Asus M5A78L-M LX

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 53% Yacht	Workstation 8% 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 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 44%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	27.9% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Very high background CPU (84%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A78L-M LX (all builds)
Memory	6.1 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20110815
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 26 '19 at 00:49
Run Duration	180 Seconds
Run User	ARG-User
Background CPU	84%

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 X3 445-$100 3,101 User benchmarks, average bench 44% AM3R2, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 3 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	44% Average	Memory 73.3 1-Core 45.5 2-Core 91.4 45% 70.1 Pts	4-Core 88.3 8-Core 89.9 12% 89.1 Pts	64-Core 91 6% 91 Pts
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 44% Great: 51%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 560-$500 60,738 User benchmarks, average bench 22% Gigabyte(1458 22FB) 2GB CLim: 1287 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 19.9.2 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	27.9% Poor	Lighting 34.2 Reflection 32.7 Parallax 41.7 28% 36.2 fps	MRender 32.4 Gravity 33.2 Splatting 36.3 28% 34 fps
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 27.9% Great: 25%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Fujitsu MHY2160BH 160GB-$45 1,038 User benchmarks, average bench 19% 69GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0081000D SusWrite @10s intervals: 12 6.9 25 10 16 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	7.27% Terrible	Read 10.5 Write 10.8 Mixed 28.3 SusWrite 14.7 12% 16.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 0.3 4K Mixed 0.5 78% 0.4 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 7.27% Great: 27%
Hitachi HDT722525DLA380 250GB-$59 3,786 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 15GB free Firmware: V44OA99A SusWrite @10s intervals: 13 11 24 13 15 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	16.2% Very poor	Read 40 Write 37.5 Mixed 28.3 SusWrite 15.6 22% 30.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.4 112% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 16.2% Great: 36%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 12GB 85,415 User benchmarks, average bench 35% null MHz 8192, 4096 MB Performing below potential (24^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	27.5% Poor	MC Read 11.2 MC Write 6.9 MC Mixed 9.7 26% 9.27 GB/s	SC Read 7.2 SC Write 6.1 SC Mixed 8.2 20% 7.17 GB/s	Latency 94 43% 94 ns
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 27.5% Great: 50%

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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%

Yacht

Workstation 5%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: Asus M5A78L-M LX - $200

CPU
FX-4100AMD $110Bench 51%, 32,471 samples	50x
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 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 $29Bench 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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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