Gigabyte GA-MA78LM-S2H

Performance Results


Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 59% Gunboat	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 54.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	17.7% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	46.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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	Gigabyte GA-MA78LM-S2H (all builds)
Memory	4.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20100520
Uptime	3.4 Days
Run Date	Aug 20 '17 at 01:58
Run Duration	342 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (48^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 20-$59 732 User benchmarks, average bench 54% Socket M2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 2.9 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	54.3% Above average	Memory 77.2 1-Core 46.6 2-Core 93.5 47% 72.4 Pts	4-Core 183 8-Core 188 25% 185 Pts	64-Core 188 12% 188 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 54.3% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 280-$185 33,175 User benchmarks, average bench 30% MSI(1462 277C) 3GB CLim: 1160 MHz, MLim: 1600 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 17.7.1 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	17.7% Very poor	Lighting 20 Reflection 23.1 Parallax 18.8 16% 20.6 fps	MRender 28.6 Gravity 20 Splatting 26.1 20% 24.9 fps
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 17.7% Great: 34%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 60GB-$76 24,219 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 7GB free (System drive) Firmware: 505ABBF1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 109 109 22437243 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 9929964405877 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3778 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 1165 (B1) Unknown 0 0 8 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 32 72 73019162656 (C2) HDA temperature 32 72 73019162656 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 22437243 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 22437243 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 22437243 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 88 88 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 37607 (EA) Unknown 0 0 16891 (F1) Unknown 0 0 16891 (F2) Unknown 0 0 16297	46.6% Average	Read 336 Write 65.4 Mixed 94.2 36% 165 MB/s	4K Read 26.9 4K Write 59.9 4K Mixed 11.5 87% 32.8 MB/s	DQ Read 110 DQ Write 78 DQ Mixed 25.3 37% 71 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 46.6% Great: 69%
WD Blue 2.5" 250GB (2009)-$30 16,754 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 145GB free Firmware: 01.01A02 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 153 138 1333 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4883 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 76 76 18134 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4529 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 914 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 117 117 249536 (C2) HDA temperature 112 79 31 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 298 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	39.8% Below average	Read 68.4 Write 70.1 Mixed 66 51% 68.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.65 4K Mixed 0.32 84% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 39.8% Great: 41%
Seagate ST3250310AS 250GB 46 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 54GB free Firmware: 4.CC Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	53.7% Above average	Read 93 Write 94 Mixed 88 69% 91.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 1.24 4K Mixed 0.42 99% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 53.7% Great: 55%
Toshiba MK5065GSXN 500GB 2,133 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 59GB free Firmware: GH101M Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 2188 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 5395 (05) Reallocated sector count 1 1 2047 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 64 64 14792 (0A) Spinup retry count 207 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 4885 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 1156 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 470 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 89 89 119121 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 219043725343 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 335 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 38 (DE) Loaded hours 90 90 4200 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 320 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	22.3% Poor	Read 38.4 Write 39 Mixed 38.3 29% 38.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.02 4K Mixed 0.4 82% 0.62 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 22.3% Great: 40%
Seagate ST9320320AS 320GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 47GB free Firmware: HP07 Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	22.8% Poor	Read 38.7 Write 40.4 Mixed 37.6 29% 38.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.04 4K Mixed 0.38 82% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 22.8% Great: 37%
WD WD2000JB-00GVA0 200GB 597 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 64GB free Firmware: 20.00K20 Max speed: UDMA 100 100 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 191 178 5441 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6459 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 64 64 26633 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5608 (C2) HDA temperature 110 95 40 (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 200 200 169 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	23.4% Poor	Read 39.6 Write 41.5 Mixed 31.8 28% 37.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 1.78 4K Mixed 0.45 109% 0.95 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 23.4% Great: 32%
Seagate ST3250310AS 250GB 46 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 48GB free Firmware: 3.AD Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	32.6% Below average	Read 69.1 Write 44.3 Mixed 67.5 46% 60.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 1.09 4K Mixed 0.41 96% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 32.6% Great: 55%
Seagate ST3120022A 120GB-$143 933 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 12GB free Firmware: 8.01 Max speed: UDMA 100 100 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 59 51 121151837 (03) Spinup time 97 96 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1369 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (07) Seek error rate 89 60 934379066 (09) Power-on hours count 64 64 32283 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4293 (C2) HDA temperature 44 65 44 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 59 51 121151837 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 1 4042 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 253 0	17.6% Very poor	Read 28.6 Write 32.7 Mixed 18.5 20% 26.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 0.57 4K Mixed 0.23 57% 0.43 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 17.6% Great: 31%

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% Poor	MC Read 9.5 MC Write 8.3 MC Mixed 9.3 26% 9.03 GB/s	SC Read 6 SC Write 6.7 SC Mixed 7 19% 6.57 GB/s	Latency 86 46% 86 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 27% Great: 65%

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Gaming 6%

Tree trunk

Desktop 48%

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Workstation 6%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-MA78LM-S2H

CPU
Phenom II X4 945AMDBench 51%, 12,746 samples	2x
Phenom II X2 555AMDBench 45%, 4,836 samples	2x
Athlon II X2 240AMDBench 40%, 5,506 samples	2x

GPU
GeForce GT 630NvidiaBench 4%, 60,212 samples	3x
GeForce GT 710NvidiaBench 3%, 187,161 samples	2x
GeForce GT 640NvidiaBench 6%, 34,519 samples	2x

SSD
A400 120GBKingston $32Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	3x
SATA SSD 512GB512gbBench 71%, 709 samples	2x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	2x

RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	6x
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples	5x

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Value: 11% - Very poor

Total price: $32

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $184	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