Asus M5A78L-M LX3

Performance Results


Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 54% Yacht	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 58.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	6.82% 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	17.3% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Very high background CPU (31%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus M5A78L-M LX3 (all builds)
Memory	6.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20120824
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 16 '21 at 16:26
Run Duration	153 Seconds
Run User	TUR-User
Background CPU	31%

PC Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
AMD Phenom II X4 945 12,746 User benchmarks, average bench 51% AM3R2, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 3 GHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	58.2% Above average	Memory 86.2 1-Core 44.6 2-Core 89.5 49% 73.4 Pts	4-Core 178 8-Core 178 24% 178 Pts	64-Core 178 11% 178 Pts
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 58.2% Great: 58%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon HD 6670 32,193 User benchmarks, average bench 6% Asus(1043 03EA) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.301.1901.0 Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	6.82% Terrible	Lighting 8.7 Reflection 9.4 Parallax 7.3 7% 8.47 fps	MRender 9.2 Gravity 6.7 Splatting 7.4 6% 7.77 fps
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 6.82% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Ccboot iSCSI 1TB 138 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 896GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 23 24 25 27 26 28 MB/s Performing below potential (68^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	17.3% Very poor	Read 74.4 Write 30.1 Mixed 43.3 SusWrite 25.6 10% 43.4 MB/s	4K Read 10.9 4K Write 15.1 4K Mixed 11.4 39% 12.5 MB/s	DQ Read 10.9 DQ Write 15.3 DQ Mixed 10.8 9% 12.3 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 17.3% Great: 103%
Ccboot iSCSI 2TB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 89GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 29 29 29 28 28 28 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	14% Very poor	Read 70.6 Write 50 Mixed 45.3 SusWrite 28.5 11% 48.6 MB/s	4K Read 11.1 4K Write 10.5 4K Mixed 6.2 30% 9.27 MB/s	DQ Read 7.8 DQ Write 11.9 DQ Mixed 9.1 7% 9.6 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 14% Great: 106%
Ccboot iSCSI 8TB 14 User benchmarks, average bench 22% 185GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 29 29 29 28 29 28 MB/s Performing below potential (54^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	17.2% Very poor	Read 76.1 Write 38.5 Mixed 42.5 SusWrite 28.6 10% 46.4 MB/s	4K Read 10.4 4K Write 15.7 4K Mixed 11.1 38% 12.4 MB/s	DQ Read 9.8 DQ Write 13.3 DQ Mixed 9.4 8% 10.8 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 17.2% Great: 26%

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 as expected (42^nd percentile)	33.4% Below average	MC Read 14.5 MC Write 7.7 MC Mixed 12 33% 11.4 GB/s	SC Read 7.2 SC Write 6.4 SC Mixed 8.3 21% 7.3 GB/s	Latency 71.1 56% 71.1 ns
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 33.4% Great: 65%

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Desktop 65%

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Workstation 18%

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Motherboard: Asus M5A78L-M LX3 - $147

CPU
FX-6300AMD $47Bench 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 $29Bench 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: 88% - Excellent

Total price: $281

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