Asus M5A78L-M LX

Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 54% Yacht	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 53.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	9.54% 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	36.5% 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 (38%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus M5A78L-M LX (all builds)
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit färger
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131105
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 26 '17 at 22:27
Run Duration	223 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	38%

PC Performing as expected (54^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Phenom II X4 955-$83 41,403 User benchmarks, average bench 51% AM3R2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	53.2% Above average	Memory 83.2 1-Core 45.5 2-Core 81.8 47% 70.2 Pts	4-Core 136 8-Core 147 19% 142 Pts	64-Core 154 10% 154 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 53.2% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 750-Ti-$92 309,423 User benchmarks, average bench 17% Nvidia(10DE 089C) 2GB CLim: 900 MHz, MLim: 900 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.31 Relative performance (0^th percentile)	9.54% Terrible	Lighting 10.7 Reflection 12.6 Parallax 9.03 9% 10.8 fps	MRender 14.5 Gravity 11.2 Splatting 14.7 11% 13.5 fps
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 9.54% Great: 19%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 120GB-$85 104,444 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 61GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT0CB6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 705 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 192 (B1) Unknown 98 98 19 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 59 46 41 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 130 (F1) Unknown 99 99 7494378807	36.5% Below average	Read 174 Write 122 Mixed 135 32% 144 MB/s	4K Read 25.2 4K Write 28.5 4K Mixed 12.8 70% 22.2 MB/s	DQ Read 23 DQ Write 50.3 DQ Mixed 8.98 15% 27.4 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 36.5% Great: 108%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 1TB 266,123 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 369GB free Firmware: 2BA30001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 10 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 92 91 2507 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1786 (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 9283 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 229 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1778 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 626 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 137 (C2) HDA temperature 64 44 240518561826 (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 8002 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 229 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 81 81 201151	51.2% Above average	Read 92.8 Write 85.4 Mixed 39.2 53% 72.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.56 4K Mixed 0.31 85% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 51.2% Great: 59%
Toshiba MQ01ABD075 750GB-$40 42,694 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 336GB free Firmware: AX0A4M Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 1720 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1134 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 7600 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 2467 (0A) Spinup retry count 121 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1053 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 351 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 157 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 11414 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 261994119206 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 669 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 95 95 2242 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 80401 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	41.5% Average	Read 70.2 Write 74.5 Mixed 70.9 54% 71.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.28 4K Write 0.93 4K Mixed 0.12 42% 0.44 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 41.5% Great: 57%
Hitachi HDT722525DLA380 250GB-$59 3,786 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 192GB free Firmware: V44OA80A Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 99 99 196608 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 130 130 21493317888 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 8576 (05) Reallocated sector count 77 77 568 (07) Seek error rate 99 99 65536 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 14086 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 6687 (C0) Power-off retract count 93 93 9020 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 93 93 9020 (C2) HDA temperature 141 141 266288496679 (C4) Reallocation count 65 65 778 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 253 0	35.3% Below average	Read 62.4 Write 59.9 Mixed 36.1 39% 52.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.72 4K Write 2.32 4K Mixed 0.38 115% 1.14 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 35.3% Great: 36%
Maxtor 6Y120M0 123GB-$34 714 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 114GB free Firmware: YAR51BW0 Max speed: SATA 1.0 150 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (03) Spinup time 209 199 10302 (04) Start/Stop count 253 253 1106 (05) Reallocated sector count 1 1 2556 (06) Read channel margin 253 253 0 (07) Seek error rate 253 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 253 245 47572 (09) Power-on hours count 198 198 35622 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 253 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 250 250 1545 (C0) Power-off retract count 253 253 0 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 253 253 0 (C2) HDA temperature 253 253 45 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 253 251 4408 (C4) Reallocation count 1 1 4006 (C5) Current pending sector count 1 1 2579 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 1 1 43150 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 199 140 58 (C8) Write error rate 253 252 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 244 22 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 242 1 22 (CB) Run out cancel 253 19 63 (CC) Soft ECC correction 253 1 0 (CD) Thermal asperity rate(TAR) 253 252 0 (CF) Spin high current 253 252 0 (D0) Spin buzz 253 252 0 (D1) Offline seek performance 196 190 0 (63) Unknown 253 253 0 (64) Unknown 253 253 0 (65) Unknown 253 253 0	32.7% Below average	Read 55.4 Write 58.1 Mixed 43.3 39% 52.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 2.28 4K Mixed 0.47 117% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 32.7% Great: 32%

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 (8^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	31.9% Below average	MC Read 13.6 MC Write 7.2 MC Mixed 12.3 32% 11 GB/s	SC Read 6.3 SC Write 4.7 SC Mixed 7.9 18% 6.3 GB/s	Latency 74.8 53% 74.8 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 31.9% 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 $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