Asus M5A78L-M LX

Performance Results


Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 65% Battle cruiser	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 59.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	30.5% 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	33.3% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
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	10.3 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20120215
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 16 '17 at 16:13
Run Duration	118 Seconds
Run User	BLR-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing as expected (56^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 B60 1,386 User benchmarks, average bench 56% AM3R2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.95 GHz Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	59.6% Above average	Memory 80.4 1-Core 58.4 2-Core 117 53% 85.3 Pts	4-Core 225 8-Core 235 31% 230 Pts	64-Core 234 14% 234 Pts
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 59.6% Great: 63%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7870-$203 42,130 User benchmarks, average bench 26% Gigabyte(1458 2554) 2GB CLim: 1100 MHz, MLim: 1200 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 17.4.4 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	30.5% Below average	Lighting 38.6 Reflection 33.9 Parallax 46.3 32% 39.6 fps	MRender 30.8 Gravity 32.4 Splatting 39.7 29% 34.3 fps
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 30.5% Great: 28%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 275GB-$100 67,541 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 161GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR050 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 (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 113 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 49 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 2 (AE) Unknown 100 100 6 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 63 55 193274642469 (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 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 642242610 (F7) Unknown 100 100 20126649 (F8) Unknown 100 100 4716743 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1256 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	33.3% Below average	Read 195 Write 148 Mixed 127 35% 157 MB/s	4K Read 16.4 4K Write 22.8 4K Mixed 10.2 50% 16.5 MB/s	DQ Read 21.4 DQ Write 49.8 DQ Mixed 11.3 16% 27.5 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 33.3% Great: 95%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$22 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 170GB free Firmware: KC43 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 5632 (03) Spinup time 100 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4096 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 88 60 5091912344 (09) Power-on hours count 72 72 24755 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 4056 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 93 93 7 (BC) Unknown 100 96 730 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 50 589430819 (C2) HDA temperature 35 50 47244640291 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 48 27 5632 (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 6884832600237 (F1) Unknown 100 253 70965987 (F2) Unknown 100 253 2047291715	53.4% Above average	Read 96.7 Write 87.8 Mixed 24.7 51% 69.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 5.63 4K Mixed 0.56 195% 2.29 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 53.4% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 12GB 85,415 User benchmarks, average bench 35% null MHz 4096, 8192 MB Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	35% Below average	MC Read 15.3 MC Write 8.2 MC Mixed 12.8 35% 12.1 GB/s	SC Read 7.5 SC Write 7.7 SC Mixed 9.6 24% 8.27 GB/s	Latency 79.7 50% 79.7 ns
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 35% Great: 50%

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Motherboard: Asus M5A78L-M LX - $200

CPU
FX-4100AMD $110Bench 51%, 32,471 samples	50x
FX-6300AMD $57Bench 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