Asus M5A78L-M LX/BR

Performance Results


Gaming 45% Speed boat	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 36% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	57.2% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	55.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Run History

Motherboard	Asus M5A78L-M LX/BR (all builds)
Memory	6.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170304
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 16 '19 at 19:56
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8350-$130 313,196 User benchmarks, average bench 61% AM3R2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	74.5% Very good	Memory 93.1 1-Core 75.2 2-Core 153 65% 107 Pts	4-Core 304 8-Core 455 47% 379 Pts	64-Core 454 28% 454 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 74.5% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 580-$130 360,351 User benchmarks, average bench 52% MSI(1462 3418) CLim: 1366 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.4.3 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	57.2% Above average	Lighting 71.9 Reflection 69.4 Parallax 88.5 59% 76.6 fps	MRender 71.7 Gravity 71.4 Splatting 59.6 54% 67.5 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 57.2% Great: 56%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Gigabyte SSD 240GB-$30 20,238 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 171GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFM61.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 101 106 86 54 42 MB/s Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	55.7% Above average	Read 258 Write 192 Mixed 212 SusWrite 80.2 41% 185 MB/s	4K Read 29.8 4K Write 59.5 4K Mixed 28.9 114% 39.4 MB/s	DQ Read 132 DQ Write 131 DQ Mixed 108 87% 123 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 55.7% Great: 91%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 465GB free Firmware: KC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 102 106 86 54 42 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	63.8% Good	Read 142 Write 123 Mixed 69.2 SusWrite 80.4 76% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 1 162% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 63.8% Great: 88%
Seagate ST1000LM048-2E7172 1TB 89,596 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 434GB free Firmware: SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 102 106 86 54 42 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	43.5% Average	Read 70.5 Write 110 Mixed 85.7 SusWrite 80.4 64% 86.7 MB/s	4K Read 1.9 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.6 179% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 43.5% Great: 71%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x4GB 424,126 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 2 of 2 slots used 8GB DIMM Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	47.3% Average	MC Read 20.1 MC Write 14.6 MC Mixed 15.1 47% 16.6 GB/s	SC Read 10.9 SC Write 8.8 SC Mixed 12.3 30% 10.7 GB/s	Latency 61.9 65% 61.9 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 47.3% Great: 65%

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Motherboard: Asus M5A78L-M LX/BR

CPU
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 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 $29Bench 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: 64% - Good

Total price: $75

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $274	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 $183	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