Asus M5A78L-M LX

Performance Results


Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 15% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 64.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	24.5% 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	29% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait 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.

Very high background CPU (33%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus M5A78L-M LX (all builds)
Memory	5.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131105
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 18 '18 at 07:58
Run Duration	123 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	33%

PC Performing above expectations (64^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-$57 261,607 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)	64.3% Good	Memory 88.3 1-Core 65.8 2-Core 121 58% 91.6 Pts	4-Core 225 8-Core 289 33% 257 Pts	64-Core 293 18% 293 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 64.3% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 370-$153 39,178 User benchmarks, average bench 21% Sapphire(174B 2015) CLim: 985 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 18.2.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	24.5% Poor	Lighting 29.8 Reflection 31.9 Parallax 35.1 24% 32.2 fps	MRender 28.2 Gravity 23.5 Splatting 36.9 25% 29.5 fps
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 24.5% Great: 23%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 31GB free (System drive) Firmware: 541ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 11303800 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 -30442728186718 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1924 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 51 (B1) Unknown 0 0 99 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 28 49 68722688028 (C2) HDA temperature 28 49 68722688028 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 11303800 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 11303800 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 11303800 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 7402 (EA) Unknown 0 0 5693 (F1) Unknown 0 0 5693 (F2) Unknown 0 0 6685	29% Poor	Read 146 Write 75.1 Mixed 96.7 23% 106 MB/s	4K Read 15.2 4K Write 49 4K Mixed 7.1 58% 23.8 MB/s	DQ Read 18.9 DQ Write 70.3 DQ Mixed 6.17 16% 31.8 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 29% Great: 73%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 1TB-$28 1,562,409 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 108GB free Firmware: CC45 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 116 99 112138984 (03) Spinup time 98 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 3011 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 34668263 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 5761 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1613 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 73 51 454295579 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 84 84 32553 (C2) HDA temperature 27 49 55834574875 (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 31155692768584 (F1) Unknown 100 253 17205122900 (F2) Unknown 100 253 246793178954	93.5% Outstanding	Read 155 Write 171 Mixed 159 122% 162 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 1.73 4K Mixed 0.17 77% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 93.5% Great: 112%

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 (61^st percentile)	43.2% Average	MC Read 17.6 MC Write 13.3 MC Mixed 14.4 43% 15.1 GB/s	SC Read 10.3 SC Write 8.5 SC Mixed 11.8 29% 10.2 GB/s	Latency 69.2 58% 69.2 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 43.2% Great: 65%

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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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $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