Asus M5A78L-M LX

Performance Results


Gaming 3% Tree trunk	Desktop 52% Yacht	Workstation 3% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 54.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	5.87% 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	34.4% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait 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 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.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus M5A78L-M LX (all builds)
Memory	1.8 GB free of 4 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20131105
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Apr 26 '17 at 00:45
Run Duration	205 Seconds
Run User	IDN-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing as expected (53^rd 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 965-$144 43,442 User benchmarks, average bench 53% AM3R2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	54.1% Above average	Memory 90.9 1-Core 39.9 2-Core 61.8 46% 64.2 Pts	4-Core 108 8-Core 91.1 14% 99.4 Pts	64-Core 116 7% 116 Pts
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 54.1% Great: 61%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R7 240 58,337 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Device(17AF 2000) 2GB Driver: aticfx32.dll Ver. 15.201.1301.0 Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	5.87% Terrible	Lighting 7.03 Reflection 9.12 Parallax 9.03 6% 8.39 fps	MRender 7.43 Gravity 6.7 Splatting 8.13 6% 7.42 fps
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 5.87% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SUV400S37120G 120GB 965 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 70GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3J Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (6^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 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 918 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 197 (64) Unknown 100 100 997488 (65) Unknown 100 100 199264 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 28 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 99 99 588 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 669 (B7) Unknown 99 99 9 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 35 100 193274970147 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (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 99 99 1 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1840 (EA) Unknown 100 100 1030 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1630 (F2) Unknown 100 100 1914 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 0	34.4% Below average	Read 249 Write 112 Mixed 136 36% 165 MB/s	4K Read 20.7 4K Write 17.6 4K Mixed 6.35 49% 14.9 MB/s	DQ Read 114 DQ Write 56.2 DQ Mixed 18.8 32% 63.1 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 34.4% Great: 78%
WD Blue 500GB (2010)-$24 496,077 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 172GB free Firmware: 15.0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 617 (03) Spinup time 142 140 3858 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4337 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5673 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3225 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 558 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 3778 (C2) HDA temperature 103 95 40 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 3 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 3 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 2	69.4% Good	Read 118 Write 124 Mixed 117 90% 120 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 1.99 4K Mixed 0.41 109% 1.01 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 69.4% Great: 69%
Hitachi HTS545050A7E380 500GB 64,410 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 73GB free Firmware: GG2O Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 230 230 68719476737 (04) Start/Stop count 77 77 36972 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 97 97 3 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 92 92 3911 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 3146 (BF) G-sense error rate 96 96 524288 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 228 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 79 79 218131 (C2) HDA temperature 200 200 214749806622 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 4 (C5) Current pending sector count 45 45 1472 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0	28.5% Poor	Read 56.7 Write 42.4 Mixed 54.9 39% 51.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.16 4K Mixed 0.17 62% 0.62 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 28.5% Great: 58%
Seagate Expansion 500GB 164 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 76GB free, PID 231a Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	12% Very poor	Read 27.9 Write 26.8 Mixed 20.8 32% 25.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 0.65 4K Mixed 0.17 29% 0.4 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 12% Great: 44%

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 above expectations (83^rd percentile)	24.4% Poor	MC Read 9 MC Write 5.3 MC Mixed 9 22% 7.77 GB/s	SC Read 4.4 SC Write 4.9 SC Mixed 5.4 14% 4.9 GB/s	Latency 66 61% 66 ns
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 24.4% 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 $273	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 $15	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