Asus M5A78L-M LX/BR

Performance Results


Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 61% Destroyer	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (26th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 74 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 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 43.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	29.8% 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	40.7% 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.

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

Run History

Motherboard	Asus M5A78L-M LX/BR (all builds)
Memory	6.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170304
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 18 '19 at 21:27
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	100%

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PC Performing below expectations (26^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 2.8 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	43.7% Average	Memory 76.1 1-Core 57.7 2-Core 130 53% 87.9 Pts	4-Core 65 8-Core 94.5 10% 79.8 Pts	64-Core 120 7% 120 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 43.7% 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: 19.5.1 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	29.8% Poor	Lighting 22.2 Reflection 51.3 Parallax 94.3 18% 56 fps	MRender 67.4 Gravity 68.3 Splatting 59 52% 64.9 fps
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 29.8% 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: 96 92 80 49 75 51 MB/s Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	40.7% Average	Read 219 Write 115 Mixed 194 SusWrite 74.1 34% 151 MB/s	4K Read 21.2 4K Write 31.5 4K Mixed 21.1 76% 24.6 MB/s	DQ Read 126 DQ Write 56.3 DQ Mixed 81.2 63% 87.7 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 40.7% Great: 91%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 465GB free Firmware: KC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 90 81 50 73 53 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	41.7% Average	Read 71.9 Write 110 Mixed 62.7 SusWrite 73.1 58% 79.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.9 154% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 41.7% Great: 88%
Seagate ST1000LM048-2E7172 1TB 89,596 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 436GB free Firmware: SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 92 81 50 74 53 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	50.5% Above average	Read 101 Write 87.7 Mixed 48.6 SusWrite 74 57% 77.8 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 0.5 168% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 50.5% 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 as expected (54^th percentile)	41% Average	MC Read 17.6 MC Write 13.2 MC Mixed 14.1 43% 15 GB/s	SC Read 6.9 SC Write 7.2 SC Mixed 10.3 23% 8.13 GB/s	Latency 88.2 45% 88.2 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 41% Great: 65%

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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 $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 $32Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	26x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	13x

RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	112x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	69x
1x8GBUnknownBench 38%, 168,538 samples	56x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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