Asus M5A78L-M LX/BR

Performance Results


Gaming 25% Surfboard	Desktop 68% Battle cruiser	Workstation 18% 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 60.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	38.8% 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	40% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	10GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 10GB 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 (31%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A78L-M LX/BR (all builds)
Memory	5.4 GB free of 10 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170304
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Apr 23 '17 at 14:09
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	31%

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 FX-4100-$110 32,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% AM3R2, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.9 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	60.2% Good	Memory 87 1-Core 67.2 2-Core 116 57% 90.2 Pts	4-Core 198 8-Core 187 26% 193 Pts	64-Core 188 12% 188 Pts
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 60.2% Great: 58%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 470-$126 94,030 User benchmarks, average bench 40% XFX(1682 9470) CLim: 1226 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.4.2 Performing below potential (51^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	38.8% Below average	Lighting 44.8 Reflection 63.5 Parallax 63.3 36% 57.2 fps	MRender 63.2 Gravity 44.8 Splatting 51.4 43% 53.1 fps
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 38.8% Great: 47%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston A400 120GB-$28 166,392 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 92GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFK Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	40% Below average	Read 243 Write 158 Mixed 168 42% 190 MB/s	4K Read 25.3 4K Write 35.3 4K Mixed 5.96 65% 22.2 MB/s	DQ Read 27.6 DQ Write 86.9 DQ Mixed 7.68 20% 40.7 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 40% Great: 85%
WD Black 2.5" 750GB (2011)-$87 21,339 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 692GB free Firmware: 01.0 Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	53.7% Above average	Read 65 Write 122 Mixed 105 74% 97.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.02 4K Mixed 0.11 61% 0.61 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 53.7% Great: 71%
AMD 2+0 Stripe/RAID0 1TB 1,147 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 245GB free Firmware: 1.10 Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Read 196 Write 163 Mixed 173 133% 177 MB/s	4K Read 0.78 4K Write 1.84 4K Mixed 0.83 159% 1.15 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 140%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 10GB 21,027 User benchmarks, average bench 31% null MHz 2048, 8192 MB Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	30.8% Below average	MC Read 10.3 MC Write 9.5 MC Mixed 10 28% 9.93 GB/s	SC Read 8.7 SC Write 7.4 SC Mixed 9.9 25% 8.67 GB/s	Latency 70.4 57% 70.4 ns
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 30.8% Great: 45%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Motherboard: Asus M5A78L-M LX/BR

CPU
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	125x
FX-8300AMD $168Bench 58%, 49,767 samples	49x
FX-4300AMD $73Bench 52%, 55,454 samples	42x

GPU
Radeon 3000 GraphicsATIBench 1%, 21,841 samples	26x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	25x
RX 550AMD $79Bench 14%, 79,894 samples	24x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	41x
A400 120GBKingston $28Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	26x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	13x

RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	113x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	69x
1x8GBUnknownBench 38%, 168,538 samples	56x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $118

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16