Asus M5A78L-M LX V2

Performance Results


Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 44% Speed boat	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (20th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 80 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 42.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	3.62% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	40.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (100%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus M5A78L-M LX V2 (all builds)
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130427
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 24 '18 at 17:20
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	PHL-User
Background CPU	100%

PC Performing way below expectations (20^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 260 5,317 User benchmarks, average bench 42% AM3R2, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	42.6% Average	Memory 75.3 1-Core 42.7 2-Core 57.3 41% 58.4 Pts	4-Core 58 8-Core 77.3 9% 67.7 Pts	64-Core 91.8 6% 91.8 Pts
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 42.6% Great: 49%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 730 164,888 User benchmarks, average bench 5% MSI(1462 8A9F) 2GB CLim: 700 MHz, MLim: 450 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	3.62% Terrible	Lighting 4.5 Reflection 5.04 Parallax 3.47 4% 4.34 fps	MRender 6.1 Gravity 4.33 Splatting 3.09 4% 4.51 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.62% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Transcend SSD370S 128GB-$70 10,510 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 48GB free (System drive) Firmware: O1225G 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 100 100 300 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 942 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 136 (A3) Unknown 100 100 29 (A4) Unknown 100 100 81175 (A5) Unknown 100 100 132 (A6) Unknown 100 100 7 (A7) Unknown 100 100 39 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 99 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 18 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 61 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 11857 (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 73265 (F2) Unknown 100 100 104489 (F5) Unknown 100 100 162350	40.1% Average	Read 216 Write 193 Mixed 182 44% 197 MB/s	4K Read 13 4K Write 33.1 4K Mixed 15.2 57% 20.4 MB/s	DQ Read 32 DQ Write 73 DQ Mixed 19.7 24% 41.6 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 40.1% Great: 90%
WL2000GSA6472B 2TB 131 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 138GB free Firmware: 01.01D02 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 199 194 1783 (03) Spinup time 253 253 8908 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3025 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 5382 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2697 (C0) Power-off retract count 199 199 1134 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 1892 (C2) HDA temperature 110 89 42 (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 1 181019 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 13	44.1% Average	Read 71.3 Write 81.7 Mixed 29.2 44% 60.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 2.51 4K Mixed 0.43 120% 1.19 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 44.1% Great: 89%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x8GB 236,291 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	26.5% Poor	MC Read 10.1 MC Write 6.5 MC Mixed 10.1 26% 8.9 GB/s	SC Read 6.2 SC Write 5.7 SC Mixed 7.5 18% 6.47 GB/s	Latency 89.7 45% 89.7 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 26.5% Great: 97%

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Gaming 19%

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Desktop 64%

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Workstation 15%

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Motherboard: Asus M5A78L-M LX V2

CPU
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	43x
FX-4100AMD $110Bench 51%, 32,471 samples	29x
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	19x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	16x
Radeon 3000 GraphicsATIBench 1%, 21,841 samples	14x
GTX 750-TiNvidia $92Bench 17%, 309,423 samples	12x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	13x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	5x
A400 120GBKingston $30Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	5x

RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	105x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	47x
12GBUnknownBench 35%, 85,415 samples	21x

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Value: 88% - Excellent

Total price: $134

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	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 $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 $40	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