Asus M5A78L-M LX

Performance Results


Gaming 2% Tree trunk	Desktop 48% Yacht	Workstation 2% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 49.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	0.49% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	48.2% 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 8 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.

Motherboard	Asus M5A78L-M LX (all builds)
Memory	2.2 GB free of 4 GB @ 1.1 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20110921
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 19 '17 at 10:34
Run Duration	132 Seconds
Run User	LVA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Athlon II X2 250 (2013 D.Ri) 19,471 User benchmarks, average bench 40% AM3R2, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads Base clock 3 GHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	49.5% Average	Memory 82.7 1-Core 50 2-Core 98.7 50% 77.1 Pts	4-Core 98.2 8-Core 99.1 13% 98.6 Pts	64-Core 98.8 6% 98.8 Pts
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 49.5% Great: 48%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
ATI Radeon 3000 Graphics 21,841 User benchmarks, average bench 1% Asus(1043 8388) 256MB Driver: atidxx32 Ver. 8.56.1.16 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	0.49% Terrible	Lighting 0.5 Reflection 1.12 Parallax 0.34 0% 0.65 fps	MRender 0.76 Gravity 0.47 Splatting 1.09 1% 0.77 fps
Poor: 0% ↑ This bench: 0.49% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Patriot Flare 60GB 647 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 30GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFM Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (21^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 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 107 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 38 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 88 88 36 (AD) Unknown 100 100 327691 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 6 (C2) HDA temperature 67 67 141736083489 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 99 (F1) Unknown 100 100 187	48.2% Average	Read 255 Write 229 Mixed 246 54% 243 MB/s	4K Read 18.6 4K Write 68.3 4K Mixed 4.58 70% 30.5 MB/s	DQ Read 77.5 DQ Write 128 DQ Mixed 7.1 32% 70.9 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 48.2% Great: 86%
Samsung HD080HJ 80GB-$25 4,646 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 74GB free Firmware: ZH100-33 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 253 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 4032 (04) Start/Stop count 82 82 18593 (05) Reallocated sector count 91 91 93 (07) Seek error rate 253 253 0 (08) Seek timer performance 253 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 28383 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 253 2 0 (0C) Power cycle count 91 91 9466 (BE) vendor-specific 88 40 50 (C2) HDA temperature 88 40 50 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 37911 (C4) Reallocation count 91 91 93 (C5) Current pending sector count 253 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 253 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 1 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 253 253 0	33.1% Below average	Read 57 Write 58.1 Mixed 36.4 38% 50.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.68 4K Mixed 0.37 95% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 33.1% Great: 32%

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% Poor	MC Read 8 MC Write 6.3 MC Mixed 6.8 20% 7.03 GB/s	SC Read 7.2 SC Write 6.4 SC Mixed 6.3 19% 6.63 GB/s	Latency 75.6 53% 75.6 ns
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 23% Great: 52%

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Gaming 5%

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Desktop 48%

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Workstation 5%

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Motherboard: Asus M5A78L-M LX - $200

CPU
FX-4100AMD $110Bench 51%, 32,471 samples	50x
FX-6300AMD $57Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	47x
FX-6100AMD $68Bench 54%, 44,863 samples	27x

GPU
Radeon 3000 GraphicsATIBench 1%, 21,841 samples	28x
GTX 750-TiNvidia $92Bench 17%, 309,423 samples	13x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	13x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	13x
Sata III 128GBIntensoBench 67%, 2,059 samples	7x
A400 120GBKingston $32Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	6x

RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	149x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	39x
1x8GBUnknownBench 38%, 168,538 samples	26x

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Value: 57% - Above average

Total price: $338

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) $32	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