Asus M5A78L-M LX

Performance Results


Gaming 2% Tree trunk	Desktop 41% Speed boat	Workstation 2% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (38th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 62 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 a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 45.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	0.74% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	37.1% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A78L-M LX (all builds)
Memory	1.3 GB free of 4 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit colori
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110815
Uptime	19.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 03 '19 at 21:14
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	20%

PC Performing below expectations (38^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 X4 640-$70 18,839 User benchmarks, average bench 45% AM3R2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 3 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	45.2% Average	Memory 65.6 1-Core 42.4 2-Core 84.6 41% 64.2 Pts	4-Core 145 8-Core 151 20% 148 Pts	64-Core 149 9% 149 Pts
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 45.2% Great: 53%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 5450 66,079 User benchmarks, average bench 1% Asus(1043 04AF) 512MB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	0.74% Terrible	Lighting 0.93 Reflection 0.81 Parallax 1.34 1% 1.03 fps	MRender 0.9 Gravity 0.87 Splatting 0.83 1% 0.87 fps
Poor: 1% ↑ This bench: 0.74% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow UV400 240GB-$89 105,079 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 158GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0C3FD6SD SusWrite @10s intervals: 162 120 124 90 94 84 MB/s Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	37.1% Below average	Read 182 Write 183 Mixed 155 SusWrite 112 36% 158 MB/s	4K Read 13.6 4K Write 42 4K Mixed 19.3 68% 25 MB/s	DQ Read 25.6 DQ Write 63.6 DQ Mixed 31.5 28% 40.2 MB/s
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 37.1% Great: 88%
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 664GB free Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 91 96 97 95 97 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	65.4% Good	Read 134 Write 36.2 Mixed 74.2 SusWrite 94.4 63% 84.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.8 148% 1 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 65.4% Great: 113%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$35 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 530GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 91 95 97 95 97 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	74.5% Very good	Read 165 Write 154 Mixed 75.3 SusWrite 94.4 90% 122 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1 205% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 74.5% Great: 109%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 500GB-$23 574,344 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 428GB free Firmware: KC48 SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 121 119 121 117 120 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	69.8% Good	Read 123 Write 122 Mixed 51.4 SusWrite 120 76% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.8 140% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 69.8% Great: 88%

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 below potential (34^th percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	20.8% Poor	MC Read 8.1 MC Write 5.9 MC Mixed 6.5 20% 6.83 GB/s	SC Read 6.7 SC Write 5.4 SC Mixed 5.3 16% 5.8 GB/s	Latency 112 36% 112 ns
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 20.8% Great: 52%

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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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Typical M5A78L-M LX Builds (Compare 291 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 5%

Tree trunk

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 $57Bench 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 $32Bench 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 $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