Asus M5A78L-M LX

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 0% Tree trunk	Desktop 39% Jet ski	Workstation 0% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 43.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	0.48% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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	4GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and although it's sufficient for most games, some will benefit from up to 8GB of RAM. 4GB is also enough for modest file and system caches which allow for a responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus M5A78L-M LX (all builds)
Memory	0.8 GB free of 4 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20131105
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	May 19 '18 at 23:24
Run Duration	672 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing as expected (45^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Athlon II X2 240 5,506 User benchmarks, average bench 40% AM3R2, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	43.7% Average	Memory 76.8 1-Core 31.9 2-Core 64.3 40% 57.7 Pts	4-Core 65.8 8-Core 67.1 9% 66.4 Pts	64-Core 68 4% 68 Pts
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 43.7% Great: 47%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
ATI Radeon 3000 Graphics 21,841 User benchmarks, average bench 1% Asus(1043 8388) 256MB Driver: atidxx32 Ver. 8.56.1.16 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	0.48% Terrible	Lighting 0.5 Reflection 1.12 Parallax 0.34 0% 0.65 fps	MRender 0.76 Gravity 0.2 Splatting 1.13 1% 0.7 fps
Poor: 0% ↑ This bench: 0.48% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Hitachi HDS721050CLA362 500GB-$59 47,815 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 199GB free Firmware: JP2OA3MA 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 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 136 136 95 (03) Spinup time 117 117 12897681603 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1417 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 140 140 30 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 26309 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 681 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 1559 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 1559 (C2) HDA temperature 187 187 236224315424 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 1 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 2	74.7% Very good	Read 131 Write 130 Mixed 71.4 82% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.51 4K Mixed 0.33 87% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 74.7% Great: 74%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$30 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 263GB free (System drive) Firmware: 02.01A02 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 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 183 172 1841 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 70 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 3983 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 70 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 49 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 42 (C2) HDA temperature 110 103 33 (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 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	64.5% Good	Read 111 Write 114 Mixed 73.3 74% 99.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.89 4K Write 2.35 4K Mixed 0.21 104% 1.15 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 64.5% Great: 109%
504 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 22GB free, PID 0917 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	9.32% Terrible	Read 38.8 Write 10.7 Mixed 2 15% 17.2 MB/s	4K Read 5.67 4K Write 0.005 4K Mixed 0.002 21% 1.89 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 9.32% Great: 28%
Corsair Voyager 16GB 622 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 8GB free, PID 1ab1 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	5.68% Terrible	Read 23 Write 6.37 Mixed 8.52 13% 12.6 MB/s	4K Read 4.04 4K Write 0.004 4K Mixed 0.005 15% 1.35 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 5.68% Great: 10%
SanDisk Ultra USB 3.0 16GB-$6 19,339 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 6GB free, PID 5581 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	10.3% Very poor	Read 29.3 Write 15.3 Mixed 12.6 21% 19 MB/s	4K Read 3.39 4K Write 0.61 4K Mixed 0.45 49% 1.49 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 10.3% Great: 35%
WD Elements 25A2 1TB 31,808 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 0GB free, PID 25a2 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	21.4% Poor	Read 53.7 Write 48.8 Mixed 38.9 59% 47.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.32 4K Write 0.95 4K Mixed 0.19 40% 0.49 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 21.4% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x2GB 446,702 User benchmarks, average bench 20% 2 of 2 slots used 4GB DIMM Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	25.2% Poor	MC Read 10.5 MC Write 5.9 MC Mixed 8.6 24% 8.33 GB/s	SC Read 6.4 SC Write 5 SC Mixed 7 18% 6.13 GB/s	Latency 86.7 46% 86.7 ns
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 25.2% Great: 44%

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Gaming 5%

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Desktop 48%

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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