Asus M5A78L-M LX

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 1% Tree trunk	Desktop 45% Speed boat	Workstation 0% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 48.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	0.46% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	4GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and although it's sufficient for most games, some will benefit from up to 8GB of RAM. 4GB is also enough for modest file and system caches which allow for a responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A78L-M LX (all builds)
Memory	2.3 GB free of 4 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131105
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Aug 01 '18 at 19:00
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	IND-User
Background CPU	22%

PC Performing above expectations (65^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 way above expectations (95^th percentile)	48.7% Average	Memory 81.7 1-Core 47.5 2-Core 93.5 49% 74.2 Pts	4-Core 95.5 8-Core 93.6 13% 94.6 Pts	64-Core 95.2 6% 95.2 Pts
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 48.7% Great: 49%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
ATI Radeon 3000 Graphics 21,841 User benchmarks, average bench 1% Asus(1043 8388) 256MB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 8.970.100.9001 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	0.46% Terrible	Lighting 0.47 Reflection 0.96 Parallax 0.19 0% 0.54 fps	MRender 0.81 Gravity 0.33 Splatting 1 1% 0.71 fps
Poor: 0% ↑ This bench: 0.46% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Green 500GB (2012) 31,295 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 445GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 68 88 113 76 109 112 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	63% Good	Read 125 Write 113 Mixed 80.8 SusWrite 94.4 76% 103 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.8 4K Mixed 0.8 182% 1.53 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 63% Great: 79%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 355GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 158 123 164 162 159 165 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	93.7% Outstanding	Read 171 Write 158 Mixed 78.7 SusWrite 155 103% 141 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.1 230% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 93.7% Great: 109%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$37 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 631GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 167 125 172 170 165 174 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	99.4% Outstanding	Read 184 Write 173 Mixed 82.6 SusWrite 162 110% 150 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 1.1 226% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 99.4% Great: 109%
Mass Storage Device 320GB 2,915 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 272GB free, PID 6116 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 22 20 23 23 23 23 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	13.5% Very poor	Read 22.9 Write 22 Mixed 18.6 SusWrite 22.3 29% 21.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.6 80% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 13.5% Great: 20%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1x4GB 154,807 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 1 of 2 slots used 4GB DIMM Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	24.1% Poor	MC Read 8.6 MC Write 6.9 MC Mixed 7.2 22% 7.57 GB/s	SC Read 6.9 SC Write 6.4 SC Mixed 6.6 19% 6.63 GB/s	Latency 77.4 52% 77.4 ns
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 24.1% Great: 52%

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Gaming 5%

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Desktop 48%

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Workstation 5%

Tree trunk

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 $273	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 $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 $45	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