Asus M5A78L-M LX3

Performance Results


Gaming 30% Sail boat	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 25% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 71.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	37.5% 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	39.4% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus M5A78L-M LX3 (all builds)
Memory	14.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160505
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 17 '18 at 16:48
Run Duration	119 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing as expected (58^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8300-$168 49,767 User benchmarks, average bench 58% AM3R2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	71.5% Very good	Memory 93.2 1-Core 72.8 2-Core 151 65% 106 Pts	4-Core 270 8-Core 437 43% 354 Pts	64-Core 438 27% 438 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 71.5% Great: 64%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960-$198 440,282 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Nvidia(10DE 116F) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1517 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	37.5% Below average	Lighting 49 Reflection 46.6 Parallax 41 40% 45.5 fps	MRender 39.5 Gravity 43.5 Splatting 38.2 33% 40.4 fps
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 37.5% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$38 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 42GB free (System drive) Firmware: 603ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 4814274 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 32461362827920 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 2037 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 823 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 30 49 85902557214 (C2) HDA temperature 30 49 85902557214 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 4814274 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 4814274 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 4814274 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 97 97 4294967297 (E9) Unknown 0 0 8654 (EA) Unknown 0 0 6460 (F1) Unknown 0 0 6460 (F2) Unknown 0 0 7498 (F4) Unknown 98 98 5308491	39.4% Below average	Read 250 Write 116 Mixed 123 36% 163 MB/s	4K Read 18.2 4K Write 56.1 4K Mixed 11 71% 28.4 MB/s	DQ Read 25 DQ Write 49.8 DQ Mixed 10.8 16% 28.5 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 39.4% Great: 73%
Toshiba MQ01ABD100 1TB-$58 322,803 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 106GB free Firmware: AX001U Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^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 2281 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 10604 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 55 55 18064 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1751 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 15 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 216 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 56606 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 231929151517 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 4457 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 96 96 1709 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 246 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	45.1% Average	Read 77.9 Write 79 Mixed 74 58% 77 MB/s	4K Read 0.33 4K Write 1.57 4K Mixed 0.18 63% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 45.1% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x8GB 236,291 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	52.3% Above average	MC Read 22.7 MC Write 15.2 MC Mixed 18.5 54% 18.8 GB/s	SC Read 9.9 SC Write 9.1 SC Mixed 13.2 31% 10.7 GB/s	Latency 61.6 65% 61.6 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 52.3% Great: 97%

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Gaming 22%

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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 $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	535x
FX-8300AMD $168Bench 58%, 49,767 samples	207x
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 $29Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	29x

RAM
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	426x
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	391x
1x8GBUnknownBench 38%, 168,538 samples	266x

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Value: 88% - Excellent

Total price: $281

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 $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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