Asus M5A78L-M LX3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 54% Yacht	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 43% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 69.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	82.9% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.

Motherboard	Asus M5A78L-M LX3 (all builds)
Memory	5.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160505
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 07 '18 at 18:56
Run Duration	168 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	4%

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PC Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8350-$130 313,196 User benchmarks, average bench 61% AM3R2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	69.1% Good	Memory 89.1 1-Core 72.9 2-Core 136 62% 99.4 Pts	4-Core 266 8-Core 436 43% 351 Pts	64-Core 435 27% 435 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 69.1% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6573) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.77 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82.9% Excellent	Lighting 102 Reflection 114 Parallax 97 83% 104 fps	MRender 101 Gravity 96.9 Splatting 103 82% 100 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$32 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 535GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 216490416 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 897 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 84 60 4585601864 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 5969 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 890 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 98 24 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 69 61 538705951 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 67 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 2008 (C2) HDA temperature 31 40 42949672991 (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 111518825846643 (F1) Unknown 100 253 32092624082 (F2) Unknown 100 253 68120907396	85.5% Excellent	Read 141 Write 157 Mixed 86.9 95% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 1.53 4K Mixed 0.15 72% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 85.5% Great: 112%
WD Blue 2.5" 160GB (2009)-$23 13,176 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 149GB free Firmware: 11.01A11 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 9 (03) Spinup time 160 158 983 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6285 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5295 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 99 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4130 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 579 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 184 184 49552 (C2) HDA temperature 113 84 30 (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 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0	36.5% Below average	Read 62.4 Write 64.7 Mixed 31.7 39% 52.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.57 4K Mixed 0.35 87% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 36.5% Great: 36%
SanDisk Ultra Flair USB 3.0 32GB-$8 9,864 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 28GB free, PID 5591 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	19.3% Very poor	Read 26.1 Write 22.3 Mixed 23.8 30% 24.1 MB/s	4K Read 3.62 4K Write 3.2 4K Mixed 1.35 168% 2.72 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 19.3% Great: 39%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1x8GB 168,538 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 1 of 2 slots used 8GB DIMM Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	32.2% Below average	MC Read 11.2 MC Write 10.5 MC Mixed 9.3 30% 10.3 GB/s	SC Read 10.7 SC Write 8 SC Mixed 10 27% 9.57 GB/s	Latency 68.3 59% 68.3 ns
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 32.2% Great: 67%

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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 $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	536x
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 $30Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	29x

RAM
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	427x
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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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