3R2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	54.7% Above average	Memory 77 1-Core 47.4 2-Core 95.5 47% 73.3 Pts	4-Core 190 8-Core 190 26% 190 Pts	64-Core 190 12% 190 Pts
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 54.7% Great: 55%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 6770 16,639 User benchmarks, average bench 10% Sapphire(174B E144) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.301.1901.0 Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	11.4% Very poor	Lighting 15.2 Reflection 11.1 Parallax 13 12% 13.1 fps	MRender 10.2 Gravity 11.4 Splatting 12.6 10% 11.4 fps
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 11.4% Great: 11%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Blue 320GB (2008)-$39 64,707 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 140GB free (System drive) Firmware: 05.01D05 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 139 138 4050 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2655 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 10911 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2641 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 147 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 2507 (C2) HDA temperature 107 86 36 (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	48.4% Average	Read 95.3 Write 73 Mixed 33.3 49% 67.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 1.39 4K Mixed 0.18 72% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 48.4% Great: 60%
WD My Book 1110 499GB 743 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 405GB free, PID 1110 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	14.8% Very poor	Read 24.4 Write 23.8 Mixed 24 31% 24.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.95 4K Mixed 0.33 79% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 14.8% Great: 20%
Generic Flash Disk 2GB 112 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 1GB free, PID 2096 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	5.6% Terrible	Read 23.6 Write 3.13 Mixed 5.16 10% 10.6 MB/s	4K Read 6.17 4K Write 0.01 4K Mixed 0.01 24% 2.06 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.6% Great: 7%

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 (40^th percentile)	32.3% Below average	MC Read 14.1 MC Write 7.2 MC Mixed 12 32% 11.1 GB/s	SC Read 8 SC Write 6.6 SC Mixed 9.3 23% 7.97 GB/s	Latency 86.2 46% 86.2 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 32.3% Great: 65%

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Typical M5A78L-M LX PLUS Builds (Compare 242 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 5%

Tree trunk

Desktop 50%

Yacht

Workstation 5%

Tree trunk

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 $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