Gigabyte GA-78LMT-USB3 6.0

Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 54% Yacht	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 53.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	9.72% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	36.8% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (46%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-78LMT-USB3 6.0 (all builds)
Memory	2.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20141125
Uptime	2.5 Days
Run Date	Mar 02 '17 at 17:30
Run Duration	299 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	46%

PC Performing as expected (53^rd 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 945 12,746 User benchmarks, average bench 51% Socket M2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	53.3% Above average	Memory 83.6 1-Core 39.9 2-Core 82.6 46% 68.7 Pts	4-Core 140 8-Core 117 18% 128 Pts	64-Core 61.7 4% 61.7 Pts
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 53.3% Great: 58%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 550-Ti-$250 54,392 User benchmarks, average bench 9% EVGA(3842 1559) 2GB CLim: 900 MHz, MLim: 1002 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 376.53 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	9.72% Terrible	Lighting 10.9 Reflection 12.8 Parallax 9.19 9% 11 fps	MRender 15.1 Gravity 11.4 Splatting 14.8 11% 13.8 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 9.72% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sage 1.14 1TB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 3% 981GB free Firmware: 1.14 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (FF) Unknown 255 255 -1 (FF) Unknown 255 255 -1 (FF) Unknown 255 255 -1 (FF) Unknown 255 255 -1 (FF) Unknown 255 255 -1 (FF) Unknown 255 255 -1 (FF) Unknown 255 255 -1 (FF) Unknown 255 255 -1 (FF) Unknown 255 255 -1 (FF) Unknown 255 255 -1 (FF) Unknown 255 255 -1 (FF) Unknown 255 255 -1 (FF) Unknown 255 255 -1 (FF) Unknown 255 255 -1 (FF) Unknown 255 255 -1 (FF) Unknown 255 255 -1 (FF) Unknown 255 255 -1 (FF) Unknown 255 255 -1 (FF) Unknown 255 255 -1 (FF) Unknown 255 255 -1 (FF) Unknown 255 255 -1 (FF) Unknown 255 255 -1 (FF) Unknown 255 255 -1 (FF) Unknown 255 255 -1 (FF) Unknown 255 255 -1 (FF) Unknown 255 255 -1 (FF) Unknown 255 255 -1 (FF) Unknown 255 255 -1 (FF) Unknown 255 255 -1 (FF) Unknown 255 255 -1	1.76% Terrible	Read 12.2 Write 6.09 Mixed 4.11 2% 7.46 MB/s	4K Read 2.25 4K Write 0.01 4K Mixed 0.01 3% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 1.76% Great: 4%
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$30 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 39GB free (System drive) Firmware: Z22000RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (8^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 165 100 2213 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 49 (A6) Unknown 100 100 47 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 98 (A9) Unknown 100 100 37 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 82 (AE) Unknown 100 100 23 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 68 100 188978561056 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 2 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 16994 (F1) Unknown 253 253 8365 (F2) Unknown 253 253 8318	36.8% Below average	Read 225 Write 201 Mixed 151 43% 193 MB/s	4K Read 17.6 4K Write 35.6 4K Mixed 2.48 49% 18.6 MB/s	DQ Read 27.3 DQ Write 69.7 DQ Mixed 4.45 16% 33.8 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 36.8% Great: 86%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 676GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 174 174 2275 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 222 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 89 89 8632 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 22 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 7 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 440 (C2) HDA temperature 115 107 28 (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 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	89.3% Excellent	Read 151 Write 160 Mixed 80.1 96% 130 MB/s	4K Read 1.22 4K Write 2.65 4K Mixed 0.36 140% 1.41 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 89.3% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x4GB 424,126 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM Performing below potential (30^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	25.8% Poor	MC Read 10.8 MC Write 6.1 MC Mixed 8.6 24% 8.5 GB/s	SC Read 4.6 SC Write 5.9 SC Mixed 6.1 16% 5.53 GB/s	Latency 74.1 54% 74.1 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 25.8% Great: 65%

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Desktop 65%

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Workstation 18%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-78LMT-USB3 6.0

CPU
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	540x
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	265x
FX-8320AMD $153Bench 59%, 106,454 samples	256x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	160x
GTX 960Nvidia $198Bench 33%, 440,282 samples	94x
GTX 1060-6GBNvidia $117Bench 56%, 1,368,019 samples	82x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	62x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	41x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	40x

RAM
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	450x
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	262x
4x4GBUnknownBench 43%, 106,178 samples	226x

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Value: 81% - Excellent

Total price: $177

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $150
Intel Core i5-13600K $270	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $388	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $90
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4070 $520	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $353