Asus M5A78L-M LX PLUS

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 55% Gunboat	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 53.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	8.86% 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	37.6% 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.

High background CPU (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

Motherboard	Asus M5A78L-M LX PLUS (all builds)
Memory	3.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110901
Uptime	1.9 Days
Run Date	Apr 07 '20 at 18:50
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	22%

PC Performing as expected (56^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-4100-$110 32,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% AM3R2, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	53.5% Above average	Memory 78 1-Core 60.8 2-Core 108 52% 82.3 Pts	4-Core 172 8-Core 162 23% 167 Pts	64-Core 170 10% 170 Pts
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 53.5% Great: 58%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
ATI HD 4870 22,563 User benchmarks, average bench 9% Sapphire(174B E810) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 8.970.100.9001 Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	8.86% Terrible	Lighting 11.4 Reflection 9.62 Parallax 8.16 9% 9.72 fps	MRender 8 Gravity 7.7 Splatting 12.5 8% 9.41 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 8.86% Great: 12%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
OCZ Agility 3 120GB-$102 38,562 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 79GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2.22 SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 90 104 96 94 100 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	37.6% Below average	Read 111 Write 132 Mixed 124 SusWrite 97.6 26% 116 MB/s	4K Read 19.2 4K Write 42.9 4K Mixed 22.9 81% 28.3 MB/s	DQ Read 26 DQ Write 67.6 DQ Mixed 29.8 28% 41.1 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 37.6% Great: 61%
WD Black 640GB (2008)-$25 19,988 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 595GB free Firmware: 01.03B01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 111 110 110 112 111 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	63.7% Good	Read 112 Write 103 Mixed 67.8 SusWrite 110 72% 98.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 1 182% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 63.7% Great: 65%
WD Blue 500GB (2008)-$29 203,744 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 465GB free Firmware: 12.01C02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 77 77 77 77 77 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	44.3% Average	Read 76.7 Write 75.2 Mixed 57.2 SusWrite 77.1 53% 71.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.8 162% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 44.3% Great: 69%

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 as expected (54^th percentile)	40.4% Average	MC Read 16.2 MC Write 12.1 MC Mixed 14.9 41% 14.4 GB/s	SC Read 8.1 SC Write 8.1 SC Mixed 11.6 26% 9.27 GB/s	Latency 84.3 48% 84.3 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 40.4% Great: 65%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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