Asus M5A78L-M LX/BR

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 60% Gunboat	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 64.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	8.92% 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	6GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 6GB 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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

Motherboard	Asus M5A78L-M LX/BR (all builds)
Memory	3.9 GB free of 6 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130419
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 07 '21 at 23:37
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (69^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-$90 261,607 User benchmarks, average bench 55% AM3R2, 1 CPU, 3 cores, 6 threads Base clock 3.5 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	64.2% Good	Memory 89.5 1-Core 73.5 2-Core 127 61% 96.8 Pts	4-Core 216 8-Core 285 32% 250 Pts	64-Core 288 18% 288 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 64.2% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 550-Ti-$250 54,392 User benchmarks, average bench 9% MSI(1462 2368) 1GB CLim: 900 MHz, MLim: 1000 MHz, Ram: 1GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	8.92% Terrible	Lighting 10.2 Reflection 14.8 Parallax 10.6 8% 11.9 fps	MRender 15.4 Gravity 11.5 Splatting 10.9 10% 12.6 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 8.92% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Samsung HD322HJ 320GB-$44 40,147 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 56GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1AC01113 SusWrite @10s intervals: 40 45 53 60 56 57 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	36% Below average	Read 73.4 Write 80.6 Mixed 54 SusWrite 51.6 48% 64.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.8 155% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 36% Great: 62%
Samsung HD161HJ 160GB-$40 22,667 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 86GB free Firmware: JF100-19 SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 48 53 60 56 57 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	33.8% Below average	Read 64.8 Write 69.5 Mixed 43.8 SusWrite 52.8 42% 57.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.9 144% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 33.8% Great: 42%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 6GB 111,301 User benchmarks, average bench 25% null MHz 4096, 2048 MB Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	38.7% Below average	MC Read 14.6 MC Write 12.3 MC Mixed 12.6 38% 13.2 GB/s	SC Read 10.1 SC Write 8.3 SC Mixed 10.7 28% 9.7 GB/s	Latency 67.8 59% 67.8 ns
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 38.7% Great: 46%

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Typical M5A78L-M LX/BR Builds (Compare 317 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 5%

Tree trunk

Desktop 50%

Yacht

Workstation 5%

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Motherboard: Asus M5A78L-M LX/BR

CPU
FX-6300AMD $90Bench 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	25x

SSD
A400 240GBKingston $28Bench 66%, 424,288 samples	42x
A400 120GBKingston $28Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	26x
A400 480GBKingston $38Bench 74%, 237,487 samples	13x

RAM
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	113x
2x8GBUnknownBench 64%, 236,291 samples	70x
1x8GBUnknownBench 38%, 168,538 samples	56x

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Value: 62% - Good

Total price: $118

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $159	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $109	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16