Asus M5A78L-M LX

Performance Results


Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 47% Yacht	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 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 47%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	3.39% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	35.6% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 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.

Motherboard	Asus M5A78L-M LX (all builds)
Memory	5.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20110815
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 11 '17 at 19:20
Run Duration	227 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing as expected (44^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Athlon II X2 250 (2013 D.Ri) 19,471 User benchmarks, average bench 40% AM3R2, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads Base clock 3 GHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	47% Average	Memory 79.7 1-Core 44.1 2-Core 85.2 46% 69.7 Pts	4-Core 87.3 8-Core 88.2 12% 87.8 Pts	64-Core 88 5% 88 Pts
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 47% Great: 48%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 430 22,369 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Asus(1043 83B8) 1GB Ram: 1GB, Driver: 259.36 Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	3.39% Terrible	Lighting 4.3 Reflection 5 Parallax 3.38 4% 4.22 fps	MRender 5.24 Gravity 3.67 Splatting 3.09 3% 4 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 3.39% Great: 4%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 142GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z22000RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (7^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 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 384 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 36 (A9) Unknown 100 100 29 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 22 (AE) Unknown 100 100 2 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 70 100 158913789982 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 3422 (F1) Unknown 253 253 1105 (F2) Unknown 253 253 1643	35.6% Below average	Read 255 Write 217 Mixed 237 53% 236 MB/s	4K Read 13.8 4K Write 25.1 4K Mixed 3.72 39% 14.2 MB/s	DQ Read 15.1 DQ Write 41.9 DQ Mixed 3.72 10% 20.2 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 35.6% Great: 86%
Hitachi Deskstar P7K500 500GB-$159 43,620 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 257GB free Firmware: GM4OA5CA Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 133 133 139 (03) Spinup time 112 112 25792086358 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 2855 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 131 131 29 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 10692 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2327 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 2855 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 2855 (C2) HDA temperature 200 200 184684183582 (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 200 200 0	46.3% Average	Read 81.6 Write 79.4 Mixed 77.7 60% 79.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 1.81 4K Mixed 0.36 98% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 46.3% Great: 51%
Intenso USB 3.0 Device 2TB 660 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 1TB free, PID 55aa Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	13.4% Very poor	Read 26.4 Write 25.4 Mixed 25.8 33% 25.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.82 4K Write 1.24 4K Mixed 0.28 55% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 13.4% Great: 74%
ST950032 5AS 500GB 199 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 139GB free, PID 0470 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	13.2% Very poor	Read 28.4 Write 27.3 Mixed 27.6 36% 27.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 0.99 4K Mixed 0.24 43% 0.55 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 13.2% Great: 18%

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 below potential (37^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	30.4% Below average	MC Read 12.6 MC Write 6.7 MC Mixed 11.4 29% 10.2 GB/s	SC Read 7.6 SC Write 6.6 SC Mixed 8.7 22% 7.63 GB/s	Latency 81.2 49% 81.2 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 30.4% Great: 65%

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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 $279	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 $182	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) $30	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