Asus M5A78L-M LX PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 67% Battle cruiser	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 63.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	106% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	39% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
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 (61%). 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, 4 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A78L-M LX PLUS (all builds)
Memory	5.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140911
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 07 '20 at 16:39
Run Duration	127 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	61%

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PC Performing as expected (46^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 GHz, turbo 4.05 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	63.6% Good	Memory 84.8 1-Core 61.6 2-Core 93.4 53% 79.9 Pts	4-Core 244 8-Core 269 34% 256 Pts	64-Core 426 26% 426 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 63.6% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-$389 316,424 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Dell(1028 3729) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 432.0 Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	106% Outstanding	Lighting 127 Reflection 156 Parallax 156 103% 146 fps	MRender 187 Gravity 146 Splatting 105 115% 146 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 134%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 840 120GB-$109 51,792 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 73GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXT0AB0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 113 114 115 105 111 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	39% Below average	Read 174 Write 133 Mixed 99.5 SusWrite 111 29% 130 MB/s	4K Read 22.5 4K Write 41.5 4K Mixed 16.7 78% 26.9 MB/s	DQ Read 25.6 DQ Write 67.4 DQ Mixed 19.8 23% 37.6 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 39% Great: 73%
WD Blue 640GB (2008)-$33 94,563 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 467GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 99 99 101 99 101 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	58% Above average	Read 102 Write 96 Mixed 63.2 SusWrite 99.6 66% 90.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 1.1 192% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 58% Great: 62%

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 (67^th percentile)	46% Average	MC Read 18 MC Write 15.2 MC Mixed 15.9 47% 16.4 GB/s	SC Read 10.1 SC Write 9.1 SC Mixed 12.4 30% 10.5 GB/s	Latency 72.2 55% 72.2 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 46% Great: 65%

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Motherboard: Asus M5A78L-M LX PLUS - $200

CPU
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 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 $51Bench 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: 62% - Good

Total price: $318

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16