Asus M5A78L-M LX PLUS

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 64% Destroyer	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 71.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	9.13% 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.

Motherboard	Asus M5A78L-M LX PLUS (all builds)
Memory	5.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140911
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 24 '16 at 00:22
Run Duration	136 Seconds
Run User	NZL-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8350-$130 313,196 User benchmarks, average bench 61% AM3R2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	71.6% Very good	Memory 90.4 1-Core 73.2 2-Core 145 63% 103 Pts	4-Core 286 8-Core 435 45% 360 Pts	64-Core 425 26% 425 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 71.6% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7750 22,655 User benchmarks, average bench 8% Gigabyte(1458 2551) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.300.1025.0 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	9.13% Terrible	Lighting 10 Reflection 14.9 Parallax 13.6 8% 12.8 fps	MRender 12.6 Gravity 9.07 Splatting 17.3 11% 13 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 9.13% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$31 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 701GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC4H Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 99 239998824 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1308 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 82 60 172840366 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4467 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1302 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 17180196885 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 74 44 26207191066 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 303 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 89 89 22941 (C2) HDA temperature 26 56 47244640282 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 96 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 123540439306396 (F1) Unknown 100 253 338550213033 (F2) Unknown 100 253 131564228585730	92.7% Outstanding	Read 160 Write 164 Mixed 96.2 104% 140 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.53 4K Mixed 0.34 92% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 92.7% Great: 112%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1TB 2,440 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 286GB free, PID 0210 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	12.9% Very poor	Read 24.6 Write 24 Mixed 23.7 31% 24.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.26 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.16 51% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 12.9% Great: 50%

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 (57^th percentile)	42.5% Average	MC Read 15 MC Write 13.4 MC Mixed 16 42% 14.8 GB/s	SC Read 10 SC Write 8.2 SC Mixed 11.4 28% 9.87 GB/s	Latency 66.6 60% 66.6 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 42.5% Great: 65%

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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: 65% - Good

Total price: $275

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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