Asus M5A78L-M LX

Performance Results


Gaming 15% Tree trunk	Desktop 64% Destroyer	Workstation 12% 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 58.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	19.9% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	23.9% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
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.

Very high background CPU (45%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus M5A78L-M LX (all builds)
Memory	3.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131105
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 28 '17 at 13:57
Run Duration	225 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	45%

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 FX-8320E-$87 33,199 User benchmarks, average bench 58% AM3R2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.25 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	58.1% Above average	Memory 81.5 1-Core 54 2-Core 103 51% 79.4 Pts	4-Core 189 8-Core 312 31% 251 Pts	64-Core 295 18% 295 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 58.1% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 660-$170 123,956 User benchmarks, average bench 20% POV(1ACC 662B) 2GB CLim: 1202 MHz, MLim: 1502 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 381.89 Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	19.9% Very poor	Lighting 23.3 Reflection 22.2 Parallax 28.6 19% 24.7 fps	MRender 32 Gravity 26.5 Splatting 23.1 22% 27.2 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 19.9% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk S128G 126GB 21,984 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 23GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3.2.0 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 1 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 5624 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 691 (A5) Unknown 100 100 730613 (AB) Unknown 100 100 1 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 186 (AE) Unknown 100 100 68 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 58 42 240518955050 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 620 (E8) Unknown 92 100 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 1441 (F1) Unknown 100 100 20018664101 (F2) Unknown 100 100 23978827017	23.9% Poor	Read 206 Write 88.4 Mixed 160 33% 151 MB/s	4K Read 13.5 4K Write 10.3 4K Mixed 5.89 33% 9.88 MB/s	DQ Read 15 DQ Write 6.67 DQ Mixed 4.76 5% 8.8 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 23.9% Great: 56%
Seagate Desktop SSHD 2TB-$50 94,145 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 589GB free Firmware: CC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 201336360 (03) Spinup time 95 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 368 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 65 60 21494093836 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1942 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 451 (B7) Unknown 97 97 3 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 1 (BD) vendor-specific 99 99 1 (BE) vendor-specific 66 49 571867170 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 204 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1915 (C2) HDA temperature 34 51 51539607586 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -129720897238860 (F1) Unknown 100 253 12180492768 (F2) Unknown 100 253 22903727571	65% Good	Read 95.9 Write 129 Mixed 88.6 78% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 5.26 4K Mixed 0.4 166% 2.08 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 65% Great: 108%
Seagate ST3500820AS 500GB 4,420 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 341GB free Firmware: SD81 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 120 92 242580398 (03) Spinup time 92 87 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3256 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 78 60 4377049171 (09) Power-on hours count 75 75 22098 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 97 561 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1701 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 1 1 477 (BC) Unknown 100 92 279177134147 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 45 588578851 (C2) HDA temperature 35 55 47244640291 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 45 35 242580398 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 194 9171	54.6% Above average	Read 97.2 Write 93.1 Mixed 25.3 52% 71.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.28 4K Mixed 0.3 77% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 54.6% Great: 60%
WD WD1600JS-75NCB1 160GB 10,689 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 243GB free Firmware: 10.02E02 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 18 (03) Spinup time 194 182 3275 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4221 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 65 65 25725 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 3424 (BE) vendor-specific 60 39 40 (C2) HDA temperature 107 86 40 (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 3110 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	31.6% Below average	Read 55.6 Write 54.4 Mixed 38.6 37% 49.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.48 4K Mixed 0.42 94% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 31.6% Great: 35%
Samsung HD160JJ 160GB-$85 5,008 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 243GB free Firmware: ZM100-41 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 253 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 5824 (04) Start/Stop count 91 91 9372 (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 28757 (0A) Spinup retry count 253 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 253 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 95 95 5307 (BB) vendor-specific 253 253 0 (BE) vendor-specific 124 64 38 (C2) HDA temperature 124 64 38 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 148 (C4) Reallocation count 253 253 0 (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 253 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 253 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 253 253 0	31.3% Below average	Read 55.4 Write 53.5 Mixed 21.7 32% 43.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.43 4K Mixed 0.33 81% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 31.3% Great: 33%

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 (48^th percentile)	37.5% Below average	MC Read 14.7 MC Write 12.6 MC Mixed 12.9 38% 13.4 GB/s	SC Read 6.4 SC Write 7 SC Mixed 8.4 21% 7.27 GB/s	Latency 77.8 51% 77.8 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 37.5% Great: 65%

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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 $300	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