Asus M5A78L-M LX3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 39% Jet ski	Desktop 58% Gunboat	Workstation 27% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (8th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 92 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 52.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	77% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus M5A78L-M LX3 (all builds)
Memory	10.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160505
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 17 '20 at 08:36
Run Duration	132 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	0%

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PC Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-8300-$168 49,767 User benchmarks, average bench 58% AM3R2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 7 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	52.7% Above average	Memory 74.6 1-Core 54.1 2-Core 103 49% 77.1 Pts	4-Core 185 8-Core 161 24% 173 Pts	64-Core 163 10% 163 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 52.7% Great: 64%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060-$324 645,160 User benchmarks, average bench 90% Gigabyte(1458 3FC1) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 442.19 Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	77% Very good	Lighting 94 Reflection 102 Parallax 96.3 77% 97.6 fps	MRender 124 Gravity 90.2 Splatting 78.9 78% 97.6 fps
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 77% Great: 97%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba P300 1TB-$45 318,836 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 102GB free (System drive) Firmware: MS2OA8R0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 9.3 12 26 56 71 85 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	14.2% Very poor	Read 6.5 Write 43.5 Mixed 12 SusWrite 43.2 19% 26.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 0.1 4K Mixed 0.1 17% 0.1 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 14.2% Great: 107%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 2x8GB 236,291 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB DIMM Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	38.4% Below average	MC Read 14.4 MC Write 11.8 MC Mixed 15.3 40% 13.8 GB/s	SC Read 7.4 SC Write 7.7 SC Mixed 9.8 24% 8.3 GB/s	Latency 91.2 44% 91.2 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 38.4% Great: 97%

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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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Gaming 22%

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Desktop 65%

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Workstation 18%

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Motherboard: Asus M5A78L-M LX3 - $147

CPU
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	536x
FX-8300AMD $168Bench 58%, 49,767 samples	207x
FX-4300AMD $73Bench 52%, 55,454 samples	152x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	180x
GTX 1050Nvidia $101Bench 26%, 269,381 samples	107x
GTX 1060-3GBNvidia $119Bench 52%, 627,793 samples	75x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	54x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	30x
A400 120GBKingston $29Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	29x

RAM
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	427x
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	391x
1x8GBUnknownBench 38%, 168,538 samples	266x

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Value: 88% - Excellent

Total price: $281

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