Asus M5A78L-M LX V2

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 48% Yacht	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (25th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 75 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 46.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	12.2% 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	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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A78L-M LX V2 (all builds)
Memory	3 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20121114
Uptime	10.4 Days
Run Date	Jan 18 '21 at 16:22
Run Duration	135 Seconds
Run User	BGR-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing below expectations (25^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 X3 455-$90 3,733 User benchmarks, average bench 45% AM3R2, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 3 threads Base clock 3.3 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	46.6% Average	Memory 72.8 1-Core 47.4 2-Core 93.2 46% 71.1 Pts	4-Core 118 8-Core 134 16% 126 Pts	64-Core 130 8% 130 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 46.6% Great: 54%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GT 1030 185,384 User benchmarks, average bench 14% Asus(1043 8642) 2GB CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 525 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 456.55 Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	12.2% Very poor	Lighting 15.7 Reflection 9.5 Parallax 14.9 13% 13.4 fps	MRender 5.9 Gravity 17.2 Splatting 16.1 11% 13.1 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 12.2% Great: 15%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39 1,120,098 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 95GB free (System drive) Firmware: CC43 SusWrite @10s intervals: 27 21 18 23 27 37 MB/s Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	17.4% Very poor	Read 35.2 Write 37.9 Mixed 31.2 SusWrite 25.4 24% 32.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.3 55% 0.37 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 17.4% Great: 113%
Philips USB Flash Drive 64GB 94 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 57GB free, PID 6300 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 2.1 8.1 6.4 7.2 8.9 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	5.04% Terrible	Read 21.6 Write 15.9 Mixed 3.7 SusWrite 6.6 14% 11.9 MB/s	4K Read 2 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 7% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 5.04% Great: 27%

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 below potential (36^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	30.1% Below average	MC Read 12.8 MC Write 7 MC Mixed 11.3 30% 10.4 GB/s	SC Read 7.6 SC Write 6.1 SC Mixed 8.8 21% 7.5 GB/s	Latency 95.1 42% 95.1 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 30.1% Great: 65%

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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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Gaming 19%

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Desktop 64%

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Workstation 15%

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Motherboard: Asus M5A78L-M LX V2

CPU
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	43x
FX-4100AMD $110Bench 51%, 32,471 samples	29x
FX-8350AMD $130Bench 61%, 313,196 samples	19x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	16x
Radeon 3000 GraphicsATIBench 1%, 21,841 samples	14x
GTX 750-TiNvidia $92Bench 17%, 309,423 samples	12x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	13x
SSDNow V300 120GBKingston $38Bench 54%, 339,020 samples	5x
A400 120GBKingston $29Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	5x

RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	105x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	47x
12GBUnknownBench 35%, 85,415 samples	21x

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Value: 88% - Excellent

Total price: $134

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