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 as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 43.9%, 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

Motherboard	Asus M5A78L-M LX/BR (all builds)
Memory	2.2 GB free of 4 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1360 x 768 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170304
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 11 '21 at 19:14
Run Duration	292 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing as expected (50^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 as expected (56^th percentile)	43.9% Average	Memory 70.3 1-Core 52.8 2-Core 104 47% 75.6 Pts	4-Core 105 8-Core 104 14% 105 Pts	64-Core 105 6% 105 Pts
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 43.9% Great: 50%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
ATI Radeon 3000 Graphics 21,841 User benchmarks, average bench 1% Asus(1043 8388) 256MB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 8.970.100.9001 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 0% Great: 1%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD WD800BD-22MRA1 80GB 3,778 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 24GB free (System drive) Firmware: 10.01E01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 23 33 23 21 30 32 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	19% Very poor	Read 38.6 Write 41.7 Mixed 29 SusWrite 27 25% 34.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.9 155% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 19% Great: 33%
Samsung HD502IJ 500GB-$40 25,285 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 196GB free Firmware: 1AA01109 SusWrite @10s intervals: 71 71 74 74 75 75 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	41.5% Average	Read 70.7 Write 84.1 Mixed 53.7 SusWrite 73.3 52% 70.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.6 4K Mixed 1.1 200% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 41.5% Great: 59%

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 above expectations (67^th percentile)	27.6% Poor	MC Read 11.3 MC Write 7.5 MC Mixed 9.1 27% 9.3 GB/s	SC Read 8.5 SC Write 7.2 SC Mixed 7.2 22% 7.63 GB/s	Latency 101 40% 101 ns
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 27.6% Great: 52%

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Workstation 5%

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Motherboard: Asus M5A78L-M LX/BR

CPU
FX-6300AMD $57Bench 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 $32Bench 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: $85

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $275	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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