Asus M5A78L-M LX3

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 68% Battle cruiser	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 60.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	30% 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	49.5% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Motherboard	Asus M5A78L-M LX3 (all builds)
Memory	6.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130419
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 14 '17 at 12:53
Run Duration	116 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6100-$68 44,863 User benchmarks, average bench 54% AM3R2, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	60.4% Good	Memory 84.2 1-Core 67.8 2-Core 125 58% 92.4 Pts	4-Core 204 8-Core 266 30% 235 Pts	64-Core 266 16% 266 Pts
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 60.4% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD R9 270X-$199 77,943 User benchmarks, average bench 27% Sapphire(174B E271) CLim: 1070 MHz, MLim: 1400 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.4.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	30% Below average	Lighting 38.2 Reflection 33.6 Parallax 48.8 31% 40.2 fps	MRender 30 Gravity 31.6 Splatting 38.6 28% 33.4 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 30% Great: 29%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intenso SSD 120GB 3,562 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 81GB free (System drive) Firmware: O1217A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (25^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 100 100 234 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 374 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 124 (A3) Unknown 100 100 28 (A4) Unknown 100 100 16754 (A5) Unknown 100 100 25 (A6) Unknown 100 100 3 (A7) Unknown 100 100 8 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 2 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 31 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 40 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (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 100 100 1 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 44137 (F2) Unknown 100 100 84693 (F5) Unknown 100 100 33508	49.5% Average	Read 264 Write 213 Mixed 233 53% 237 MB/s	4K Read 21.3 4K Write 49.8 4K Mixed 17.4 81% 29.5 MB/s	DQ Read 23.7 DQ Write 54.1 DQ Mixed 17.1 19% 31.6 MB/s
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 49.5% Great: 93%
WD RE4 500GB (2010)-$30 12,344 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 442GB free Firmware: 01.01S01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 1 (03) Spinup time 138 136 4058 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 453 (05) Reallocated sector count 199 199 21 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5703 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 333 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 74 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 378 (C2) HDA temperature 115 98 28 (C4) Reallocation count 196 196 4 (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	78.4% Very good	Read 146 Write 128 Mixed 125 100% 133 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.79 4K Mixed 0.39 114% 1.02 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 78.4% Great: 76%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1x8GB 168,538 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 1 of 2 slots used 8GB DIMM Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	31.8% Below average	MC Read 11.4 MC Write 10.4 MC Mixed 9.2 30% 10.3 GB/s	SC Read 9.1 SC Write 8.5 SC Mixed 10.3 27% 9.3 GB/s	Latency 73.1 55% 73.1 ns
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 31.8% Great: 67%

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Desktop 65%

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Workstation 18%

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Motherboard: Asus M5A78L-M LX3 - $147

CPU
FX-6300AMD $57Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	535x
FX-8300AMD $168Bench 58%, 49,767 samples	206x
FX-4300AMD $73Bench 52%, 55,454 samples	152x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	180x
GTX 1050Nvidia $101Bench 26%, 269,381 samples	107x
GTX 1060-3GBNvidia $119Bench 52%, 627,793 samples	75x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	54x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	30x
A400 120GBKingston $32Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	29x

RAM
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	425x
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	391x
1x8GBUnknownBench 38%, 168,538 samples	266x

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Value: 86% - Excellent

Total price: $291

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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