Asus M5A78L-M LX

Performance Results


Gaming 22% Surfboard	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 67.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	27.5% 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	43% 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A78L-M LX (all builds)
Memory	6.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit barev
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131105
Uptime	3.9 Days
Run Date	Feb 19 '18 at 10:55
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	CZE-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6300-$47 261,607 User benchmarks, average bench 55% AM3R2, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	67.5% Good	Memory 90.2 1-Core 70.2 2-Core 141 62% 100 Pts	4-Core 249 8-Core 325 36% 287 Pts	64-Core 323 20% 323 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 67.5% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 270-$140 47,409 User benchmarks, average bench 24% Gigabyte(1458 226C) CLim: 975 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 18.2.1 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	27.5% Poor	Lighting 34.9 Reflection 31.3 Parallax 44.7 28% 36.9 fps	MRender 28 Gravity 28.5 Splatting 35.6 26% 30.7 fps
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 27.5% Great: 26%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX100 256GB-$116 55,768 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 146GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (1^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 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6640 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2609 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 97 97 93 (AE) Unknown 100 100 103 (B4) Unknown 0 0 2159 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 70 37 270583988254 (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 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 97 97 3 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 19975007568 (F7) Unknown 100 100 632873216 (F8) Unknown 100 100 900306572	43% Average	Read 181 Write 203 Mixed 166 41% 184 MB/s	4K Read 21.6 4K Write 44.5 4K Mixed 13.2 73% 26.4 MB/s	DQ Read 20.6 DQ Write 63.3 DQ Mixed 15.4 20% 33.1 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 43% Great: 97%
WD WD3200JD-22K 320GB 730 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 189GB free Firmware: 08.05J08 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 200 184 4966 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2325 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 4538 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2002 (C2) HDA temperature 127 83 23 (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 2266 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	31.2% Below average	Read 54.6 Write 53.6 Mixed 31 34% 46.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.56 4K Write 2.02 4K Mixed 0.46 112% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 31.2% Great: 36%

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 above expectations (69^th percentile)	46.6% Average	MC Read 20.2 MC Write 14.2 MC Mixed 15.3 47% 16.6 GB/s	SC Read 10.3 SC Write 7.7 SC Mixed 12.6 29% 10.2 GB/s	Latency 67 60% 67 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 46.6% Great: 65%

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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 $47Bench 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 $29Bench 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 $279	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 $182	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) $30	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