Asus M5A78L-M LX

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 3% Tree trunk	Desktop 48% Yacht	Workstation 2% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 55.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	4.75% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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	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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A78L-M LX (all builds)
Memory	6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20110504
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 20 '20 at 14:51
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Phenom II X4 850 1,360 User benchmarks, average bench 49% AM3R2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	55.2% Above average	Memory 77.7 1-Core 48.7 2-Core 97.9 48% 74.8 Pts	4-Core 192 8-Core 196 26% 194 Pts	64-Core 197 12% 197 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 55.2% Great: 57%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce 9600 GT 20,826 User benchmarks, average bench 4% MSI(1462 1278) 512MB Ram: 512MB, Driver: 340.52 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	4.75% Terrible	Lighting 5.53 Reflection 8.77 Parallax 1.78 4% 5.36 fps	MRender 9.14 Gravity 4.07 Splatting 6.17 5% 6.46 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.75% Great: 5%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Toshiba MK2565GSXN 250GB 654 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 110GB free (System drive) Firmware: GH101M SusWrite @10s intervals: 48 48 50 26 41 52 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	30.3% Below average	Read 61 Write 35.1 Mixed 33.1 SusWrite 44.4 32% 43.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.6 115% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 30.3% Great: 40%
Seagate Barracuda 7200.14 250GB-$23 32,491 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 123GB free Firmware: KC45 SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 109 109 109 109 109 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	63.6% Good	Read 113 Write 109 Mixed 50 SusWrite 109 70% 95.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.8 137% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 63.6% Great: 74%

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 (40^th percentile)	32.4% Below average	MC Read 14.2 MC Write 7.2 MC Mixed 12 32% 11.1 GB/s	SC Read 7.5 SC Write 7.2 SC Mixed 9.3 23% 8 GB/s	Latency 85 47% 85 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 32.4% Great: 65%

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

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Gaming 5%

Tree trunk

Desktop 48%

Yacht

Workstation 5%

Tree trunk

Motherboard: Asus M5A78L-M LX - $200

CPU
FX-4100AMD $110Bench 51%, 32,471 samples	50x
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 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 $28Bench 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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	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 $45	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