Asus M5A78L-M LX3

Performance Results


Gaming 15% Surfboard	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 65.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	17.3% 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	23.5% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A78L-M LX3 (all builds)
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130419
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Feb 23 '18 at 08:18
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	HKG-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (55^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-$90 261,607 User benchmarks, average bench 55% AM3R2, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	65.4% Good	Memory 92.1 1-Core 66.2 2-Core 126 60% 94.8 Pts	4-Core 217 8-Core 280 32% 248 Pts	64-Core 275 17% 275 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 65.4% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 550-$79 79,894 User benchmarks, average bench 14% Sapphire(1DA2 E367) 2GB CLim: 1206 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 18.2.2 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	17.3% Very poor	Lighting 18.3 Reflection 31 Parallax 21.4 15% 23.6 fps	MRender 28.9 Gravity 15.1 Splatting 34 22% 26 fps
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 17.3% Great: 16%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk PLUS 120 GB 120GB 14,313 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 71GB free (System drive) Firmware: UE3000RL 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 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 116 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 74 (A5) Unknown 100 100 80 (A6) Unknown 100 100 2 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 4 (A9) Unknown 100 100 191 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 2 (AE) Unknown 100 100 3 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 57 44 188979937323 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 94491901974 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 156 (EA) Unknown 100 100 450 (F1) Unknown 100 100 194 (F2) Unknown 100 100 245 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	23.5% Poor	Read 212 Write 70 Mixed 60.9 25% 114 MB/s	4K Read 15.7 4K Write 12.1 4K Mixed 4.06 35% 10.6 MB/s	DQ Read 17.2 DQ Write 17.5 DQ Mixed 5.53 7% 13.4 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 23.5% Great: 55%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 893GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 82 64 189267942 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 86 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 716527 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 116 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 73 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 63 622723106 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 86 (C2) HDA temperature 34 27 115964117026 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 1 1 189267942 (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 74002286510194 (F1) Unknown 100 253 174132427 (F2) Unknown 100 253 269947728	93.4% Outstanding	Read 170 Write 156 Mixed 48.7 91% 125 MB/s	4K Read 0.93 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.31 101% 0.91 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 93.4% Great: 113%

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 (27^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	47.4% Average	MC Read 20.5 MC Write 12.5 MC Mixed 17.4 48% 16.8 GB/s	SC Read 10.3 SC Write 8.5 SC Mixed 11.6 29% 10.1 GB/s	Latency 64 62% 64 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 47.4% Great: 97%

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Gaming 22%

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Desktop 65%

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Workstation 18%

Surfboard

Motherboard: Asus M5A78L-M LX3 - $147

CPU
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	538x
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	55x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	30x
A400 120GBKingston $28Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	29x

RAM
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	427x
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	392x
1x8GBUnknownBench 38%, 168,538 samples	266x

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Value: 81% - Excellent

Total price: $324

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16