Asus M5A78L-M LX V2

Performance Results

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


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 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 57.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Boot Drive	48.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	4GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and although it's sufficient for most games, some will benefit from up to 8GB of RAM. 4GB is also enough for modest file and system caches which allow for a responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus M5A78L-M LX V2 (all builds)
Memory	1.9 GB free of 4 GB @ 1.3 GHz
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20111130
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 10 '16 at 20:04
Run Duration	222 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	18%

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 Phenom II X4 965-$144 43,442 User benchmarks, average bench 53% AM3R2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	57.3% Above average	Memory 84.1 1-Core 50.3 2-Core 99.3 51% 77.9 Pts	4-Core 178 8-Core 183 24% 181 Pts	64-Core 191 12% 191 Pts
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 57.3% Great: 61%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 202GB free (System drive) Firmware: 608ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 17634361 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -138736033595391 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 10 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 9 (B1) Unknown 0 0 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 38 38 90196803622 (C2) HDA temperature 38 38 90196803622 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 17634361 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 17634361 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 17634361 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 98784247808 (E9) Unknown 0 0 14 (EA) Unknown 0 0 22 (F1) Unknown 0 0 22 (F2) Unknown 0 0 8 (F4) Unknown 100 100 131072	48.7% Average	Read 203 Write 211 Mixed 191 45% 202 MB/s	4K Read 27.8 4K Write 52.3 4K Mixed 13.9 88% 31.3 MB/s	DQ Read 31.6 DQ Write 70.1 DQ Mixed 14.7 22% 38.8 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 48.7% Great: 85%
Seagate ST3120827AS 120GB-$38 1,818 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 112GB free Firmware: 3.42 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 57 48 124800409 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 93 93 7402 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 87 60 633479037 (09) Power-on hours count 35 35 57133 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5741 (C2) HDA temperature 45 57 38654705709 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 57 48 124800409 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 84 444 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 99 252 1	32.1% Below average	Read 55.4 Write 56.4 Mixed 22.7 33% 44.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.39 92% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 32.1% Great: 32%
DaneElec MicroUSB 4GB 250 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 4GB free, PID 0008 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	4.6% Terrible	Read 15.3 Write 7.1 Mixed 8.38 12% 10.3 MB/s	4K Read 3.43 4K Write 0.007 4K Mixed 0.007 13% 1.15 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 4.6% Great: 6%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1x4GB 154,807 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 1 of 2 slots used 4GB DIMM Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	23.7% Poor	MC Read 8.8 MC Write 6.6 MC Mixed 7 21% 7.47 GB/s	SC Read 6.5 SC Write 5.5 SC Mixed 5.8 17% 5.93 GB/s	Latency 73.2 55% 73.2 ns
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 23.7% Great: 52%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming 19%

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Desktop 64%

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Workstation 15%

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Motherboard: Asus M5A78L-M LX V2

CPU
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	43x
FX-4100AMD $110Bench 51%, 32,471 samples	29x
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	19x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	16x
Radeon 3000 GraphicsATIBench 1%, 21,841 samples	14x
GTX 750-TiNvidia $92Bench 17%, 309,423 samples	12x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	13x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	5x
A400 120GBKingston $29Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	5x

RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	105x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	47x
12GBUnknownBench 35%, 85,415 samples	21x

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Value: 88% - Excellent

Total price: $134

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 $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