Asus M5A78L-M LX/BR

Performance Results


Gaming 3% Tree trunk	Desktop 34% Sail boat	Workstation 3% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (32nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 68 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 a relatively low single core score, this CPU can handle email, light web browsing and basic audio/video playback, but it will struggle to handle CPU intensive tasks. Finally, with a gaming score of 37.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	0.44% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	31.2% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (100%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus M5A78L-M LX/BR (all builds)
Memory	3.9 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130419
Uptime	2.3 Days
Run Date	Jun 11 '17 at 01:11
Run Duration	440 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	100%

PC Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Athlon II X4 640-$70 18,839 User benchmarks, average bench 45% AM3R2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	37.9% Below average	Memory 71.7 1-Core 9.3 2-Core 15.2 28% 32.1 Pts	4-Core 26.1 8-Core 35.3 4% 30.7 Pts	64-Core 36.8 2% 36.8 Pts
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 37.9% Great: 53%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
ATI Radeon 3000 Graphics 21,841 User benchmarks, average bench 1% Asus(1043 8388) 128MB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 8.970.100.9001 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	0.44% Terrible	Lighting 0.47 Reflection 1.08 Parallax 0.16 0% 0.57 fps	MRender 0.71 Gravity 0.27 Splatting 0.91 0% 0.63 fps
Poor: 0% ↑ This bench: 0.44% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 16GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 9302 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 814 (B1) Unknown 96 96 65 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 53 44 47 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 424 (EB) Unknown 99 99 95 (F1) Unknown 99 99 23824799247	31.2% Below average	Read 188 Write 120 Mixed 138 33% 149 MB/s	4K Read 12.7 4K Write 17.5 4K Mixed 13.8 46% 14.7 MB/s	DQ Read 54.9 DQ Write 31.2 DQ Mixed 21.6 22% 35.9 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 31.2% Great: 124%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 1TB-$70 337,642 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 130GB free Firmware: JC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 114 85 70021247 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 5015 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 79374796 (09) Power-on hours count 88 88 11216 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1838 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 489 (BC) Unknown 100 1 21475273581 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 58 47 756744234 (C2) HDA temperature 42 53 103079215146 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 46 24 70021247 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 1 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 64617782986728 (F1) Unknown 100 253 2661128749 (F2) Unknown 100 253 1764760449	64% Good	Read 115 Write 108 Mixed 108 83% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 1.53 4K Mixed 0.49 113% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 64% Great: 68%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 40GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 3942 (03) Spinup time 175 173 2233 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3597 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 73 73 20398 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2492 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 421 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3175 (C2) HDA temperature 101 93 42 (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 1 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 16	75.7% Very good	Read 153 Write 112 Mixed 115 95% 126 MB/s	4K Read 0.19 4K Write 0.24 4K Mixed 0.28 44% 0.24 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 75.7% Great: 109%
Samsung M3 Portable 1TB 17,632 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 46GB free, PID 61b6 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	29.9% Poor	Read 79.4 Write 59.4 Mixed 76.2 90% 71.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.32 4K Write 1.75 4K Mixed 0.28 70% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 29.9% Great: 42%
SanDisk Ultra 124GB 241 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 45GB free, PID 558a Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	9.42% Terrible	Read 31.5 Write 8.43 Mixed 15.8 20% 18.6 MB/s	4K Read 2.29 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.73 61% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 9.42% Great: 30%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 12GB 85,415 User benchmarks, average bench 35% null MHz 4096, 8192 MB Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	12.8% Very poor	MC Read 4.2 MC Write 3.5 MC Mixed 4.5 12% 4.07 GB/s	SC Read 0.8 SC Write 1.8 SC Mixed 0.8 3% 1.13 GB/s	Latency 97.4 41% 97.4 ns
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 12.8% Great: 50%

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Workstation 5%

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Motherboard: Asus M5A78L-M LX/BR

CPU
FX-6300AMD $57Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	125x
FX-8300AMD $168Bench 58%, 49,767 samples	49x
FX-4300AMD $73Bench 52%, 55,454 samples	42x

GPU
Radeon 3000 GraphicsATIBench 1%, 21,841 samples	26x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	25x
RX 550AMD $79Bench 14%, 79,894 samples	24x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	41x
A400 120GBKingston $32Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	26x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	13x

RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	112x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	69x
1x8GBUnknownBench 38%, 168,538 samples	56x

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Value: 64% - Good

Total price: $85

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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