Asus M5A78L-M LX V2

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU, SSD
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 50.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A78L-M LX V2 (all builds)
Memory	5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1600 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120904
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 02 '17 at 20:20
Run Duration	168 Seconds
Run User	LVA-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing as expected (46^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8120 25,690 User benchmarks, average bench 56% AM3R2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3.05 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	50.3% Above average	Memory 64.5 1-Core 23.4 2-Core 77.6 36% 55.2 Pts	4-Core 196 8-Core 328 32% 262 Pts	64-Core 324 20% 324 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 50.3% Great: 63%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Hitachi HDS721050DLE630 500GB 10,673 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 237GB free (System drive) Firmware: MS1OA650 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 136 136 93 (03) Spinup time 113 113 17193042125 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2709 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 118 118 33 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 18345 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2578 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 2759 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 2759 (C2) HDA temperature 150 150 296353464360 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 16 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 8530	62.5% Good	Read 106 Write 111 Mixed 10.3 55% 76 MB/s	4K Read 0.31 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.14 60% 0.72 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 62.5% Great: 82%
Samsung HD321KJ 120GB 112GB free Firmware: ZL100-47 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 253 253 5632 (04) Start/Stop count 94 94 6589 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (07) Seek error rate 253 253 0 (08) Seek timer performance 253 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 12492 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 253 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3465 (BB) vendor-specific 84 84 17 (BE) vendor-specific 94 58 48 (C2) HDA temperature 94 58 48 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 177710 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 1 (C5) Current pending sector count 253 253 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 253 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 253 253 0	34.6% Below average	Read 57.9 Write 62.3 Mixed 21.4 35% 47.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 1.42 4K Mixed 0.41 96% 0.8 MB/s

Samsung HD321KJ 320GB-$42 12,070 User benchmarks, average bench 33% 107GB free Firmware: CP100-13 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	37.1% Below average	Read 62.6 Write 66.5 Mixed 37.7 41% 55.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 1.11 4K Mixed 0.41 91% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 37.1% Great: 43%
Hitachi HDS721050DLE630 40GB 37GB free Firmware: ZG100-41 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 3840 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3577 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 253 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 253 0 (08) Seek timer performance 253 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 8400 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 253 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2544 (BB) vendor-specific 74 74 27 (BE) vendor-specific 94 76 48 (C2) HDA temperature 94 76 48 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 21532 (C4) Reallocation count 253 253 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 1 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 253 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 194 2834 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 61 61 13211	32.7% Below average	Read 55.9 Write 57.9 Mixed 47 40% 53.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.38 4K Mixed 0.37 86% 0.74 MB/s

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 as expected (54^th percentile)	40.7% Average	MC Read 17.2 MC Write 14.2 MC Mixed 15.3 44% 15.6 GB/s	SC Read 5.1 SC Write 5 SC Mixed 9 18% 6.37 GB/s	Latency 115 35% 115 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 40.7% Great: 65%

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Desktop 64%

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Workstation 15%

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Motherboard: Asus M5A78L-M LX V2

CPU
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	43x
FX-4100AMD $110Bench 51%, 32,471 samples	29x
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	19x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	16x
Radeon 3000 GraphicsATIBench 1%, 21,841 samples	14x
GTX 750-TiNvidia $92Bench 17%, 309,423 samples	12x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	13x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	5x
A400 120GBKingston $30Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	5x

RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	105x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	47x
12GBUnknownBench 35%, 85,415 samples	21x

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Total price: $134

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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