Asus M5A78L-M LX

Performance Results


Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 64% Destroyer	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 65.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	9.8% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	39.4% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus M5A78L-M LX (all builds)
Memory	14 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1842 x 1036 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20131105
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jan 17 '18 at 00:48
Run Duration	147 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8300-$168 49,767 User benchmarks, average bench 58% AM3R2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	65.6% Good	Memory 92.1 1-Core 64.7 2-Core 125 60% 93.9 Pts	4-Core 213 8-Core 368 35% 290 Pts	64-Core 371 23% 371 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 65.6% Great: 64%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 550-Ti-$250 54,392 User benchmarks, average bench 9% Device(0000 0000) 1GB CLim: 900 MHz, MLim: 1026 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 388.31 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	9.8% Terrible	Lighting 11 Reflection 12.8 Parallax 9.28 9% 11 fps	MRender 15.3 Gravity 11.4 Splatting 14.7 11% 13.8 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 9.8% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SUV300S37A240G 240GB 5,323 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 94GB free (System drive) Firmware: SAFM12.G Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (2^nd 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 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1017 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 260 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 426 (AD) Unknown 100 100 196622 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 40 (C2) HDA temperature 62 49 219044249638 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 877 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1062 (F2) Unknown 100 100 1497 (F4) Unknown 100 100 3 (F5) Unknown 100 100 14 (F6) Unknown 100 100 156832	39.4% Below average	Read 209 Write 201 Mixed 181 44% 197 MB/s	4K Read 17.1 4K Write 39.6 4K Mixed 8.89 58% 21.9 MB/s	DQ Read 20.3 DQ Write 63.4 DQ Mixed 10.2 17% 31.3 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 39.4% Great: 92%
Samsung HD322HJ 320GB-$44 40,147 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 260GB free Firmware: 1AC01113 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 94 94 2890 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3373 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 9835 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 7307 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 2 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3210 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 57 504561694 (C2) HDA temperature 71 50 538116125 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 84160 (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 99 2 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 253 0	61.8% Good	Read 112 Write 103 Mixed 38.8 62% 84.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.49 128% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 61.8% Great: 62%
Seagate ST1500DM003-9YN16G 1.5TB 5,186 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 354GB free Firmware: CC4C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 118 99 175721320 (03) Spinup time 94 94 0 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1451 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 69 60 47336974378 (09) Power-on hours count 97 97 3148 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1272 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 9 (BD) vendor-specific 98 98 2 (BE) vendor-specific 64 47 30737432612 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 162 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 92 92 17912 (C2) HDA temperature 36 53 -140737488355292 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 194 41 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 133968619898909 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3076545962582 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2337938813665	72.6% Very good	Read 134 Write 119 Mixed 35 70% 96 MB/s	4K Read 0.88 4K Write 1.13 4K Mixed 0.31 91% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 72.6% Great: 103%

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 (31^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	49.5% Average	MC Read 20.9 MC Write 14.5 MC Mixed 17.8 51% 17.7 GB/s	SC Read 10.7 SC Write 7.7 SC Mixed 12.1 29% 10.2 GB/s	Latency 64 62% 64 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 49.5% Great: 97%

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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 $254	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 $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16