Asus M5A78L-M LX/BR

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (27th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 73 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 55.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A78L-M LX/BR (all builds)
Memory	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 0.7 GHz
Display	1024 x 768 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120821
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 16 '21 at 01:12
Run Duration	4995 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-6300-$47 261,607 User benchmarks, average bench 55% AM3R2, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	55.7% Above average	Memory 76.1 1-Core 65 2-Core 119 54% 86.6 Pts	4-Core 197 8-Core 257 29% 227 Pts	64-Core 282 17% 282 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 55.7% Great: 62%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung HD161HJ 160GB-$40 22,667 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 149GB free Firmware: JF100-19 SusWrite @10s intervals: MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	4.65% Terrible	Read 0.2 Write 34.3 Mixed 6.2 SusWrite 15.5 10% 14.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.6 112% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 4.65% Great: 42%
Seagate ST3500312CS 500GB-$24 89,637 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 65GB free (System drive) Firmware: SC13 SusWrite @10s intervals: 68 83 68 80 72 85 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	42.7% Average	Read 72.7 Write 77.5 Mixed 39.2 SusWrite 76.1 49% 66.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.5 79% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 42.7% Great: 60%

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 below potential (16^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	43.2% Average	MC Read 19.4 MC Write 12 MC Mixed 15.1 44% 15.5 GB/s	SC Read 9.7 SC Write 8.1 SC Mixed 12.8 29% 10.2 GB/s	Latency 88.1 45% 88.1 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 43.2% 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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Workstation 5%

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Motherboard: Asus M5A78L-M LX/BR

CPU
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	125x
FX-8300AMD $168Bench 58%, 49,767 samples	49x
FX-4300AMD $73Bench 52%, 55,454 samples	42x

GPU
Radeon 3000 GraphicsATIBench 1%, 21,841 samples	26x
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	25x
RX 550AMD $79Bench 14%, 79,894 samples	24x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	41x
A400 120GBKingston $29Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	26x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	13x

RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	112x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	69x
1x8GBUnknownBench 38%, 168,538 samples	56x

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Value: 64% - Good

Total price: $75

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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