Asus M5A78L-M LX/BR

Performance Results


Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 59% Gunboat	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 56.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	10.4% 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	30% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (100%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A78L-M LX/BR (all builds)
Memory	8.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170304
Uptime	1.3 Days
Run Date	May 08 '18 at 01:59
Run Duration	171 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	100%

PC Performing as expected (47^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-4300-$73 55,454 User benchmarks, average bench 52% AM3R2, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.8 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	56.7% Above average	Memory 82.4 1-Core 60.6 2-Core 117 54% 86.7 Pts	4-Core 180 8-Core 195 25% 187 Pts	64-Core 191 12% 191 Pts
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 56.7% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GTX 560 SE 1,809 User benchmarks, average bench 11% EVGA(3842 1464) 1GB CLim: 776 MHz, MLim: 957 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	10.4% Very poor	Lighting 13.6 Reflection 15 Parallax 3.44 11% 10.7 fps	MRender 2.67 Gravity 12.9 Splatting 15.5 9% 10.3 fps
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 10.4% Great: 12%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 240GB-$89 105,079 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 86GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3FD6SD Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance (0^th 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 100 100 861 (05) Reallocated sector count 99 99 23 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2220 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1165 (64) Unknown 100 100 2724832 (65) Unknown 100 100 310208 (AA) Unknown 100 100 23 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 402 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 98 98 851 (B2) Unknown 100 100 7 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1350 (B7) Unknown 100 100 7 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 861 (C2) HDA temperature 34 100 188980068386 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 861 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 23 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 98 98 2 (E9) Unknown 100 100 4548 (EA) Unknown 100 100 1491 (F1) Unknown 100 100 3622 (F2) Unknown 100 100 3946 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 540	30% Below average	Read 247 Write 125 Mixed 87.8 34% 153 MB/s	4K Read 16.1 4K Write 18.4 4K Mixed 4.4 40% 13 MB/s	DQ Read 15.7 DQ Write 40.7 DQ Mixed 20.1 18% 25.5 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 30% Great: 88%
WD Green 1TB (2010)-$139 139,542 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 821GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 2 (03) Spinup time 191 188 6408 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4711 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1382 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4063 (C0) Power-off retract count 196 196 3049 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 4972 (C2) HDA temperature 108 101 39 (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	48.6% Average	Read 84.8 Write 84.5 Mixed 72.9 61% 80.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.19 64% 0.59 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 48.6% Great: 59%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 1TB 266,123 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 471GB free Firmware: 2AR20003 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 20 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 89 83 3473 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2867 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1244 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 50 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2168 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 4196715 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 91 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 23204 (C2) HDA temperature 64 47 227634642977 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 13 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 1035 (F1) Unknown 95 94 8096776 (F2) Unknown 95 94 7013004 (FE) Unknown 252 252 0	46.9% Average	Read 79.3 Write 83.8 Mixed 78 60% 80.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.36 4K Write 1.83 4K Mixed 0.31 84% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 46.9% Great: 59%

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 (15^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	42% Average	MC Read 17.9 MC Write 11.5 MC Mixed 15.4 43% 14.9 GB/s	SC Read 9 SC Write 7.8 SC Mixed 11.2 27% 9.33 GB/s	Latency 76.2 52% 76.2 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 42% Great: 97%

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Workstation 5%

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Motherboard: Asus M5A78L-M LX/BR

CPU
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	125x
FX-8300AMD $168Bench 58%, 49,767 samples	49x
FX-4300AMD $73Bench 52%, 55,454 samples	42x

GPU
Radeon 3000 GraphicsATIBench 1%, 21,841 samples	26x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	25x
RX 550AMD $79Bench 14%, 79,894 samples	24x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	41x
A400 120GBKingston $28Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	26x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	13x

RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	113x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	69x
1x8GBUnknownBench 38%, 168,538 samples	56x

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Value: 65% - Good

Total price: $75

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16