Asus M5A78L-M LX PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 60% Gunboat	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 60.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	9.46% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	42.9% 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.

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 PLUS (all builds)
Memory	5.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130427
Uptime	2.4 Days
Run Date	Jul 21 '19 at 09:16
Run Duration	170 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	20%

PC Performing as expected (50^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8320E-$87 33,199 User benchmarks, average bench 58% AM3R2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	60.1% Good	Memory 82.2 1-Core 69.1 2-Core 129 58% 93.5 Pts	4-Core 207 8-Core 350 34% 278 Pts	64-Core 348 22% 348 Pts
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 60.1% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 650-$112 69,673 User benchmarks, average bench 8% Gigabyte(1458 3553) 1GB CLim: 1110 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	9.46% Terrible	Lighting 10.6 Reflection 9.77 Parallax 12.2 9% 10.8 fps	MRender 14.1 Gravity 12.7 Splatting 13.7 11% 13.5 fps
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 9.46% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial M500 240GB-$54 31,779 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 180GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 163 180 186 185 186 186 MB/s Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	42.9% Average	Read 171 Write 183 Mixed 159 SusWrite 181 39% 173 MB/s	4K Read 17.2 4K Write 37.4 4K Mixed 22.1 74% 25.6 MB/s	DQ Read 21.1 DQ Write 64.2 DQ Mixed 28 26% 37.8 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 42.9% Great: 91%
Seagate Desktop 8TB 4,842 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 7.5TB free Firmware: 040B SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 73 74 73 73 72 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	71.6% Very good	Read 175 Write 124 Mixed 82.5 SusWrite 72.3 84% 114 MB/s	4K Read 7.4 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.9 432% 3.2 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 71.6% Great: 93%
Hitachi HDS 724030ALE640 3TB 24 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 120GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 73 75 71 72 73 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	51.1% Above average	Read 105 Write 105 Mixed 38 SusWrite 72.9 58% 80.2 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.7 156% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 51.1% Great: 78%
Seagate BUP Fast HDD 4TB 317 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 129GB free Firmware: 9409 SusWrite @10s intervals: 69 66 67 65 66 68 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	72% Very good	Read 182 Write 142 Mixed 75.8 SusWrite 66.8 86% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 6.8 4K Mixed 1.5 330% 3.07 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 72% Great: 118%
WD My Book 1230 3TB 7,778 User benchmarks, average bench 40% 165GB free, PID 1230 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 96 98 104 102 102 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	43.7% Average	Read 105 Write 102 Mixed 75.5 SusWrite 98.2 128% 95.1 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1 112% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 43.7% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1x8GB 168,538 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 1 of 2 slots used 8GB DIMM Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	27.8% Poor	MC Read 9.2 MC Write 9 MC Mixed 8.2 25% 8.8 GB/s	SC Read 8.7 SC Write 7.5 SC Mixed 9.6 25% 8.6 GB/s	Latency 76.6 52% 76.6 ns
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 27.8% Great: 67%

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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 PLUS Builds (Compare 242 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 5%

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Desktop 50%

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Workstation 5%

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Motherboard: Asus M5A78L-M LX PLUS - $200

CPU
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	52x
FX-6100AMD $68Bench 54%, 44,863 samples	30x
FX-4100AMD $110Bench 51%, 32,471 samples	25x

GPU
Radeon 3000 GraphicsATIBench 1%, 21,841 samples	15x
GTX 750-TiNvidia $92Bench 17%, 309,423 samples	11x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	10x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	9x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	9x
SSD 128GBBench 64%, 3,975 samples	5x

RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	118x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	68x
1x8GBUnknownBench 38%, 168,538 samples	16x

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Value: 64% - Good

Total price: $275

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