Asus M5A78L-M LX

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 1%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 25%
Surfboard
Workstation
Workstation 1%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 50%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics7.22% 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 DriveThe 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.
Memory2GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows however a minimum of 4GB is recommended for gaming or any other RAM intensive tasks such as photo/video editing. This system will also be a little more responsive with 4GB of RAM.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
MotherboardAsus M5A78L-M LX  (all builds)
Memory0.9 GB free of 2 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20131105
Uptime0.6 Days
Run DateApr 08 '20 at 15:09
Run Duration158 Seconds
Run User TUR-User
Background CPU9%

 PC Performing as expected (41st percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
AMD Phenom II X2 560
AM3R2, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads
Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (80th percentile)
50% Average
Memory 84.1
1-Core 48.6
2-Core 95.9
50% 76.2 Pts
4-Core 95.9
8-Core 94.7
13% 95.3 Pts
64-Core 89.3
6% 89.3 Pts
Poor: 34%
This bench: 50%
Great: 53%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD HD 5770
Sapphire(174B 1482) 1GB
Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008
Performing way below expectations (3rd percentile)
7.22% Terrible
Lighting 7.6
Reflection 5.65
Parallax 12.5
6% 8.58 fps
MRender 10
Gravity 11
Splatting 12.2
9% 11.1 fps
Poor: 10%
This bench: 7.22%
Great: 11%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 500GB-$25
140GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CC35
SusWrite @10s intervals: 22 6 6 4.5 6.5 4.8 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (3rd percentile)
22.4% Poor
Read 69.4
Write 94.6
Mixed 55.8
SusWrite 8.2
42% 57 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.9
153% 1 MB/s
Poor: 28%
This bench: 22.4%
Great: 70%
Generic Flash Disk 16GB
15GB free, PID 6387
Operating at USB 2.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 7.3 8.8 11 11 11 11 MB/s
Performing below expectations (39th percentile)
4.31% Terrible
Read 9.8
Write 10
Mixed 4.8
SusWrite 9.9
12% 8.62 MB/s
4K Read 3.1
4K Write 0
4K Mixed 0
12% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 2%
This bench: 4.31%
Great: 8%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown 1x2GB
1 of 2 slots used
2GB DIMM
Performing above expectations (79th percentile)
24.5% Poor
MC Read 8.9
MC Write 7.2
MC Mixed 7
22% 7.7 GB/s
SC Read 7.2
SC Write 6.2
SC Mixed 6
18% 6.47 GB/s
Latency 73.3
55% 73.3 ns
Poor: 7%
This bench: 24.5%
Great: 26%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical M5A78L-M LX Builds (Compare 291 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 5%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 48%
Yacht
Workstation
Workstation 5%
Tree trunk

Motherboard: Asus M5A78L-M LX - $100

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 57% - Above average Total price: $238
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