Asus M5A78L-M LX3

Performance Results


Gaming 4% Tree trunk	Desktop 45% Speed boat	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (38th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 62 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 46%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	1.19% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	33.3% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait 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.

Very high background CPU (33%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus M5A78L-M LX3 (all builds)
Memory	4.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1024 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130419
Uptime	1.3 Days
Run Date	Jan 23 '17 at 23:04
Run Duration	241 Seconds
Run User	MYS-User
Background CPU	33%

PC Performing below expectations (38^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 X2 545 1,088 User benchmarks, average bench 45% AM3R2, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	46% Average	Memory 80 1-Core 42 2-Core 75.8 45% 65.9 Pts	4-Core 73.1 8-Core 75.7 10% 74.4 Pts	64-Core 78.5 5% 78.5 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 46% Great: 51%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
ATI Radeon HD 4300 14,988 User benchmarks, average bench 1% PwrHis(1787 2271) 512MB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 8.970.100.9001 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	1.19% Terrible	Lighting 1.57 Reflection 2.65 Parallax 1.28 1% 1.83 fps	MRender 1.48 Gravity 0.73 Splatting 1.43 1% 1.21 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 1.19% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 120GB-$35 80,916 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 53GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3FD6SD 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 24 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 12 (64) Unknown 100 100 81120 (65) Unknown 100 100 36720 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 3 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 48 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 684 (B7) Unknown 100 100 1 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 36 100 163210264612 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 148 (EA) Unknown 100 100 91 (F1) Unknown 100 100 131 (F2) Unknown 100 100 73 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 0	33.3% Below average	Read 240 Write 119 Mixed 120 35% 160 MB/s	4K Read 13.7 4K Write 21.8 4K Mixed 9.5 45% 15 MB/s	DQ Read 73.6 DQ Write 66.7 DQ Mixed 18.3 28% 52.9 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 33.3% Great: 82%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 448GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 76 63 44584746 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 25 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 23547 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 23 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 10 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 64 61 622526500 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 25 (C2) HDA temperature 36 27 115964117028 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 13 8 44584746 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 41944650612752 (F1) Unknown 100 253 40593711 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3991035	99.9% Outstanding	Read 182 Write 167 Mixed 142 122% 163 MB/s	4K Read 0.75 4K Write 1.62 4K Mixed 0.32 97% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 99.9% Great: 88%
StoreJet Transcend 1TB 14,954 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 107GB free, PID 5106 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	15.9% Very poor	Read 32.4 Write 21.9 Mixed 26.4 33% 26.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 2.06 4K Mixed 0.31 82% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 15.9% Great: 45%
BUFFALO HD-PZU3 500GB 130 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 11GB free, PID 01f9 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	13.8% Very poor	Read 28.7 Write 20.8 Mixed 24.2 30% 24.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.62 4K Mixed 0.31 67% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 13.8% Great: 41%

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 (32^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	27.5% Poor	MC Read 10.6 MC Write 6.8 MC Mixed 10.8 27% 9.4 GB/s	SC Read 6.3 SC Write 4.8 SC Mixed 5.3 16% 5.47 GB/s	Latency 80.6 50% 80.6 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 27.5% Great: 65%

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

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Desktop 65%

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Workstation 18%

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Motherboard: Asus M5A78L-M LX3 - $147

CPU
FX-6300AMD $57Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	535x
FX-8300AMD $168Bench 58%, 49,767 samples	206x
FX-4300AMD $73Bench 52%, 55,454 samples	152x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	180x
GTX 1050Nvidia $101Bench 26%, 269,381 samples	107x
GTX 1060-3GBNvidia $119Bench 52%, 627,793 samples	75x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	54x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	30x
A400 120GBKingston $32Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	29x

RAM
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	425x
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	391x
1x8GBUnknownBench 38%, 168,538 samples	266x

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Value: 86% - Excellent

Total price: $291

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $185	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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