Asus M5A78L-M LX

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU, SSD
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 48.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
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	4GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and although it's sufficient for most games, some will benefit from up to 8GB of RAM. 4GB is also enough for modest file and system caches which allow for a responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A78L-M LX (all builds)
Memory	2.7 GB free of 4 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20110422
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Sep 30 '20 at 17:46
Run Duration	117 Seconds
Run User	IRN-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing as expected (55^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 X2 270-$20 6,369 User benchmarks, average bench 43% AM3R2, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads Base clock 3.4 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	48.2% Average	Memory 81.6 1-Core 43.5 2-Core 90.4 47% 71.8 Pts	4-Core 90.6 8-Core 88.7 12% 89.6 Pts	64-Core 92.3 6% 92.3 Pts
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 48.2% Great: 50%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 7730 3,247 User benchmarks, average bench 6% XFX(1682 32B0) 1GB CLim: 800 MHz, MLim: 1125 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 16.9.2 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 8.23 Reflection 11.6 10% 9.92 fps
Poor: 6% Great: 7%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Hitachi HDS721050CLA362 500GB-$59 47,815 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 137GB free (System drive) Firmware: JP2OA50E SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 84 93 93 93 93 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	51.1% Above average	Read 89.3 Write 84.3 Mixed 50.5 SusWrite 88.6 57% 78.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.6 120% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 51.1% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1x4GB 154,807 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 1 of 2 slots used 4GB DIMM Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	24.1% Poor	MC Read 9 MC Write 6.9 MC Mixed 7.3 22% 7.73 GB/s	SC Read 7.1 SC Write 6.2 SC Mixed 4.3 17% 5.87 GB/s	Latency 77.6 52% 77.6 ns
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 24.1% Great: 52%

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

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Gaming 5%

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Desktop 48%

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Workstation 5%

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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 $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 $178	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