Asus M5A78L-M LX3

Performance Results


Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 52% Yacht	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (35th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 65 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 a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 43.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	36% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	27.8% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait 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.

Very high background CPU (37%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A78L-M LX3 (all builds)
Memory	6 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.4 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20120824
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 05 '21 at 20:34
Run Duration	132 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	37%

PC Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD FX-4100-$110 32,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% AM3R2, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	43.1% Average	Memory 65.1 1-Core 52.7 2-Core 38.5 38% 52.1 Pts	4-Core 124 8-Core 133 17% 128 Pts	64-Core 194 12% 194 Pts
Poor: 39% ↑ This bench: 43.1% Great: 58%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 770-$279 116,895 User benchmarks, average bench 34% Gigabyte(1458 3606) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1293 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 466.27 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	36% Below average	Lighting 41.7 Reflection 61.5 Parallax 54.4 34% 52.5 fps	MRender 56.6 Gravity 51.4 Splatting 41.2 40% 49.7 fps
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 36% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Gigabyte SSD 120GB-$31 13,685 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 38GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFM61.3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 156 181 79 78 88 50 MB/s Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	27.8% Poor	Read 99.3 Write 108 Mixed 107 SusWrite 106 24% 105 MB/s	4K Read 18.1 4K Write 24.5 4K Mixed 11.5 55% 18 MB/s	DQ Read 18.2 DQ Write 27.3 DQ Mixed 19.9 16% 21.8 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 27.8% Great: 86%
Toshiba MK2555GSX H 250GB 539 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 141GB free Firmware: FG001Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 44 44 45 44 44 44 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	31.8% Below average	Read 66.8 Write 65.7 Mixed 40.1 SusWrite 43.9 40% 54.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.5 100% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 31.8% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1x8GB 168,538 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 1 of 2 slots used 8GB DIMM Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	22.9% Poor	MC Read 7.9 MC Write 8.1 MC Mixed 7.6 22% 7.87 GB/s	SC Read 5 SC Write 4.7 SC Mixed 6.5 15% 5.4 GB/s	Latency 114 35% 114 ns
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 22.9% Great: 67%

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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 22%

Surfboard

Desktop 65%

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Workstation 18%

Surfboard

Motherboard: Asus M5A78L-M LX3 - $147

CPU
FX-6300AMD $57Bench 55%, 261,607 samples	535x
FX-8300AMD $168Bench 58%, 49,767 samples	206x
FX-4300AMD $73Bench 52%, 55,454 samples	152x

GPU
GTX 1050-TiNvidia $59Bench 29%, 946,701 samples	180x
GTX 1050Nvidia $101Bench 26%, 269,381 samples	107x
GTX 1060-3GBNvidia $119Bench 52%, 627,793 samples	75x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	54x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	30x
A400 120GBKingston $32Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	29x

RAM
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	425x
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	391x
1x8GBUnknownBench 38%, 168,538 samples	266x

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Value: 86% - Excellent

Total price: $291

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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